Travelling to Kentucky for a Solar Car Race


Quality:Draft

Teams aerial

They say a picture is worth a thousand words — I hope that's the case, because that's most of what I have to show for the 2025 IEF Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix.

In future, I hope to expand this post — sharing how I ran race simulation/prediction models, fixed faulty hydraulic brakes, and spent a consecutive 41 hours awake to swap out a faulty motor for one with different geometry. In the interim, I can at least direct you to a teamate's reflection that covers all sorts of difficulties we faced (along with the fun we had).


Sunset

Entering track

Munro tinkering

Nighttime

Tents

July 4th

Upright

Brightside fore

Sunrise

In pit

Brightside aft

Munro sleepy

Wee hours

Matlab swag

NCM gas

Altair cheque


Brightside zoom track

Brightside zoom pit


Track tour

Altair win

Starting racing