Sunrayce 97 was an intercollegiate solar car race on June 19–28, 1997. The event was won by Cal State LA, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finishing less than 20 minutes behind them. It was the 4th American national championship solar car race held.[1][2]

Route

  • Day 1: Thu, June 19: Start in Indianapolis, Indiana; finish in Terre Haute, IN.
  • Day 2: Fri, June 20: Start in Terre Haute, IN, must reach Effingham, Illinois checkpoint, finish in Godfrey, IL.
  • Day 3: Sat, June 21: Start in Godfrey, IL, must reach Louisiana, Missouri checkpoint, finish in Fulton, MO.
  • Day 4: Sun, June 22: Start in Fulton, MO, must reach California, MO checkpoint, finish in Lee's Summit, MO.
  • Rest Day: Mon, June 23: Lee's Summit, MO.
  • Day 5: Tue, June 24: Start in Lee's Summit, MO, must reach Topeka, Kansas checkpoint, finish in Manhattan, KS.
  • Day 6: Wed, June 25: Start in Manhattan, KS, must reach Glasco, KS checkpoint, finish in Smith Center, KS.
  • Day 7: Thu, June 26: Start in Smith Center, KS, must reach Oberlin, KS checkpoint, finish in St. Francis, KS.
  • Day 8: Fri, June 27: Tue, June 27: Start in St. Francis, KS, must reach Anton, Colorado checkpoint, finish in Limon, CO.
  • Day 9: Sat, June 28: Start in Limon, CO, finish in Colorado Springs, CO.

Results

PositionCar #TeamTotal Elapsed TimeTotal Average Speed
18Cal State LA28:41:3443.29
21Massachusetts Institute of Technology29:00:2042.83
316Stanford University / UC Berkeley29:33:1542.03
412Texas A&M University29:47:2141.70
574Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology31:37:5439.27
6111University of Michigan32:14:0138.54
724University of Waterloo32:22:0438.38
843University of Missouri32:25:3838.31
9480Yale University35:09:5935.32
10100Queen's University35:11:1435.30
1135University of Minnesota36:37:5533.91
1277Messiah College37:26:5933.17
1396University of Western Ontario38:14:3232.48
1422University of Illinois38:39:5932.13
1517University of Pennsylvania39:08:2131.74
1697Western Michigan University42:10:5629.45
1742University of Missouri - Rolla43:26:5628.59
1833Ohio State University43:42:5928.41
1900University of North Dakota47:44:4026.02
203Minnesota State University, Mankato and Winona49:05:0325.31
2121New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology50:46:4624.46
2227United States Military Academy51:29:2524.12
2366McGill University51:44:4324.01
2428Kansas State University53:43:0023.12
2529Columbus State Community College55:20:3122.45
269Iowa State University65:32:2918.95
272California State University, Long Beach67:31:3218.40
2876Drexel University69:47:0917.80
29101École de technologie supérieure71:03:3417.48
306Virginia Tech75:29:1916.46
3132Principia College77:32:3316.02
32777South Dakota School of Mines and Technology79:43:4615.58
3311Auburn University90:24:0613.74
34741Purdue University91:09:4513.63
35504University of New Orleans93:10:1013.33
367George Washington University19:06:170.00
  • Not qualifying but ran the first leg of the race in their own was Middle Tennessee State University.

References

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