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:: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 ::

American Solar Challenge update
Since I've been living, breathing, eating and sleeping solar car stuff these past few days, I thought I'd share a bit of my world with you. It looks like the UMR team could well be in first place in the American Solar Challenge by the end of the day. Our team spent the night Tuesday in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Bristow, Okla., and were in the lead for the day. (But the officials leads are cumulative times, which are calculated at "checkpoints," the next one being Edmund, Okla., which we should reach by noon or earlier today.) We began the day 22 miles ahead of the current first-place team, the University of Minnesota.

Here's some of the fruit of my (and my entire staff's) PR labors:

“Catching some sun,” in the Joplin (Mo.) Globe.

“Racing solar cars flare through Springfield,” from the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader.

“Solar car race makes swing through Missouri,” in the Kansas City Star.

“Brothers’ bond helps out Rolla,” a Springfield News-Leader story focusing on brothers Scott and Neal Essner, both members of UMR’s team.

“Missouri-Rolla moves into third place,” the AP version of the News-Leader story, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. .

“Solar showdown heads for Rolla”, from the Springfield News-Leader.

Another Post-Dispatch story, playing up the rivalry between UMR ande the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Solar Alumni Face Array of Choices (username: bloggedy, password: bloggedy), from the Friday, July 11, Chicago Tribune.

And my favorite coverage of all (Mountain Dew ought to totally fund our solar car program for this great product endorsement):

UMR engineers craft solar car with duct tape, Dew, brains.

:: Andrew 10:14 + ::
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