ASC2003 Photos - July 13, 2003

The University of Toronto's solar car, Faust, whizzes along Route 66 on the first day of the 2003 American Solar Challenge.

Ra V, Principia College's solar car, glides past Route 66 icon The Gemini Giant at the Launching Pad Drive-In in Wilmington, Ill.

Toronto makes good time under sunny skies in Illinois.

A solar car driver checks his view before the race start at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

The University of Waterloo and Kansas State University are cleared to depart the first checkpoint of the American Solar Challenge at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Ill.

Kansas State University's CATalyst leads off as the solar cars start their 2,300-mile journey..