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North American Solar Challenge

July

A biannual competition in which participants design, build, and race solar-powered cars in a cross-country event. The cars entered in the race (called "rayce" due to the solar-powered vehicles used) are designed and built by teams of engineering students from about 20 American and Canadian universities. The purpose of the event is "to promote and celebrate educational excellence and engineering creativity."
Originally begun as Sunrayce USA in 1990 and organized by General Motors, the race was renamed the American Solar Challenge in 2001 and the North American Solar Challenge in 2005. When the Department of Energy withdrew its support, the 2007 race was cancelled. The event is now sponsored by Toyota and the Crowder College MARET Center. The 2008 race will run some 2,500 miles from Dallas, Texas, to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, while the previous race, in 2005, went from Chicago to Los Angeles. While on the road, each solar-powered car is accompanied by a safety vehicle sporting rooftop hazard flashers; each solar caravan is accompanied by an official observer to keep contestants apprised of possible road problems ahead. The North American Solar Challenge is the longest solar-powered car race in the world.

CONTACTS:
North American Solar Challenge
601 Laclede Ave.
Neosho, MO 64850
417-455-5666; fax: 417-455-5669
www.americansolarchallenge.org

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No references found	Co-sponsored by Z Corporation, the team is a perennial high performer: it won the North American Solar Challenge (a 2,400-mile race from Dallas to Calgary, Alberta, Canada) five out of nine times and has finished as high as third in the World Championship three times. DESIGNERS OF "INFINIUM" USE 3D SCANNING/PRINTING FROM Z CORP by CAD/CAM Update Performance Car Technology lecturer Dr Sparey-Taylor said the new vehicle will travel up to 70mph from Texas to Calgary during the North American Solar Challenge, which takes place over 11 days next July. I'll build 100MPH solar car and race to Canada by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) RESOURCES * Visit this Web site from the American Solar Challenge to take a tour of a solar car: www. Hot wheels: follow a fleet of solar cars as they zoom past kangaroos ... by Jongo-Cohen, Judith / Science World	American pasque flower American pennyroyal oil American Philosophical Society American Protective Association American Public Information on the Environment American Race American Red Cross American Relief Administration American Renaissance American Renaissance Revival American Revolution American Rivers American Rocket Society American run American Rundbogenstil American Saddlebred American saddlebred horse American Samoa American Samoa, The National Park of American Scene, The American Shore & Beach Preservation Association American Society for Testing and Materials American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals American Society of Landscape Architects American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Solar Challenge American spotted fever American standard beam American standard channel American Standard Code for Information Interchange American standard pipe thread American standard pipe threads American standard screw thread American standard wire gauge American Standards Association American Stock Exchange American system American system drill American System of manufacture American Table of Distances American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph, Inc. American Trails American Trotter American Tudor style American University American University in Cairo American University of Beirut American water spaniel American Whitewater American Wildlands	American Society of Training and Development American Society of Transplant Physicians American Society of Transplant Surgeons American Society of Transplantation American Society of Transportation and Logistics American Society of Transportation Engineers American Society of Trauma Anesthesiologists American Society of Travel Agents American Society of Trial Consultants American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene American Society of University Composers American Society of Validation Engineers American Society of Veterinary Dental Technicians American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology American Society of Women Accountants American Society of Women Accountants American Society of Women Accountants Educational Foundation American Society of Young Musicians American Society of Zoologists American Society on Aging American Sociological Association American Sociological Review American Sod Producers Association American Softball Association American Software Testing Qualifications Board American Solar Challenge American Solar Energy Society American Solar Network American Solar Tinting, Inc. American Solutions for Business American Sommelier Association American Song Moo Kwan Association American Song-Poem Music Archives American Southeast American Southwest American Southwest Conference American Sovereignty Restoration Act American Soy Products American Soybean Association American Space Agency American Space Agency American Spaceframe Fabricators International American Spanish American sparrow American sparrowhawk American sparrowhawk American sparrowhawks American sparrowhawks American Spatial Hydrology Union American Speaking Telegraph Company American Specialties Inc. American Specialty Health Insurance Company American Specialty Health Networks

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Co-sponsored by Z Corporation, the team is a perennial high performer: it won the North American Solar Challenge (a 2,400-mile race from Dallas to Calgary, Alberta, Canada) five out of nine times and has finished as high as third in the World Championship three times.

DESIGNERS OF "INFINIUM" USE 3D SCANNING/PRINTING FROM Z CORP by CAD/CAM Update

Performance Car Technology lecturer Dr Sparey-Taylor said the new vehicle will travel up to 70mph from Texas to Calgary during the North American Solar Challenge, which takes place over 11 days next July.

I'll build 100MPH solar car and race to Canada by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

RESOURCES * Visit this Web site from the American Solar Challenge to take a tour of a solar car: www.

Hot wheels: follow a fleet of solar cars as they zoom past kangaroos ... by Jongo-Cohen, Judith / Science World

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