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The Team
Harry Schoell is
Chairman and CEO of Cyclone Power Technologies, and the
inventor of the Cyclone Engine that will power Team
Steam USA’s attempt to break the Land Speed Record for
steam vehicles. Under Harry’s leadership, Cyclone has
received over 29 patents for the Cyclone Engine, the
“Invention of the Year” Award from Popular Science, two
SAE Tech Awards, and major contracts from Raytheon and
the U.S. Army. Harry is a life-long inventor, who
before founding Cyclone, made his mark in the marine
design, power and propulsion fields, and was recently
named as one of the true “Game Changers” in the industry
by Boating Magazine.
Nelson Hoyos is
Director of Development and Driver for the Team. Nelson
is a two-time NHRA Champion and Turbo Magazine “Driver
of the Year”. He has been involved in the development,
racing and business aspects of motorsports for over 30
years, and has been instrumental in leading high profile
multi-million dollar race team and marketing programs
for the US Navy, Ford and Chevrolet Racing Divisions. As
factory driver and engine technologies advisor, Nelson
has set numerous drag racing records for Ford, Chevy and
set a land speed record at Bonneville in excess of 243
mph for the GM Performance/Chevrolet division. Nelson
founded and currently runs the
Driven2Win Drag Racing School.
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Cyclone’s Steam Experts
and Advisors:
George Nutz George
Nutz was a research and development engineer at MIT
Instrumentation Laboratory and part of an MIT team that
was developing a steam powered Saab for the Clean Air
Car Race from MIT to Caltech. He has been working on and
designing boilers, engines, superheaters and economizers
for steam cars and boat owners for 40 years as a
consultant in New England. He represented MIT Labs at
the external combustion hearings at the Department of
Transportation meetings in 1968.Allan "Brownie" Brown
is Senior Engineering Fellow with Cyclone, whose
experience spans over 56 years in the marine
industry where he has developed propulsion,
hydraulic, electrical and exhaust systems for
some of the best known names in the business.
Over the years, Brownie has served as: Director
of Product Development for Cigarette Racing
Team; President and CEO of Cougar Marine, which
built powerboats that won 33 consecutive
offshore races including 12 World and National
Championships; Director of Product Development
for Stainless Marine; Project Engineer for
Gentry Transatlantic on the “Gentry Eagle,” a
113’ mega-yacht that held the transatlantic
speed crossing record; Product Development
Consultant for Teleflex Marine; and General
Manager of Donzi Marine.
Robert Edwards
is a retired senior engineer from Lockheed
Martin. Bob served at Lockheed Martin for over
30 years, working on different projects
including the Apollo Moon Project and other
space programs. Bob has also spent over 20 years
working with experimental steam cars and other
steam systems, and is an officer of the Mobile
Steam Society in Tennessee.
Karl A. Petersen
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