A team of Otago Polytechnic automotive students raced to victory in their custom-engineered grass karts at a competition meeting in Darfield over the weekend.
Students Tim Langley, Tyler Bennett, Sam Pickersgill, Wade Turnbull, Tyler Gemmell and Josh Mclaren claimed overall honours, after the kart they designed outpaced vehicles built by teams from other South Island tertiary institutes.
Nick Moss, a programme manager at the polytechnic's school of architecture, building, and engineering, said karts built by Otago's three teams had all made the race finals in their respective categories.
By recording wins on the slalom, straight drag, and sprint courses, Mr Moss said, the "blue" team's kart had outlasted its rivals to secure line honours in the final race series and take first place.
"Their kart performed all day long. The looks on the guys' faces were worth a million dollars," Mr Moss said.
The grass-kart race series is an annual event which pits automotive and mechanical engineering students from South Island polytechnics and tertiary institutes against each other.
