In July 1990, 32 teams of some of North America's brightest

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s took to the road in solar-powered vehicles they had built during the previous year and a half. The GM Sunrayce USA route covered more than 1,800 miles, from

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

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.Rose-Hulman GM Sunrayce USA page
/ref> Three of the top finishers won a trip to Australia in November to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge.

Route

*Day 1: Mon, July 9: Start in Orlando, Florida; finish in Floral City, FL. *Day 2: Tue, July 10: Start in Floral Park, FL; finish in

Tallahassee Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the population ...

, FL. *Day 3: Wed, July 11: Start in Tallahassee, FL; finish in

Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...

. *Day 4: Thu, July 12: Start in Montgomery, AL; finish in Haleyville, AL. *Day 5: Fri, July 13: Start in Haleyville, AL; finish in

Spring Hill, Tennessee Spring Hill is a city in Maury and Williamson counties, Tennessee, located approximately south of Nashville. Spring Hill's population as of 2020 was 50,005. Spring Hill is recognized as the 4th fastest growing city in Tennessee by the U.S. C ...

. *Day 6: Sat, July 14: Start in Spring Hill, TN; finish in

Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States. Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War. As of the ...

. *Day 7: Sun, July 15: Start in Bowling Green, KY; finish in

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

, KY. *Day 8: Sun, July 16: Start in Louisville, KY; finish in Indianapolis, Indiana. *Day 9: Mon, July 17: Start in Indianapolis, IN; finish in

Greenville, Ohio Greenville is a city in and the county seat of Darke County, Ohio, United States, located near the western edge of Ohio about 33 miles northwest of Dayton. The population was 13,227 at the 2010 census. History Historic Native American tribes in ...

. *Day 10: Tue, July 18: Start in Greenville, OH; finish in

Mason, Michigan Mason is the county seat of Ingham County, Michigan, Ingham County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,252 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Mason is the only city in the United States that serves as a county seat a ...

. *Day 11: Wed, July 19: Start in Mason, MI; finish in

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, MI.

Results

References

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