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Get Your Solar Kicks on Route 66
Rose-Hulmans 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 years race will traverse historic Route 66
from Chicago, Ill., to Claremont, Calif.
The team is entering a totally
new car for this years competition. Some specifications follow: 18
feet long; six feet wide; weighs 550 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.
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.
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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)
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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 Univ.
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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