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  • Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race, which began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. Sunraycer is shown here on the 3rd day of the race, moving along a dead straight section of the Stuart Highway (Route 87) in the outback 100 km south of Devil's Marbles passing the skeleton of a kangaroo. Sunraycer was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. Sunraycer's power source was an array of 7,200 photovoltaic cells, joined to form a hood over the top and back of the vehicle. (1987)
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  • Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race, which began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. Sunraycer is shown here on the 3rd day of the race, moving along a dead straight section of the Stuart Highway (Route 87) in the outback 100 km south of Devil's Marbles. Sunraycer was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. Sunraycer's power source was an array of 7,200 photovoltaic cells, joined to form a hood over the top and back of the vehicle. (1987)
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  • Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race, which began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. Sunraycer (bottom left) is shown here on the 3rd day of the race, moving along a dead straight section of the Stuart Highway (Route 87) in the outback 100 km south of Devil's Marbles. Sunraycer was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. Sunraycer's power source was an array of 7,200 photovoltaic cells, joined to form a hood over the top and back of the vehicle. (1987) .
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  • Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race, which began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. Sunraycer was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. Strict rules were applied throughout the race. Entrants were permitted two 2-hour battery-charging sessions per day, performed immediately before & after each daily stage of the race. 1987, south of Coober Pedy.
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  • Paul MacCready, head of Aerovironment Inc, a member of the design consortium of Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. MacCready is photographed behind the GM Sunraycer, which won the first Pentax Solar Car Race taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. MODEL RELEASED. (1987)
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  • Paul MacCready, head of Aerovironment Inc, a member of the design consortium of Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. MacCready is photographed next to the unfolded array of some 7,200 photovoltaic cells that comprise the vehicle's power supply. Sunraycer was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. MODEL RELEASED. (1987)
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  • Paul MacCready, head of Aerovironment Inc, a member of the design consortium of Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. MacCready is photographed next to GM Sunraycer (not seen in this photo), which won the first Pentax Solar Car Race taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. MacCready is ?capturing the light': he is holding a pencil light flash tube. 1987, 100 kilometers south of Coober Pedy, Australia. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Paul MacCready, head of Aerovironment Inc, a member of the design consortium of Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. MacCready is photographed next to GM Sunraycer, which won the first Pentax Solar Car Race taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour.  1987, 100 kilometers south of Coober Pedy, Australia. MacCready is ?capturing the light': he is holding a pencil light flash tube. MODEL RELEASED.
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  • Display of solar cars that will participate in the  Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race . Seen here in the Casuarina shopping mall, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.  (1987)
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  • Winner's Trophy of the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race. Photographed November 1, 1987, the day of the start of the race, in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.  Cars raced 1,950 miles across Australia (north to south) using only solar energy to power the cars.
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  • Starting line of the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race, November 2, 1987, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Cars raced 1,950 miles across Australia (north to south) using only solar energy to power the cars.
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  • Lichtblick, a German entry for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. General Motors' entry, Sunraycer, was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour.  (1987)
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  • Mana La, a Hawaiian entry owned by hair product millionaire John Paul Mitchell on the afternoon of day one of the Pentax Solar Car Race, Hayes Creek, Australia. Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia completing 1,950 miles.
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  • Chisholm Institute's Solar Car #12, parked by the Mataranka Homestead, Northern Territories, Australia. Pentax Solar Car Race the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia completing 1,950 miles.
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  • Mana La, a Hawaiian entry owned by hair product millionaire John Paul Mitchell for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar- powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. Mana La was designed to utilize wind as well as solar energy. General Motors' entry, Sunraycer, was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. (Paul Mitchell)  (1987)
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  • Mana La, a Hawaiian entry owned by hair product millionaire John Paul Mitchell for the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race . The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. Mana La was designed to utilize wind as well as solar energy. General Motors' entry, Sunraycer, was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. (Paul Mitchell)  1987
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  • Swiss solar car entry, the Spirit of Biel, on a boat ramp before the start of the Pentax Solar Car Race. Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Pentax World Solar Challenge, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia completing 1,950 miles. (1987)
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  • Dick Smith's solar car getting a tire fixed on November 7, Pentax Solar Car Race, near Kulgera, Australia. Pentax World Solar Challenge, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia completing 1,950 miles.
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  • The "Just Magic" solar car from the UK at the start of the Pentax World Solar Challenge, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia completing 1,950 miles.
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  • Swiss solar car entry, the Spirit of Biel, on a boat ramp before the start of the Pentax Solar Car Race. Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.  Pentax World Solar Challenge, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia completing 1,950 miles. (1987)
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  • A dead bloated cow on the Stuart Highway, south of Alice Springs, southern Australia during the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia completing 1,950 miles. (1987)
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  • A dead kangaroo, hit by a vehicle just before dawn on the Stuart Highway, South of Glendambo in Southern Australia during the Pentax Solar Car Race, the first international solar-powered car race. (1987)
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  • Swiss crewmember gets in a spot of sunrise ironing, and electric shaving with the help of an electric generator on the road at the Pentax Solar Car Race. November 8, South of Glendambo, South Australia.  (1987) The Pentax Solar Car Race the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia completing 1,950 miles.
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  • Close up view of some of the rectangular photovoltaic cells that comprised the power supply for Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax World Solar Challenge, the first international solar-powered car race. The event began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. An array of some 7,200 of these cells was arranged in a hood covering the front & back of the vehicle. Sunraycer was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. (1987)
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  • Sunraycer in traffic on a road test in the Simi Valley, California, USA. Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax World Solar Challenge, the first international solar-powered car race, which began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. Sunraycer was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. Strict rules were applied throughout the race. Entrants were permitted two 2-hour solar battery charging sessions per day, performed immediately before & after each daily stage of the race. (1987)
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  • Sunraycer is being followed by its support vehicle during a road test in the California Mojave desert USA. Sunraycer, General Motors' entry for the Pentax World Solar Challenge, the first international solar-powered car race, which began in Darwin, Northern Territories on November 1st, 1987 and finished in Adelaide, South Australia. Sunraycer was the eventual winner, taking 5 1/2 days to complete the 1,950 miles, traveling at an average speed of 41.6 miles per hour. Strict rules were applied throughout the race. Entrants were permitted two 2-hour solar battery charging sessions per day, performed immediately before & after each daily stage. (1987).
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