American Solar Challenge 2001

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The 2001 American Solar Challenge was the longest solar car race yet. The 11 day event ran from July 15-25, 2001 and followed Old Route 66 from Chicago, IL to Claremont, CA.

Route

The ASC 2001 route was only 2 stages – a relatively short stage 1 followed by the longest stage in ASC history where solar cars arrived at various checkpoints over up to 4 days.

• Stage 1: (436 miles)
  • Stage Start: Chicago, IL – July 15
  • Checkpoint: Springfield, IL – July 15 & 16
  • Checkpoint: St. Louis, MO – July 15 & 16
  • Stage Finish: Rolla, MO – July 15 & 16
• Stage 2: (1811 miles)
  • Stage Start: Rolla, MO – July 17
  • Checkpoint: Neosho, MO – July 17
  • Checkpoint: Tulsa, OK – July 17 & 18
  • Checkpoint: Edmond, OK – July 17 & 18
  • Checkpoint: Sayre, OK – July 18 & 19
  • Checkpoint: Amarillo, TX – July 18, 19, & 20
  • Checkpoint: Tucumcari, NM – July 18, 19, & 20
  • Checkpoint: Albuquerque, NM – July 19, 20, & 21
  • Checkpoint: Gallup, NM – July 19, 20, 21, & 22
  • Checkpoint: Flagstaff, AZ – July 20, 21, 22, & 23
  • Checkpoint: Kingman, AZ – July 20, 21, 22, & 23
  • Checkpoint: Barstow, CA – July 20, 21, 22, & 23
  • Stage Finish: Claremont, CA – July 20, 21, 22, & 23

Results

ASC 2001 was a time based competition – the team to complete the route in the lowest time wins. For teams not finishing the entire route they are ranked based on time and distance. Teams competed in two classes – Open and Stock.

Position	Car #	Team	Class	Time	Miles
1	2	University of Michigan	Open	56:10:46	2247.39
2	42	University of Missouri – Rolla	Open	57:30:52	2247.39
3	24	University of Waterloo	Open	62:00:18	2247.39
4	100	Queen’s University	Open	62:55:11	2247.39
5	28	Kansas State University	Open	65:22:55	2247.39
6	35	University of Minnesota	Open	66:59:20	2198.15
7	32	Principia College	Open	67:25:43	2247.39
8	74	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Open	39:17:30	2247.31
9	8	University of Arizona	Stock	69:56:32	2247.39
10	6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Open	71:41:55	2247.39
11	43	University of Missouri – Columbia	Open	72:28:49	2247.39
12	1	University of Toronto	Open	79:08:57	2247.39
13	77	Messiah College	Open	80:22:37	2247.39
14	41	South Bank University	Open	80:44:47	2247.39
15	16	Stanford University	Stock	90:58:16	2207.20
16	9	Iowa State University	Open	92:39:00	2048.36
17	63	Association FUTURA	Open	95:49:13	2067.82
18	91	Stanford University	Open	99:53:07	1915.38
19	3	Minnesota State University	Stock	103:55:00	1863.26
20	101	École de technologie supérieure	Open	106:00:57	1780.16
21	22	North Dakota State University	Stock	115:09:17	1523.88
22	11	Los Altos High School / La Puente Valley ROP	Open	121:41:50	1602.66
23	295	Western Michigan University	Stock	125:08:49	1425.05
24	00	University of North Dakota	Stock	127:17:35	1023.82
25	87	University of Virginia	Open	128:03:07	1812.28
26	150	Northwestern University	Stock	130:04:09	1164.33
27	12	Texas A&M University	Open	130:31:11	1400.93
28	99	University of Alberta	Stock	138:50:32	723.58
29	13	McMaster University	Stock	Withdrawn	90.10
30	17	University of Pennsylvania	Open	Disqualified	90.10