The 2009 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.
In the Challenge class 24 teams started, of which eight completed the course, and the winner was Tokai University of Japan. In the Adventure class seven teams started and two completed the course, the winner being Osaka Sangyo University also of Japan.
Challenge class RankTeamCountryDistance (km)Time (hr:mn)Speed (km/h) 1 Tokai University Japan 3021 29:49 100.54 2 Nuon Netherlands 3021 32:38 91.88 3 University of Michigan United States 3021 33:08 90.49 4 University of New South Wales Australia 3021 39:18 76.28 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States 3021 40:41 73.70 6 Aurora Australia 3021 42:20 70.82 7 Principia College United States 3021 43:23 69.11 8 University of Twente Netherlands 3021 44:53 66.80 9 Bochum Solar World 1 Germany 2896 10 Stanford University United States 2719 11 Nanyang Technological University Singapore 1953 12 Bochum Bo Cruiser Germany 1850 13 Belenos France 1645 14 University of Cambridge UK 1616 15 Sakarya University Turkey 1437 16 Istanbul University Turkey 1380 17 Heliox Switzerland 1042 18 Leeming HS Australia 950 19 Willetton HS Australia 906 20 Umicore Belgium 380 21 Polytechnique Montreal Canada 287 22 Uniten Solar Ranger Team Malaysia 250 23 McMaster University Canada 146 24 ETS Canada 96
Adventure class RankTeamCountryDistance (km)Time (hr:mn)Speed (km/h) 1 Osaka Sangyo University Japan 3021 34:45 86.27 2 Southern Aurora Australia 3021 44:17 67.71 3 Goko HS Japan 2719 61.77Tiebreaker 4 Helios France 2719 58.31 5 SolarShop Kelly Australia 2217 6 Towards Tomorrow Australia 1156 7 CPDM Malaysia 514 Note
References
WSC 2009 results
External links WSC website