Irvine’s Pacific Academy Solar Team also registered to participate this year, but advisor Kelly Chu said students ended up needing a bit more time to complete their car. One more team from Southern California also made the cut, with a 10-person crew from Pasadena’s Polytechnic School joining the race for the first time. Palmdale High’s Solar Falcons Race Team is one of 20 similar squads from seven different states that made it to Texas to participate in the 2023 Solar Car Challenge. And that car will be powered entirely by sunlight. Like many teens before her, it seems Aleyssa Coleman will be celebrating her 18th birthday on Tuesday, July 18, with a road trip across the Southwest.īut Coleman plans to help drive from Texas back to her hometown in a car she and 35 of her Palmdale High classmates built. July 15 dispatch: Solar car cross-country race features SoCal schools, high hopes and a helmet
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The team that drives the most miles in their solar car by the time they reach Palmdale on Sunday, July 23, wins each division, with cars trailered the rest of the way.Ĭheck back here for dispatches from our local teams throughout the week, plus news on how the Southern California teams finish after July 23. It’s their longest possible driving stretch of the week-long race, with up to 204.7 miles up for grabs. Teams are racing today from Snyder, Texas to Carlsbad, New Mexico. They also posted the most driving miles so far, at 182.6 miles. Solar Car Challenge reports the team set a new record Sunday for sustained driving speed by traveling at over 72 mph during the race. The team to beat in the top advanced division is considered the Iron Lions from Greenville, Texas. 160 miles a Texas team logged to nab the No. They drove 37 qualified miles during the first day of racing in their Helios Falcon solar car vs. Palmdale High’s Solar Falcons team is in fourth place out of five teams in the advanced classic car division. “So far so good!” said Pasadena’s captain Aria Wang, 17, who’s helping to drive her team’s car.
That’s just five miles less than a Michigan team, which is in first place so far in the classic car division.
The team logged 46 road miles in its Mason Mobile. It’s a strong showing for the school that’s making its debut in the race this year. While 20 teams from across the United States made it to qualifying, just 15 teams raced during the first day Sunday, with teams traveling between Forth Worth and Snyder, Texas,Īfter one day on the road amid scorching temperatures, the team from Polytechnic School in Pasadena is in second place in their division. July 17 dispatch: Both teams are qualified and have a day of racing under their beltsįollowing rigorous inspections and some last-minute fixes, both teams of high schoolers from Southern California qualified on Saturday, July 15, to participate in the Solar Car Challenge, where students race from Fort Worth, Texas to Palmdale in solar-powered cars they built themselves.
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