| Rose-Hulman's Solar Phantom
team will follow the sun across the country again this
year when it participates in the American Solar
Challenge, July 15-25. This year's race will
traverse historic Route 66 from Chicago, Ill., to
Claremont, Calif.
The team is entering a totally new car for this
year's competition. Some specifications follow:
18 feet long; six feet wide; weighs 500 pounds; top
speed of 72 miles per hour; carbon fiber and Nomex
composite chassis; 1000 watts peak power output; and
12.1 horsepower hub-mounted, rear-wheel drive motor.
Early prospects look good for the new car. In
May, it successfully defended its title in the Formula
Sun Grand Prix race. |
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Solar Phantom Route |
July 8-13:
American Solar Challenge
Pre-Race Activities,
- Kalamazoo, Mich.
July 15-25:
American Solar Challenge,
- Chicago to Claremont, Calif.
Stage One (435 miles),
July 15-16
- Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
- Springfield, Ill.
- St. Louis, Mo.
- Rolla, Mo. |
Stage Two (1,750 miles),
July 17-24
- Neosho, Mo.
- Tulsa, Okla.
- Edmond, Okla.
- Sayre, Okla.
- Amarillo, Texas
- Tucumcari, N.M.
- Albuquerque, N.M.
- Gallup, N.M.
- Flagstaff, Ariz.
- Kingman, Ariz.
- Barstow, Calif.
Stage Three (120 miles),
July 25
-Victorville, Calif.
- Claremont, Calif.
(Finish: Metrolink Parking Lot) |
2001 Solar Phantom VI team
- Story featured in Echoes Spring
2001 Issue.
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Solar Phantom Competitors
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American Solar
Challenge
Registered Teams |
| California
Polytechnic State-San Luis Obispo |
| Florida
State/Florida A&M |
| Iowa State
University |
| Kansas
State University |
| Los Altos
High School (Calif.) |
| McGill
University (Canada) |
| Messiah
College (Pa.) |
| Michigan
State University |
| Michigan
Technological Univ. |
| Mankato/Winona
State (Minn.) |
| Massachusetts
Institute of Technology |
| North
Dakota State University |
| Northwestern
University |
| The Ohio
State University |
| Principia
College |
| Queens
University (Canada) |
| Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology |
| South
Dakota School of Mines |
| Stanford
University |
| Texas
A&M University |
| University
of Alberta (Canada) |
| University
of Arizona |
| University
of California |
| University
of Kentucky |
| University
of Michigan |
| University
of Minnesota |
| University
of Missouri-Columbia |
| University
of Missouri-Rolla |
| University
of North Dakota |
| University
of Oklahoma |
| University
of Pennsylvania |
| University
of Puerto Rico-Mayqquez |
| University
of Texas |
| University
of Toronto (Canada) |
| University
of Virginia |
| University
of Waterloo (Canada) |
| Western
Michigan University |
| Yale
University |
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