Cienega Bobcats Finished In A Tie For First Place (Endurance) at the 2014 U of A Competition

Busy Race Week!

Wow, what a week for the Solar Go-Kart Club! First off it was the scramble to get the Solar Go-Kart finished for a lunch time for a showing at the UofA Tech Park, on the Wednesday before the race, for the Tech Park companies - whew made it! On the way back to school in the truck, the wind whipped-up and the solar panel on our Kart suffered some minor damage. Students sprang in to action and burned the midnight oil to get the Solar Go-Kart ready for the next "show" of race week - TV news crew and interviews. KVOA 13 came to Cienega early Friday morning, the day before the race, to film and interview students about the Solar Go-Kart. TV reporter Maria Hechanova did six different live spots with students and the Kart to promote the " UofA Racing the Sun Challenge" Below is our Solar Go-Kart president Maria with TV Maria.

Race day was very interesting! There was lots of competitors from other schools, and there is a reason the race is run - variables on race day like the weather, schedule and luck. The pictures below were taken on race day at Muscleman Honda Circuit.







The Cienega Solar Go-Kart ran in the modified chassis class and finished in a tie for first place in the endurance race. Students learned a bunch about how solar works, engineering and fabrication, and had fun doing it. The race day weather was cloudy and windy, but the thrill of the competition with all the other schools, plus having the Kart run well was very exciting.





Thank you to all of our supporters, sponsors, the UofA Tech Parks, and Funding Garage for helping us design, fund, build and race this Kart!