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Actually Delft is a city (though not that big). Delft University is quite renown for its technical innovations, such as the Nuna Car series (and winning the Solar challenge 3 times in a row if I remember correctly.

Another record, from Adelaide to Darwin (3000km) is held by the dutch solar car Nuna 3, which averaged 103km/h. This would have been higher if not for speed limits on the Australian roads. The speed record for solar cars (without any imposed limits) on normal roads has been more or less maxed out.

The Delft University of Technology will be participating in this race with the Nuna 4. This is the team - also a student team! - that won the race in 2001, 2003 and 2005. There's a brief explanation of the new rules on their site:

New this year for the competition class are regulations requiring a full motor vehicle specification lighting package, a normal seating angle for the driver, and a scaling back of the maximum solar panel area from 8.9 square meters to 6 square meters. Saftey concerns have also prompted the regulators to require a roll bar in the vehicle, and an exterior body that can handle four times the weight of the vehicle itself.

The Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, which has been a major force in getting and keeping this project going, meanwhile has found an even higher goal for the next student project: the design of a Blended Wing Body Aircraft. If the success with their solar power car is anything to go by, we will see some serious innovation in aircraft design in the time to come.

How many test drivers where killed during testing? http://www.nuonsolarteam.nl/movies/

I hear that Jorrit is hung like a horse.

Yes, but not without our 2 lovely Flemish girls: Anne-Marie and Veronique.
Although Laura isn't half bad either.

Yes, but not without our 2 lovely Flemish girls: Anne-Marie and Veronique.
Although Laura isn't half bad either.

Yes, but not without our 2 lovely Flemish girls: Anne-Marie and Veronique.
Although Laura isn't half bad either.

Yes, but not without our 2 lovely Flemish girls: Anne-Marie and Veronique.
Although Laura isn't half bad either.

http://www.nuonsolarteam.nl/movies/
Dutch team is searching for test drivers.

the report (in Dutch) says: "gemiddelde snelheid van 97.02 km/h" and also "de gehele dag gemiddeld zo'n 110 km/h gereden, de snelheidslimiet in South Australia.". In English: "average speed of 97.02 km/h" (60.29 mph) and "the whole day an average of 110 km/h, the speed limit in South Australia". The race takes place on public roads, remember?

What about the world's fastest SOLAR-electric car?
The Nuna II, just won the World Solar Challenge, travelling 3000 kilometers in just 31 hours, averaging around 97 km/h.

Although i am not involved in any way, i'm still proud that the last race was won by my university, Delft University of Technolgy (the Netherlands).

Have a look at the page of the team here.

They won the last race as debutants, mainly because they got some big money from a power company that allowed them to buy space grade (triple junction?) solar cells. They are coached by Wubbo Ockels, the only dutch astronaut, so ESA is also involved.