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Teams who still needed to qualify for the race or wanted to improve their starting position met at a test track a few days before the race in Burlington, Wisconsin.
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Western Michigan University (Western Michigan) and Texas A&M University (Texas)
Iowa State University (Iowa) and Texas
Iowa, Principia College (Principia) and California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo (CalPoly)
CalPoly and Texas
CalPoly and Texas rear view
University of Michigan (Michigan) front cockpit
Michigan rear cockpit
Michigan
Michigan's rear almost looked like it had ailerons.
Michigan's four wheel steering in action.
E'cole Polytechnique de Montre'al Esteban II (Esteban)
Esteban
Yale University (Yale)Click the photo to enlarge.
Texas, University of Missouri - Columbia (Missouri - Columbia), University of Toronto (Toronto) and Penn
Missouri - Columbia, Toronto and Penn
Principia College (Principia), Queen's University (Queen's) and Texas
Missouri - Columbia and Texas
Stanford University (Stanford) and Missouri - Columbia
Stanford
Stanford and Missouri - Columbia
Missouri - Columbia, Toronto and Penn
Penn, CalPoly and University of Arizona (Arizona)
Principia and CalPoly
Texas, Principia and University of Kentucky (Kentucky)
Kentucky passing Principia
Stanford
Penn and Texas
Stanford and Texas
Texas passing Stanford
Toronto
Missouri - Columbia (notice the reflection of the sky and trees on the solar array)
Principia
CalPoly and Texas
Stanford
Stanford, Kentucky and Texas
Kentucky and Arizona
Stanford's solar car was a two seater with the driver seated in front and the passenger seated behind the driver backwards.
Queen's and Penn
Missouri - Columbia, Stanford and Arizona
Stanford
Stanford
Arizona
Missouri - Columbia
Queen's
Queen's
Principia and Penn
Penn passing Principia
Toronto and Stanford
Stanford passing Toronto
Western Michigan
Queen's solar car was a two seater with the driver and passenger seated side by side, the same as in a conventional car.
Penn, McGill University (McGill) and Arizona
Penn, McGill and Arizona
Queen's, Stanford and Western Michigan
Queen's, Stanford and Western Michigan
Yale
Missouri - Columbia (notice the reflection of trees on the solar array), Principia and Penn
Queen's, CalPoly and Missouri - Columbia
Missouri - Columbia, McGill and CalPoly