Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge

Each year, Dell sponsors a solar car race in Texas. Every other year, the race route alternates between a closed track course at the Texas Motor Speedway just north of Fort Worth, which is the 200,000 person venue that holds NASCAR and other large races in Texas, and cross-country events. This year's route takes the school-aged teams of entrants from a starting line in Round Rock, TX (Dell Computer's hometown north of Austin) all the way to New York, over several days beginning Monday, July 16.

There are pre-race activities over the weekend leading up to the race, which I will attend with my own children and report on in this space! Above is a picture of last year's entrants at the Texas Motor Speedway.