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Thirty-five university teams from Canada and the USA raced their solar-powered cars 2000 km from Indiana to Colorado over a 10-day period during June 1997. The event, called Sunrayce 97, was designed to provide a stimulating educational opportunity for students of science and engineering, while educating the public about the exciting prospect of environmentally clean photovoltaic energy. Favourable weather produced a very fast race, with the winner, Cal State LA, averaging 70 km h1 and with the top four teams separated by only 66 min.
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