2003 World Solar Challenge

2003 World Solar Challenge
Darwin > Adelaide 19 - 28 October 2003

Pre-race

Fri 10th October
The 2003 World Solar Challenge will be the seventh occasion that this international event has been held. It was first run in 1987...
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Mon 13th October
Most of the 2003 Aurora 101 solar car team have arrived in Darwin for preparations in the week before...
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Tue 14th October
Today was our first big test on the road to Jabiru. We set 9.00am as departure time and nearly made it...
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Wed 15th October
After the successful day yesterday where the Aurora 101 solar car covered 350 fast kilometres...
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Thu 16th October
The days are flying by. Today we were scheduled to be the first team to go through scrutineering...
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Fri 17th October
Today we spent most of the day at the Hidden Valley race track, tuning the suspension and...
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Sat 18th October
Action day and the action was at Darwin's famous Hidden Valley racing track. Usually it is the deafening sound of hot...
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Race Updates

Sun 19th October
At the starting line we had a flat tyre, and we had to pump it up...
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Mon 20th October
Last night there was solid cloud over Elliott so we missed a charging session...
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Tue 21st October
Today was the 3rd day of racing, with the top 3 places leaving from Alice Springs, and headed for...
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Wed 22nd October
Nuna passed in here at 9:05am, Aurora at 10am, and MIT at...
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Thu 23rd October

Aurora reached Adelaide in 4 days, passing the end of timing at 5:07pm, bettering the ...
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Race Analysis Report
The seventh World Solar Challenge was won by the new solar car from...
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