Sunrayce 93 was a solar car race across the United States, traveling from
Arlington, Texas
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, to Minneapolis, Minnesota. It took place June 20–26, 1993 and featured 34 university teams. In the race, teams from colleges and universities throughout North America designed, built, tested, and raced
solar-powered vehicles in a long distance
road rally-style event.
Sunrayce '93 Technical Report
/ref> The first place car was ''Maize & Blue'' from the University of Michigan, winning their second championship.
Route
*Day 1: Sun, June 20: Start in Dallas, Texas; must reach Whitesboro, TX checkpoint; finish in Ada, Oklahoma
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.
*Day 2: Mon, June 21: Start in Ada, OK; must reach Shawnee, OK checkpoint; finish in Tulsa, OK.
*Day 3: Tue, June 22: Start in Tulsa, OK; must reach Miami, OK checkpoint; finish in Fort Scott, Kansas.
*Day 4: Wed, June 23: Start in Fort Scott, KS; must reach Kansas City
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, Missouri checkpoint; finish in Cameron
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;Mononym
* Cam'ron (born 197 ...
, MO.
*Day 5: Thu, June 24: Start in Cameron, MO; must reach Lineville, Iowa checkpoint; finish in Des Moines
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, IA.
*Day 6: Fri, June 25: Start in Des Moines, IA; must reach Iowa Falls, IA checkpoint; finish in Albert Lea, Minnesota.
*Day 7: Sat, June 26: Start in Albert Lea, MN; finish in Minneapolis, MN.
Overall standings
References
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Solar car races