American Solar Challenge
Overall Winners

  • First: #2 – Michigan
  • Second: #35 – Minnesota
  • Third: #10 – Bochum

Stage 1 Winners
Stage 2 Winners
Stage 3 Winners


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The American Solar Challenge 2010 is onto the finish at Napperville, IL.

Team # and Name StartTime Naperville ElapsedTime
2 – Michigan 10:00:00 12:54:27 28:14:44
35 – Minnesota 10:01:00 12:49:25 30:26:53
10 – Bochum 10:02:00 12:47:39 30:34:50
16 – Stanford 10:03:00 12:45:09 31:59:44
42 – Missouri S&T 10:04:00 13:01:29 32:53:56
65 – Calgary 10:05:00 13:05:47 33:35:26
95 – Kaohsiung 10:06:00 13:07:38 36:25:00
28 – New Paltz 10:08:00 14:31:44 47:10:30
3 – Kentucky 10:07:00 15:28:31 47:11:27
11 – Northwestern 10:09:00 14:22:47 53:52:39
9 – Iowa State 10:10:00 13:22:13 67:29:55
88 – Texas Austin 10:11:00 14:02:04 68:56:32
5 – Illinois State 10:12:00 13:29:38 70:09:19
ASC – Verified Checkpoint Times Last Updated: 6/26/10 – 16:51

- Checkpoint times given without penalties as hh:mm:ss


The Challenge

The 2010 American Solar Challenge (ASC2010) is a competition to design, build, and drive solar-powered cars in a cross-country time/distance rally event. Teams compete in a 1100 mile drive from Broken Arrow, OK to Naperville, IL. The route has been chosen to combine pieces of old routes used in previous events, giving a bit of an historical tribute for the 20 years of organized events in North America.

17 teams are registered for the 2010 season, with all but one planning to compete in both Formula Sun Grand Prix and the American Solar Challenge. We welcome our international teams from Canada, Germany, and Taiwan as well as the strong presence of our local United States teams. Safe travels, sunny days, and all the best to all the teams! See our event program here(pdf).

The American Solar Challenge is hosted by the Innovators Educational Foundation, a 501c3 organization devoted to applied learning in the areas of science, engineering, and technology.


Meet the Teams

Car # Host Institution Car Name Country
10 Hochschule Bochum – Bochum University of Applied Sciences SolarWorld No.1 German Flag
5 Illinois State University Mercury III United States Flag
9 Iowa State University Anthelion United States Flag
42 Missouri University of Science and Technology Solar Miner VII United States Flag
95 National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences Apollo VI Taiwanese Flag
11 Northwestern University Nusolar sc5 United States Flag
256 Oregon State University Odyssey United States Flag
16 Stanford University Apogee United States Flag
28 State University of New York New Paltz SUN Hawk United States Flag
65 University of Calgary Schulich Axiom Canadian Flag
3 University of Kentucky Gato del Sol IV United States Flag
2 University of Michigan Infinium United States Flag
35 University of Minnesota Centaurus 2 United States Flag
88 University of Texas at Austin Samsung Solorean United States Flag
20 Western Michigan University Sunseeker United States Flag
Last updated 6-15-2010

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