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The team reached Cresson, TX Friday night and quickly made friends with the neighboring teams in the pit area.  Scrutineering started bright and early, with the team moving through most of the stations within the first day.  Small hiccups kept the team from breezing through inspections, but in the second day of inspection we have solutions for all of our inspection issues either made or on order.   Within 24 hours of being here we have already caused a rule change because of our unique rollbar padding setup.  The team quickly modified the setup to meet the rule change, but we still take pride in pushing the limits of creativity.


You can check out the team's qualification status on the ASC website here.  We were cleared to begin dynamic qualifications this morning and completed the figure-eight portion within a few passes.  All of our drivers have completed the slalom portion, but our car is unable to complete the brake test.  We've made it so light the car simply does not want to quit; it just wants to keep driving.

Our egress method left numerous teams speechless.  When our drivers began to prove their egress prowess(all under 6 seconds) several teams crowded around to applaud the team.  We're all very pleased with our vastly different egress method, and other teams have definitely begun to rethink their designs.

Team Photo
We took the opportunity of nice warm sunny day
to take our team picture. Now the final formal requirement for the
participation in the American Solar Challenge
can be submitted soon.

Solar Array Placement
With most of the finals done the team
will be spending the rest of the week to get the electrical systems
ready for the placement of the array Monday. Fans can take a look over our
shoulders with a new high def webcam.

Tweets from 42!
Now you can follow the teams progress in building SolarMiner VII through Twitter. We will keep you up to date with all work steps. During the 2010 American Solar Challenge we will post live from the race.




Be a official 42 Fan on Facebook!
Join our Fan community on Facebook and check out the latest pictures from the building process of SolarMiner VII and awesome never seen before pictures from past cars and races. The Fan page is a great way of keeping up to date with current team events!

The date for Formula Sun 2009 has been set for June 1 - 5.  The event is not guaranteed yet, as only five teams have sent letters of commitment, out of the necessary ten.  The event is still planned for the Motorsport Ranch in Cresson, TX.  This is the same track that qualifying for the 2008 NASC was held on.

At a webinar Thursday evening for solar car teams, it was announced that if 10 teams commit the $4,000 entry fee by January 1, 2009 there will be a track race this summer.  While the exact dates were not given, they are looking at having it at the Cresson Motorsports Ranch in Texas, the same location as we had scruitineering and qualifying for the 2008 NASC.  While we have not committed at this time, we are planning for it.  It will be the second running of Solar Miner VI, but with some improvements since the last time.  As always, your support is what makes it possible for us to go out and compete in these events.