WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.404 >>GERRY: WITH THE CONCLUSION OF THE INDIANAPOLIS 500, THE WORLD'S FASTEST RACE CARS HAVE MOVED ON TO DETROIT. 2 00:00:04.404 --> 00:00:10.410 BUT THE WORLD'S FASTEST STREET-LEGAL CARS WILL STILL BE HERE IN INDIANA. BILL BENNER HAS MORE IN THIS 3 00:00:10.410 --> 00:00:15.615 WEEK'S INSIDE INDIANA SPORTS. BILL ... >>BILL: THANKS, GERRY. LAST WEEK KEATING SUPERCARS LLC 4 00:00:15.615 --> 00:00:21.488 CUT THE RIBBON IN THE PURDUE UNIVERSITY DISCOVERY PARK FOR A FACILITY THAT WILL BUILD THE VIPERIA BERUS, A STREET LEGAL 5 00:00:21.488 --> 00:00:28.762 MACHINE THAT CAN REACH SPEEDS IN EXCESS OF 240 MILES PER HOUR. KEATING HOPES TO PRODUCE 100 OF THE CARS PER YEAR IN AN 6 00:00:28.762 --> 00:00:34.467 AMBITIOUS COLLABORATION WITH BOTH PURDUE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON IN BRITAIN THAT HAS AN OVER-ARCHING GOAL OF SPURRING 7 00:00:34.467 --> 00:00:39.973 STEM EDUCATION. AND JOINING US TODAY TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT IS PURDUE ENGINEERING PROFESSOR JAMES 8 00:00:39.973 --> 00:00:54.854 CARUTHERS. PROFESSOR, WELCOME ... AND THIS IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE. HOW DID THIS -- HOW DID KEATING 9 00:00:54.854 --> 00:01:01.528 AND PERDUE FIND EACH OTHER? >> WE WERE IN A LARGE STEM PROGRAM ACROSS THE STATE WHERE STUDENTS COLLEGIATE AND HIGH 10 00:01:01.528 --> 00:01:08.768 SCHOOL BUILT ELECTRIC GO CARTS AND WE TAKE THEM DOWN TO THE MOTOR SPEEDWAY TO RACE AND IT PROVIDES A GREAT WAY TO PULL 11 00:01:08.768 --> 00:01:16.342 YOUNG FOLKS INTO THE STEM ARENA AND THE FOLKS AT BOLTON UNIVERSITY IN ENGLAND SAW THIS AND SAID HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO 12 00:01:16.342 --> 00:01:23.349 DO THE SAME PROGRAM OVER THERE. IN ENGLAND. AND ONE OF THE TRUSTEES IS TONY KEATING. 13 00:01:23.349 --> 00:01:32.258 AND HE CAME OVER AND SAID THIS IS GREAT FOR BOTH EDUCATION, BUT HE'D ALSO LIKE TO BUILD THE CAR HERE JUST LIKE HE IS BUILDING IN 14 00:01:32.258 --> 00:01:39.466 MANCHESTER ENGLAND. >> FOR A QUICK BACKGROUND, THE GO-CART PROGRAM, THAT IS REALLY FILTERING DOWN INTO THE HIGH 15 00:01:39.466 --> 00:01:46.840 SCHOOLS AND YOU HAD ABOUT I BELIEVE AROUND 30 TEAMS COMING IN FROM HIGH SCHOOLS AROUND THE STATE TO RACE GO CARTS AT THE 16 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:52.979 SPEEDWAY. >> WE HAD ABOUT 30 TEAMS OF YOUNG PEOPLE. MY GUESSES NEXT YEAR WE WILL 17 00:01:52.979 --> 00:02:02.689 HAVE OVER 100, BUT THE PRESIDENT TOLD ME HE WOULD LIKE A GO-CART IN EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE STATE SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE 18 00:02:02.689 --> 00:02:07.494 HEADING. ONE OF THE REALLY EXCITING THINGS AS THESE KIDS WERE SO ENGAGED IN BUILDING THEIR GO 19 00:02:07.494 --> 00:02:16.202 CARTS THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE CELL PHONES OUT SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GRAB A HOLD OF FOLKS. >> GO CARTS 240 MILES PER HOUR 20 00:02:16.202 --> 00:02:26.913 AND THESE ARE GOING TO SELL ANYWHERE FROM 180000-$250,000. WHO ARE THE BUYERS FOR THESE AND WHERE WILL THEY DRIVE THEM? 21 00:02:26.913 --> 00:02:34.287 >> WE WILL SEE WHO DRIVES AROUND WEST LAFAYETTE. THERE MAY BE A FEW HOPEFULLY AT LOWER SPEEDS. 22 00:02:34.287 --> 00:02:42.295 THERE ARE BUYERS FOR THESE SORTS OF CARS IN THE U.S. KEATING IS GOING TO PRODUCE THE LEFT-HAND DRIVE VEHICLES HERE 23 00:02:42.295 --> 00:02:51.671 BOTH FOR THE U.S. AND FOR ASIA AND AMAZINGLY THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF FOLKS WITH THAT SORT OF FINANCIAL 24 00:02:51.671 --> 00:03:00.313 RESOURCES AND THE INTEREST TO HAVE THE FASTEST CAR. >> AND REALLY, REALLY A SPECIAL ASPECT OF THIS, $30,000 25 00:03:00.313 --> 00:03:07.720 FOR EACH CAR WILL GO TO STEM EDUCATION. SO, AGAIN, THE OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO HELP STUDENTS IN INDIANA, 26 00:03:07.720 --> 00:03:16.930 STUDENTS OF PURDUE GET INVOLVED IN A VERY VITAL PART OF THE INDIANA ECONOMY, MANUFACTURING. >> THAT IS CORRECT. 27 00:03:16.930 --> 00:03:24.871 ARE ISSUES TO GIVE PRODUCED STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD GO CARTS AND THEN MOVE ON TO REALLY PERFORMANCE VEHICLES LIKE 28 00:03:24.871 --> 00:03:33.613 THE CD -- KEATING SUPERCAR AND WORK WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PROVIDE A GOOD BACKGROUND FOR STEM THAT LEADS TO MANUFACTURING 29 00:03:33.613 --> 00:03:43.356 AND INDUSTRY. >> YOU TO EXPECT TO BE FULLY IN PRODUCTION. SO THAT'S THE PLAN. 30 00:03:43.356 --> 00:03:52.365 SOMETIMES THIS FALL WE WILL PRODUCE THE FIRST CAR IN INDIANA SO A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE AND A LOT OF THINGS TO HAPPEN, BUT 31 00:03:52.365 --> 00:04:00.373 THAT'S THE PLAN. >> THIS IS FROM GROUND UP. THE ENGINES ARE ALREADY THERE AND THIS IS YOU ARE BUILDING 32 00:04:00.373 --> 00:04:07.680 FROM GROUND UP. >> IT IS A U.S. PRODUCT. THE ENGINES ARE LEGACY CHEVY ENGINES AND THE REST OF THE 33 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:16.522 PARTS WILL BE MANUFACTURED HERE IN THE STATE. A LOT OF THEM IN INDIANA. WE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE 34 00:04:16.522 --> 00:04:23.496 INDYCAR INDUSTRY THAT IS HERE AND GIVE SOMETHING FOR A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS TO DO WHEN THEY ARE NOT RAISING INDY CARS. 35 00:04:23.496 --> 00:04:32.405 >> THE INITIAL RESPONSE HAS BEEN PRETTY STRONG. >> WE HAVE ASSEMBLED THE CAR IN ABOUT FIVE DAYS WITH PARTS 36 00:04:32.405 --> 00:04:38.945 WHICH IS JUST AMAZING, BUT WE HAD TO YOUNG FOLKS THAT WERE IN THERE AND THEY WERE WORKING 24/7 TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND THEY 37 00:04:38.945 --> 00:04:46.352 WERE AS HAPPY AS YOU COULD BE. >> IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, WHAT IS -- >> TO LEARN ABOUT THE GO-CART 38 00:04:46.352 --> 00:05:02.235 PROGRAM, GO TO EV GRAND PRIX.ORG AND THERE IS A PLACE THERE YOU CAN CONTACT US AND THE KEATING SUPERCAR PUT THAT THERE AS WELL.