Absolutely correct. Tim's the driver who had to be "encouraged" by yers truly to change into his drivers suit while he, the team and the car were in the staging lane.
This story is also on the Target 550 site, in the News section:
A Short Story Inspired by the Life of Tim Wilson by Granite Falls High School Student, Jasmine Bates
There once was a young man named Timmy who liked boats and fish and cars. He didn't quite know why…those were just his hobbies. Being a young man not yet out of high school didn't stop Tim from living a vast and colorful life. Tim’s interest in cars led him to join the Granite Falls High School UrbanAutos Team. Timmy met many interesting people and learned many things, but mostly he worked on the UrbanAutos car, and Urban Concept car built for a fuel mileage competition for high schools and colleges called the Shell Eco-Marathon. When the UrbanAutos first participated their car was overweight and they were not able to compete, but the next year they gave the competition a run for their money. The team left with a new Americas record for Urban Concept Diesel, 186.5 mpg. But the Shell Eco-Marathon wasn't all the UrbanAutos did, after setting their record they traveled to the Salt Flats in Bonneville, Utah to test their car in different conditions at the annual World of Speed event. They didn't go as fast as the other cars (not even close) but it was a learning experience and they missed four days of school
---So far this story is factual, but soon it will become much less so.---
On the team’s last day on the Salt Flats it rained rather a lot and the Flats were suddenly transformed into a giant puddle. Tim, being the driver of the car, was not very happy. So what did Tim do? He pulled out his squirt gun and began to pump the water off the Salt. At first his friends laughed at him, Timmy always was a silly boy. But soon their snickers turned to cheers as Tim squirted the water clear over the mountains. A crowd began to gather, and soon other racers wielded their squirt guns and marched out onto the fast drying salt. The mob of squirt gunners grew so large it looked like it was raining backwards. Just as the sun began to rise over the Salt Timmy launched the last drops of water over the mountain. Now Timmy was no longer just a boy who liked boats and fish and cars, he was a legend, a hero to be remembered in racing circles for years to come.
The second paragraph is kinda silly, but it's what was written in the school paper and I figgered it would be a good thing to include, in toto, in the News.
I haven't heard much about the school's program or whether they plan to return to the Eco-marathon with new vehicles, but I'm sure their instructor, Micheal Werner, has something planned.
