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Currently, almost all of the photos on the page are from 2005. Does anyone have photos of vehicles, etc. from earlier races (besides just Sunrunner from 1990)? I'd particularly like to see the Western Washington car with its unusual design, or race winners from other years. Bry9000 ( talk) 21:09, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
This article requires serious improvement. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 139.142.13.101 ( talk • contribs) .
I propose the following as a reorganization/addition to this page:
It does give an advantage, but solar cell efficiency is not the only element of the "playing field" in solar car racing (Minnesota would likely have beaten Michigan in 2005 if it were not for Michigan's aerodynamics). I've changed the entry to reflect this. - IstvanWolf 10:48, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
I propose that this article be moved to North American Solar Challenge, because that is the new name of this race. Bry9000 04:31, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: no consensus to move page, per below. - GTBacchus( talk) 00:46, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
North American Solar Challenge →
American Solar Challenge — This race has had many names, and many name changes, over its 20-year existence. For the 2010 race, the organizers renamed the event AGAIN, this time changing the name back to "American Solar Challenge," to reflect its route which is now entirely within the U.S. as it was years ago. See
http://americansolarchallenge.org/events/asc2010/about/asc/. | relisting
billinghurst
sDrewth 16:20, 21 July 2010 (UTC) |
Bry9000 (
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01:46, 12 July 2010 (UTC)
Winners of third, fourth, etc place winners aren't notable. I have removed them. (But if a majority of editors speaks up on here and overrules me, however, and everyone wants to list the top four/five cars for EACH RACE, then I'll relent.) Bry9000 ( talk) 06:02, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I suggest that external links to videos of various years' races are best grouped together at the end of the page, under the "external links" header. I have placed them there for now. Bry9000 ( talk) 06:02, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
A few Videos and Photos of the start of the 2008 North American Solar Challenge have been posted at:
www.flickr.com/photos/mbarkley/sets/72157606130182550/
This was an experience of a lifetime. To see these cars in Plano Texas, and then again as they raced through my hometown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.138.7.71 ( talk) 23:44, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
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The Rules section says "The team with the lowest overall elapsed time wins." But then reports of the 2020 and 2022 results say, respectively, that the winner "[had] approximately 143 miles more in distance covered compared to second place" and they "finished the race with just over 73 miles more than second place finisher". This makes it sound like distance traveled is the criterion for winning. Can someone who knows the actual rules please fix one of these, and perhaps describe how the rules have changed over time? DKMell ( talk) 21:29, 7 May 2024 (UTC)