11:45 am We are now at Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, where the America Solar Challenge begins. We are also two team members lighter now. Advisor Dana Comolli and webmaster Michael Scherer have returned to Chicago. Their contributions to the team during … Read More

4:50 PM We’re about to complete the FSGP in 4th place with well over 200 laps! Everyone is celebrating with some excellent cake provided by Kristin’s parents. Thanks so much! 4:18 PM Just completed our 100th lap of the day! … Read More

5:02 PM Finished for the day! Come back tomorrow for more updates! Current driver: n/a Laps today: 102 Laps total: 165 4:25 PM Jess qualified as a driver shortly after we did as a team, so Valerie is now in … Read More

5:06 PM The first day of FSGP is finished! After our welding repairs were complete, we managed to get back out on the track and complete about 20 more laps. This included enough laps to qualify Kristin to drive in … Read More

Some of us got up early this morning so we could get the array out and test. We have built a stand that allows us to tilt the array at various angles, so we can always be getting maximum power … Read More

Early Saturday morning we arrived at Motorsports Ranch in Cresson and had our first rayce meeting. Sixteen teams in total are expected to attend and compete over the next two weeks. However, before the racing can begin all the cars … Read More

Greetings from Kansas City, Missouri! The team set out this morning from the Northwestern campus this morning after a hectic week of finals and packing. Our convoy of three vans, a truck, and our trailer is spending the night here … Read More

Life is very hectic right now.  We are leaving for texas in 4 days, but first we have to take all our finals and finish all our projects. Scrutineering for The American Solar Challenge begins on June 12th and ends … Read More

Our preparations for the race are in full swing as we now are less than two weeks away from leaving for Texas and the 2010 North American Solar Challenge. One of the most important recent developments is that the car … Read More

This weekend’s testing was less than ideal.  We were running the car through dynamic testing when we noticed something disconcerting.  The left front suspension was heating up rather severely. Initially I thought that we had blown out the bearings in … Read More