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Missouri Wins American Solar Challenge

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sunny-day-fun-time-contest dept.

dagoalieman writes "The University of Missouri - Rolla won this year's 2300 mile American Solar Challenge. The roughly 339lb car (517lb with driver) with 1500 watts of power won by nearly 5 hours - here's the final results. UMR has now won two out of the past three races, finishing second in the last race, to Michigan. Congrats, and good luck to them in the World Solar Challenge!"

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  1. Missouri? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is dat them Roads Scholars they got'n thar?

  2. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    CEO's of the Big Three yawned in unison when told about Missouri's victory.

    One of them asked "Was the winner an SUV that runs on gasoline?" When told the answer, he replied "whatever."

  3. Tie In Some Adult stuff for ratings by felonious · · Score: 1, Funny

    How about the American Solar Challenge/Houston 700? We know she can do 660 at a sitting but can she do 700? How about have her do this in each solar car while moving and rotating to each vehicle while moving in a continuous fashion?

    I smell paper view...actually I bet it'd smell a bit fishy...It's all about the ratings damnit!!

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    You aren't free to do anything, until you've lost everything.
    1. Re:Tie In Some Adult stuff for ratings by tds67 · · Score: 1, Funny
      I smell paper view...actually I bet it'd smell a bit fishy...It's all about the ratings damnit!!

      Indeed. I saw a Mike Tyson fight on paper view once, but for some reason his image never moved.

  4. From a displaced Missourian: by NOLAChief · · Score: 2, Funny

    Congratulations Miners! Glad to hear you found something productive to do in Rolla. :) (Note to everyone else: this is my dad's alma mater...It's a great engineering school, but there's not much to do in Rolla, MO...I've heard the, er, stories.)

  5. The reason they beat the U of Minnesota by teamhasnoi · · Score: 3, Funny
    they closed the Subway(TM) in Stadium Village. Our driver was 330 pounds!

    Hardly fair.

  6. Bad For The Environment by tds67 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't think these Universities should be promoting solar power. The sun is a finite resource. In about 4 billion years it'll be done for. Wasting its energy like this is not helpful.

    1. Re:Bad For The Environment by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 3, Funny
      OK, enough waste. Bout time we get Congress to OK funding for building a Dyson's Sphere.

      Let the contract bidding begin!

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      They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
  7. For Non-USians ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The University of Missouri - Rolla won this year's 3700 km American Solar Challenge. The roughly 154 kg car (235 kg with driver) with 1500 watts of power won by nearly 5 hours - here's the final results. UMR has now won two out of the past three races, finishing second in the last race, to Michigan. Congrats, and good luck to them in the World Solar Challenge!"

  8. Car building guidelines? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is it allowed to use the actual *heat* of the sun to produce energy, such as in a Stirling engine, or is that now considered 'Reverse Engineering of Sunlight' and outlawed under the DMCA?

  9. Solar? by Tumbleweed · · Score: 4, Funny

    So I guess that means no 'VTEC' sticker. Too bad.

  10. As a former UMR student, I can say.... by anonymousman77 · · Score: 5, Funny

    We had no women, but we sure had a sweet-assed solar car. =)

    1. Re:As a former UMR student, I can say.... by Kevinv · · Score: 4, Funny

      See what you can accomplish when there are no women clouding your thoughts? 8-)

      Another UMR grad ('91)

    2. Re:As a former UMR student, I can say.... by eoyount · · Score: 2, Funny

      Amen to that.

      Eric Yount
      UMR '98

      --
      To understand recursion,
      you must first understand recursion.
  11. Rolla Sucks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Here's how I express my feelings for Rolla.

    http://web.umr.edu/~phc/pics/rolla_sucks.jpg

  12. GO MINERS! by Dr.+Bent · · Score: 3, Funny
    I am a UMR grad, and let me tell you, the solar car is the only "sport" my school has.

    Let me give you an idea of what the campus is like. We have the
    • Chemical Engineering Building
    • Mechanical Engineering Building
    • Electrical Engineering Building
    • Civil Engineering Building
    • Nuclear Engineering Building
    • Geology and Geophysics Building
    • Computer Science Building
    • Physics Building
    • Mathematics Building
    • Engineering Management Building

    and one Arts and Sciences building with all those pansy ass "liberal arts" classes in them. (I probably left one out...it's been a while since I was back)

    So needless to say it's a geekfest. I think our football team has won once....like in it's history. The Solar Car challenge is something we dominate in because, well, we can.

    One more time....GO MINERS!
  13. Re:Now... by malia8888 · · Score: 2, Funny
    The roughly 339lb car (517lb with driver) with 1500 watts of power won by nearly 5 hours -

    Heck, if I can find a 105 lb jockey and strap him on a fiberglass board with my 1500 W hair dryer I'd beat the weight class.....Oh yeah, the a-c plug....damn!.

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    Harpo Tunnel Syndrome--my wrist feels funny.