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World Solar Challenge 2009 
Summary
The 2009 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering 3,021 km (1,877 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.
In the Challenge class 24 teams started, of which eight completed the course, and the winner was Tokai University of Japan. In the Adventure class seven teams started and two completed the course, the winner being Osaka Sangyo University also of Japan.
Challenge class edit
| Rank | Team | Country | Distance (km) | Time (hr:mn) | Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokai University | Japan | 3021 | 29:49 | 100.54 |
| 2 | Nuon | Netherlands | 3021 | 32:38 | 91.88 |
| 3 | University of Michigan | United States | 3021 | 33:08 | 90.49 |
| 4 | University of New South Wales | Australia | 3021 | 39:18 | 76.28 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | 3021 | 40:41 | 73.70 |
| 6 | Aurora | Australia | 3021 | 42:20 | 70.82 |
| 7 | Principia College | United States | 3021 | 43:23 | 69.11 |
| 8 | University of Twente | Netherlands | 3021 | 44:53 | 66.80 |
| 9 | Bochum Solar World 1 | Germany | 2896 | ||
| 10 | Stanford University | United States | 2719 | ||
| 11 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 1953 | ||
| 12 | Bochum Bo Cruiser | Germany | 1850 | ||
| 13 | Belenos | France | 1645 | ||
| 14 | University of Cambridge | UK | 1616 | ||
| 15 | Sakarya University | Turkey | 1437 | ||
| 16 | Istanbul University | Turkey | 1380 | ||
| 17 | Heliox | Switzerland | 1042 | ||
| 18 | Leeming HS | Australia | 950 | ||
| 19 | Willetton HS | Australia | 906 | ||
| 20 | Umicore | Belgium | 380 | ||
| 21 | Polytechnique Montreal | Canada | 287 | ||
| 22 | Uniten Solar Ranger Team | Malaysia | 250 | ||
| 23 | McMaster University | Canada | 146 | ||
| 24 | ETS | Canada | 96 |
Adventure class edit
| Rank | Team | Country | Distance (km) | Time (hr:mn) | Speed (km/h) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Osaka Sangyo University | Japan | 3021 | 34:45 | 86.27 |
| 2 | Southern Aurora | Australia | 3021 | 44:17 | 67.71 |
| 3 | Goko HS | Japan | 2719 | 61.77[note 1] | |
| 4 | Helios | France | 2719 | 58.31[note 1] | |
| 5 | SolarShop Kelly | Australia | 2217 | ||
| 6 | Towards Tomorrow | Australia | 1156 | ||
| 7 | CPDM | Malaysia | 514 |
Note
References edit
- WSC 2009 results
External links edit
- WSC website