At the science fair, Marco calls the students from the competing team mahu(s) which is the Hawaiian word for homosexuals.
The first Nuon Solar Team (7 time winner of The World Solar Challenge) decided to build a solar car after watching this movie.
Based on the true story of the 1989 - 1993 Konawaena High School Solarcar Team.
The students in the movie are actually character composites of the actual students that were part of the high school solar car team.