Co-Curricular Solar Car World Solar Challenge Press Releases 1: Arrival 2: Preparation 3: Day 1 4: Day 2 5: Day 3 6: Day 4 7: Day 5 8: Day 6

The Spirit Of Unley Annesley College Solar Car Team

WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE 2003

PRESS RELEASE:
DAY 5 - HISTORY MAKING JOURNEY AS CAR RUNS ALL DAY UNDER ITS OWN STEAM!

EOS- The Spirit of Unley ran like a gem today to cover the 202 Km from Alice Springs to Erlunda on its own power by 3.30 pm. Excited team members celebrated with a Red Tie Dinner at the Erldunda Caravan Park. Formal dress - clean thongs, bow ties and Mickey Mouse ears were the order of the day - as team members cooked kebabs and sat down to eat at attractively set tables.

The Honda generators have been performing brilliantly, starting easily every morning and running all day without missing a beat. This is the first time in four years that EOS - The Spirit of Unley has run all day to arrive at the Control Point by the deadline of 6 pm. Down hill gradients, a tail wind and perfect weather conditions made for a much smoother run than the steep gradients which they encountered in the last two days.

Elated team members will get underway very early tomorrow morning, in an attempt to cover the 400 Km to Coober Pedy by 6 pm.

The Greenfleet Class, including EOS - The Spirit of Unley, will arrive back in Adelaide in Victoria Square at midday on Sunday. A very excited Home Team will be there to greet them and to celebrate their epic trip with a barbeque in the grounds of Annesley College. The remaining solar cars have till 5pm Tuesday to complete the race.

Ingrid Balin
Annesley College

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