r3 Solar Car Team Progress

For those who have been viewing the Live Webcam lately, they'll notice that tonight, it's disturbingly inactive. You may have gotten accustomed to the early-rise of the team, wrenching on the car until well past sunset, only to repeat it again the next day, be it a Monday or a Saturday.

Tonight though, the team sleeps. They leave for Austin tomorrow morning, and prepare themselves for a week long of scrutineering, tweaking and testing, capped off by a qualifying race. Immediately following that is the rayce itself.

The Solar Car that the team has been working towards constructing all this time finally earned that name only today, at 5:30 PM, when the car was for the first time powered by the sun! Anyone familiar with the team's efforts will know that this isn't due to any procrastination, but in fact shows the vast amount of time, knowledge, skill and dedication required for any team to be involved in this competition.

The Red River Raycer Solar Car Team is proud to be one of only 37 teams worldwide in this competition. Let's make it a good show!