American Solar Challenge 2001

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The 2001 American Solar Challenge was the longest solar car race yet. The 11 day event ran from July 15-25, 2001 and followed Old Route 66 from Chicago, IL to Claremont, CA.

Route

The ASC 2001 route was only 2 stages – a relatively short stage 1 followed by the longest stage in ASC history where solar cars arrived at various checkpoints over up to 4 days.

  • Stage 1: (436 miles)
    • Stage Start: Chicago, IL – July 15
    • Checkpoint: Springfield, IL – July 15 & 16
    • Checkpoint: St. Louis, MO – July 15 & 16
    • Stage Finish: Rolla, MO – July 15 & 16
  • Stage 2: (1811 miles)
    • Stage Start: Rolla, MO – July 17
    • Checkpoint: Neosho, MO – July 17
    • Checkpoint: Tulsa, OK – July 17 & 18
    • Checkpoint: Edmond, OK – July 17 & 18
    • Checkpoint: Sayre, OK – July 18 & 19
    • Checkpoint: Amarillo, TX – July 18, 19, & 20
    • Checkpoint: Tucumcari, NM – July 18, 19, & 20
    • Checkpoint: Albuquerque, NM – July 19, 20, & 21
    • Checkpoint: Gallup, NM – July 19, 20, 21, & 22
    • Checkpoint: Flagstaff, AZ – July 20, 21, 22, & 23
    • Checkpoint: Kingman, AZ – July 20, 21, 22, & 23
    • Checkpoint: Barstow, CA – July 20, 21, 22, & 23
    • Stage Finish: Claremont, CA – July 20, 21, 22, & 23

Results

ASC 2001 was a time based competition – the team to complete the route in the lowest time wins. For teams not finishing the entire route they are ranked based on time and distance. Teams competed in two classes – Open and Stock.

PositionCar #TeamClassTimeMiles
12University of MichiganOpen56:10:462247.39
242University of Missouri – RollaOpen57:30:522247.39
324University of WaterlooOpen62:00:182247.39
4100Queen’s UniversityOpen62:55:112247.39
528Kansas State UniversityOpen65:22:552247.39
635University of MinnesotaOpen66:59:202198.15
732Principia CollegeOpen67:25:432247.39
874Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyOpen39:17:302247.31
98University of ArizonaStock69:56:322247.39
106Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyOpen71:41:552247.39
1143University of Missouri – ColumbiaOpen72:28:492247.39
121University of TorontoOpen79:08:572247.39
1377Messiah CollegeOpen80:22:372247.39
1441South Bank UniversityOpen80:44:472247.39
1516Stanford UniversityStock90:58:162207.20
169Iowa State UniversityOpen92:39:002048.36
1763Association FUTURAOpen95:49:132067.82
1891Stanford UniversityOpen99:53:071915.38
193Minnesota State UniversityStock103:55:001863.26
20101École de technologie supérieureOpen106:00:571780.16
2122North Dakota State UniversityStock115:09:171523.88
2211Los Altos High School
/ La Puente Valley ROP
Open121:41:501602.66
23295Western Michigan UniversityStock125:08:491425.05
2400University of North DakotaStock127:17:351023.82
2587University of VirginiaOpen128:03:071812.28
26150Northwestern UniversityStock130:04:091164.33
2712Texas A&M UniversityOpen130:31:111400.93
2899University of AlbertaStock138:50:32723.58
2913McMaster UniversityStockWithdrawn90.10
3017University of PennsylvaniaOpenDisqualified90.10