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