Chevrolet Cobalt SS Exceeds 172 MPH Land Speed Record

It's been an exciting week for three female engineering interns at the Bonneville Salt Flats. 19-year-old Heather Chemistruck of Virginia Tech University, 21-year-old Lauren Zimmer from Purdue University and 21-year-old Sandra Saldivar of New Mexico State University converted a Chevrolet Cobalt SS to run on E85 ethanol fuel, then broke a 1987 record by achieving a 176.68 MPH land speed run yesterday.