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Trans-Australian car race WSC Infobox/doc background:#faa21f; 1999 World Solar Challenge The 5th edition of the World Solar Challenge background:#fbe4ce; Host Country AUS Australia Dates run 17–26 October 1999 Start Darwin, Australia Finish Adelaide, Australia Race Distance (km) 2998.7 Total Distance (km) 3,028 Results Winner AUS Aurora Solar Car Team 2nd CAN Queens University 3rd AUS University of Queensland
The 1999 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering about 3,000 km (1,900 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.
There were 40 entrants in the event, 28 of which completed the course.Team List http://140.112.14.7/~ifplab/solar/team.htm#1999 2023-10-28 140.112.14.7 The overall winner was Aurora 101, built by the Aurora Solar Car Team of Australia at an average speed of 72.96 km/h. It is the only edition of the race to be won outright by an Australian team.Honour Roll World Solar Challenge 2023 https://worldsolarchallenge.org/the-event/history/honour_roll 2023-10-28 worldsolarchallenge.org
Route
The World Solar Challenge runs across approximately 3,000 km from Darwin, the capital of the Northern Territory, to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.
Control points are established along the route for driver changes and public viewing opportunities. In 1999, these included Katherine, Dunmarra, Tennant Creek, Alice Springs, Cadney Park Homestead, Glendambo, Port Augusta and Angle Vale.2000-09-30 Checkpoint Data http://wsc.pv.unsw.edu.au/map/checkpoint/cp.htm 2023-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20000930165030/http://wsc.pv.unsw.edu.au/map/checkpoint/cp.htm 2000-09-30 Control Stop Information http://www.wsc.org.au/Program/1999/indexStops.html 2023-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20020421072225fw_/http://www.wsc.org.au/Program/1999/indexStops.html 21 April 2002
Results
The Aurora Solar Car TeamAbout Us Aurora Solar Car Team https://www.aurorasolarcar.com/AboutUs 2023-10-28 www.aurorasolarcar.com from Melbourne, Australia won the event outright.
RankTeamCarCountryClassTime (hr:mn)Speed (km/h)1AuroraAurora 101Australia41:0672:962Queens UniversityRadianceCanada41:3372.123University of QueenslandSunSharkAustralia41:5071.864Northern Territory UniversityDesert RoseAustraliaSilver Zinc42:1471.005Kanazawa Institute of TechnologyKIT Golden EagleJapanSilver Zinc44:3367.316Tamagawa Solar ChallengersTamagawa Super GenbowJapanSilver Zinc45:2666.007Lake Tuggeranong CollegeSpirit of CanberraAustralia45:3165.868Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyManta GTXUSACutout45:3465.819University of MichiganMaize BlazeJapan47:3463.0410Osaka Sangyo UniversityOSU Model SAustralia48:2162.02
Separate classes were convened based on the solar cell material used by teams.2001-04-04 1999 Results http://www.wsc.org.au/Results/1999/index.shtml 2023-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20010404230306/http://www.wsc.org.au/Results/1999/index.shtml 2001-04-04
Silver Zinc class
ClassOverallTeamCarCountryTime (hr:mn)Speed (km/h)14Northern Territory UniversityDesert RoseAustralia42:1471.0025Kanazawa Institute of TechnologyKIT Golden EagleJapan44:3367.3136Tamagawa Solar ChallengersTamagawa Super GenbowJapan45:2666.00
Silicon class
ClassOverallTeamCarCountryTime (hr:mn)Speed (km/h)114SA Solar Car ConsortiumNEDAustralia55:1354.31220Southbank UniversityMad Dog IIIUK59:1150.67321Central Queensland UniversityCapricorn Solar FlairAustralia60:2749.61
Cutout class
ClassOverallTeamCarCountryTime (hr:mn)Speed (km/h)18MITNEDAustralia45:3465.81220Aoyama Gakuin UniversityAGU AglaiaJapan58:2151.39321University Missouri RollaUSA63:2747.26
Private class
ClassOverallTeamCarCountryTime (hr:mn)Speed (km/h)111Solar MotionsCascade CruiserUSA48:2162.02215Jona SunJona SunJapan55:4553.79317JunkyardJunkyardJapan56:5453.79
Cycle challenge
The Electricity Trust of South Australia sponsored a solar-powered cycle challenge over approximately 1,500 km from Alice Springs to Adelaide.Solar cycles - a quick guide to the vehicles and the rules of the Challenge http://www.wsc.org.au/Program/1999/indexCVehicle.html 2023-10-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20020314103336fw_/http://www.wsc.org.au/Program/1999/indexCVehicle.html 14 March 2002
References
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