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Venturi Buckeye Bullet program featured on The Story with Dick Gordon from American Public Media

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If you haven't yet heard, the student-led Buckeye Bullet program is working on it's next project: the Venturi Buckeye Bullet 3. The vehicle is set to debut on the Bonneville Salt Flats this August aiming for an amazing 400mph. Hear this interview from Dick Gordon's The Story for history and future plans.

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Cross section view of the Venturi Buckeye Bullet 3.

"Building a car--a battery powered car that can go up to 400 miles per hour. It's under way at [The] Ohio State University and the racing team, the Buckeye Bullet, plans to race their car at the Bonneville Salt Flats this summer. Dick speaks to professor Giorgio Rizzoni and David Cooke, one of the students who works 40 to 80 hours a week on the project."

Listen now: http://thestory.org/archive/2012_2_28_thestory_start_your_engines.mp3