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Ring Road Run
On Sunday 18th January Sunswift III took a lap of honour around greater Sydney and across the Harbour Bridge to mark her retirement. The 110km drive was also intended to launch the team's campaign for the 2009 World Solar Challenge for which Sunswift IV is being built. The drive finished in The Royal Botanical Gardens...Sunswift III Drives around Sydney
This Sunday (18th January, 2009), beginning at 9:00AM, the UNSW Solar Racing Team's record holding Sunswift III will take a lap of honour around greater Sydney and across the Harbour Bridge finishing in the botanical gardens...New Sunswift Website Coming Soon
With the Sunswift Project reaching its 14th year this January we decided it was well and truly time to create a new website. The old one has provided thousands of people educational facts on solar cars , news on the progress of the car and posts on the exciting adventures of the team. Through the teams metamorphosis...Orange Eco-Living Fair
On Friday and Saturday the UNSW Solar Racing Team attended the Orange Eco-Living Fair. They set up next to a solar hot water heating stall and were visited by numerous interesting people including school groups. Campbell and Glen did a radio interview...Shannons Eastern Creek Classic
Beginning in the early hours of the morning, 5 team members (Jono, Helga, John, Campbell and Glen) ventured out with Sunswift III to the Eastern Creek International Raceway to feature amongst 1700 classic cars dating back to the early 1900’s (and possibly even earlier). The team...CERPA Opening
On Tuesday 12th August the UNSW Solar Racing Team and Jaycar Sunswift III attended the official opening of the Centre for Energy Research and Policy Analysis...North American Solar Challenge
At the end of July Sunswift sent two of its’ members, Jono and Campbell to the North American Solar Challenge. The race begins in Dallas, Texas and 24 solar cars race over 2400 miles before finishing in Calgary, Alberta. Jono and Campbell...Mudgee Small Farm Field Day
This weekend saw Sunswift yet again visiting Mudgee, this time for the Mudgee Small Farm Field Day. After arriving at Hazelbrook...Day Seven
After a fantastic bonfire last night (during which Caitlin's jeans caught on fire) and a good sleep, the team left Dan’s at 9:30 this morning. We left Mudgee and headed towards the blue mountains. During this time we managed to fit in some driver training, Clara drove really well until we...[ 60 results ]
