American Solar Challenge 2012

The 2012 American Solar Challenge (ASC) was an intercollegiate solar car race on July 13-21, 2012. The event was won by the University of Michigan. It was the 11th American national championship solar car race held. ^[1]

Route

Day 1: Sat, July 14th: Start in Rochester, NY; must reach stage stop in Erie, PA
Day 2: Sun, July 15th: Start in Erie, PA; must reach Mansfield, OH checkpoint
Day 3: Mon, July 16th: Finish in Ann Arbor, MI
Day 4: Tue, July 17th: Start in Ann Arbor, MI; must reach Kalamazoo, MI checkpoint
Day 5: Wed, July 18th: Finish in Normal, IL
Day 6: Thu, July 19th: Start in Normal, IL; must reach Verona, WI checkpoint
Day 7: Fri, July 20th: Finish in La Crosse, WI
Day 8: Sat, July 21st: Start in La Crosse, WI; finish in St. Paul, MN

Results

Overall

Rank	Team Name	Stage 1 Time	Stage 2 Time	Stage 3 Time	Stage 4 Time	Stage 5 Time	Total Elapsed Time	Miles Credited
1	University of Michigan	04:13:29	10:32:55	12:26:15	11:59:47	05:23:55	44:36:21	1652.80
2	Iowa State University	04:22:34	16:03:25	14:02:33	15:36:49	04:49:42	54:55:03	1652.80
3	Principia College	05:26:59	14:22:48	17:12:00	14:18:31	04:29:11	55:49:29	1652.80
4	University of California, Berkeley	05:34:35	15:32:19	16:04:08	15:33:46	04:37:17	57:22:05	1652.80
5	University of Minnesota	04:32:09	13:25:16	22:01:03	17:00:52	03:53:57	60:53:17	1572.45
6	Oregon State University	5:56:04	17:07:27	16:30:44	31:11:09	06:18:35	77:03:59	1390.05
7	Illinois State University	06:12:05	23:57:36	29:33:27	29:54:57	12:48:54	102:26:59	911.80
8	Western Michigan University	05:10:14	35:54:12	24:18:45	32:07:57	5:31:52	103:03:00	886.80
9	Montreal	07:21:18	32:25:12	28:46:39	28:58:57	11:38:15	109:10:21	829.35
10	SUNY - New Paltz	08:54:39	30:48:12	28:03:03	35:25:57	13:27:42	116:39:33	727.70
11	MIT	05:27:05	47:10:06	39:49:33	16:00:52	14:08:48	122:36:24	854.65

Stage 1

Team # – Name	Rochester Start 7/14	Erie Finish 7/14	Stage 1 Penalty Time	Stage 1 Elapsed Time
2 – Michigan	09:00:00	13:08:29	00:05:00	04:13:29
9 – Iowa State	09:01:00	13:23:35	00:00:00	04:22:34
35 – Minnesota	09:05:00	13:36:09	00:01:00	04:32:09
20 – Western Michigan	09:02:00	14:11:14	00:01:00	05:10:14
32 – Principia	09:06:00	14:32:59	00:00:00	05:26:59
4 – MIT	09:09:00	14:18:05	00:18:00	05:27:05
254 – CalSol	09:08:00	14:42:35	00:00:00	05:34:35
256 – Oregon State	09:04:00	14:59:04	00:01:00	05:56:04
5 – Illinois State	09:03:00	15:15:05	00:00:00	06:12:05
55 – Montreal	09:07:00	Trailer	00:21:18	07:21:18
28 – New Paltz*	09:10:00	Trailer	01:54:39	08:54:39
13 – Michigan State*	09:11:00			DNF/Withdrawn

Stage 2

Team # – Name	Erie Start 7/15	Mansfield Arrival 7/15	Ann Arbor Finish 7/16	Stage 2 Penalty Time	Stage 2 Elapsed Time
2 – Michigan	09:00:00	14:20:38	11:31:55	00:01:00	10:32:55
35 – Minnesota	09:02:00	16:01:45	14:23:16	00:02:00	13:25:16
32 – Principia	09:04:00	16:38:10	15:22:48	00:00:00	14:22:48
254 – CalSol	09:02:00	16:47:14	16:31:19	00:01:00	15:32:19
9 – Iowa State	09:01:00		16:03:25	00:00:00	16:03:25
256 – Oregon State	09:07:00		16:55:27	00:12:00	17:07:27
5 – Illinois State	09:08:00		Trailer	05:57:36	23:57:36
28 – New Paltz	09:10:00		Trailer	12:48:12	30:48:12
55 – Montreal	09:09:00		Trailer	14:25:12	32:25:12
20 – Western Michigan	09:03:00		Trailer	17:54:12	35:54:12
4 – MIT	09:05:00		Trailer	29:10:06	47:10:06

Stage 3

Team # – Name	Ann Arbor Start 7/17	Kalamazoo Arrival 7/17	Normal Finish 7/18	Stage 3 Penalty Time	Stage 3 Elapsed Time
2 – Michigan	09:00:00	13:02:09	13:14:15	00:12:00	12:26:15
9 – Iowa State	09:03:00	13:29:33	14:57:33	00:10:00	14:02:33
254 – CalSol	09:04:00	15:08:08	17:02:08	00:02:00	16:04:08
256 – Oregon State	09:05:00	14:30:12	17:18:44	00:12:00	16:30:44
32 – Principia	09:02:00	14:15:17	17:57:00	00:15:00	17:12:00
35 – Minnesota	09:01:00	13:35:20	Trailer	04:01:03	22:01:03
20 – Western Michigan	09:06:00	14:26:34	Trailer	06:18:45	24:18:45
28 – New Paltz	09:07:00		Trailer	10:03:03	28:03:03
55 – Montreal	09:05:00		Trailer	10:46:39	28:46:39
5 – Illinois State	09:06:00		Trailer	11:33:27	29:33:27
4 – MIT	09:09:00	14:22:40	Trailer	21:49:33	39:49:33

Stage 4

Team # – Name	Normal Start 7/19	Verona Arrival 7/19	LaCrosse Finish 7/20	Stage 4 Penalty Time	Stage 4 Elapsed Time
2 – Michigan	09:00:00	14:23:10	12:43:47	00:16:00	11:59:47
32 – Principia	09:02:00	16:21:44	15:16:31	00:02:00	14:18:31
254 – CalSol	09:03:00	16:31:04	16:30:46	00:03:00	15:33:46
9 – Iowa State	09:01:00	15:22:27	16:26:49	00:10:00	15:36:49
4 – MIT	09:10:00	15:33:23	16:04:52	00:56:00	16:00:52
35 – Minnesota	09:05:00	16:57:01	17:58:52	0:02:00	17:00:52
55 – Montreal	09:05:00		Trailer	10:58:57	28:58:57
5 – Illinois State	09:06:00		Trailer	11:54:57	29:54:57
256 – Oregon State	09:04:00		Trailer	13:11:09	31:11:09
20 – Western Michigan	09:04:00		Trailer	14:07:57	32:07:57
28 – New Paltz	09:08:00		Trailer	TBD	18:00:00

Stage 5

Team # – Name	LaCrosse Start 7/21	St. Paul Finish 7/21	Stage 5 Penalty Time	Stage 5 Elapsed Time
35 – Minnesota	09:05:00	12:58:57	00:00:00	03:53:57
32 – Principia	09:02:00	13:31:11	00:00:00	04:29:11
254 – CalSol	09:03:00	13:28:17	00:12:00	04:37:17
9 – Iowa State	09:01:00	13:50:42	00:00:00	04:49:42
2 – Michigan	09:00:00	14:23:55	00:00:00	05:23:55
20 – Western Michigan	09:05:00	14:36:52	00:00:00	05:31:52
256 – Oregon State	09:04:00	15:21:35	00:01:00	06:18:35
5 – Illinois State	09:07:00	Trailer	05:48:54	12:48:54
55 – Montreal	09:06:00	Trailer	04:38:15	11:38:15
28 – New Paltz	09:09:00	Trailer	06:27:42	13:27:42
4 – MIT	09:11:00	Trailer	07:08:48	14:08:48

References

↑ http://americansolarchallenge.org/the-competition/ascfsgp-2012/

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