World Solar Challenge kicks off, PHL’s entry started on pole position

The bi-annual World Solar Challenge race in Australia has just kicked off. Among the 24 countries that are vying for this year’s title, our very own Sikat II-A was chosen by the organization to start in pole position after finishing first in the Adventure class in the pre-race qualifying round.

Carl Mamawa of De La Salle University and driver of the Sikat II-A said that he’s “ecstatic that we reached the coveted pole position. The whole team has prepared hard for the past few days so I’m very happy.”

sikat ii-a

Since the team started competing back in 2007, this is the best outing that we’ve seen from them which serves as a testament of the team’s dedication to win the tournament. However, it’s not going to be a stroll in the park as they are up against Team Tokai of Japan which have won the two previous events and are now looking for a three-peat this year.

The 3,021-kilometer race started at Darwin, Australia and will end on October 11 in Adelaide. Given that this race is for solar-powered cars, the competing teams are only allowed to race between 8:00am to 5:00pm every day and will just setup camp where they stopped. The first car to conquer the Australian outback will take home the tourney’s grand prize.

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Ronnie Bulaong

This article was written by Ronnie Bulaong, a special features contributor and correspondent for YugaTech. Follow him on Twitter @turonbulaong.

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30 Comments

Justin says:

11 years ago

Meh… that’s just pole position.

It would have been more noteworthy news if they actually WON 1st place.
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Digest says:

11 years ago

I remember the competition from the movie “Race the Sun”.
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jesson says:

11 years ago

what would be the winners prize.
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Abdul Jakul says:

11 years ago

i hope they didn’t purchase those panels at CDR King hehe
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Mr. Curious says:

11 years ago

WHOOO ANIMO LASALLE! hahaha =D
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Milhouse says:

11 years ago

^ Yes indeed! Animo La Salle!
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sajith says:

11 years ago

Welcome to Australia. All the best for your team

Regards
Sajith
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lionell says:

11 years ago

visit up to date position here http://www.worldsolarchallenge.org/dashboard/map
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AsusFan says:

11 years ago

Started pole, currently on the 29th after day 1…

http://www.worldsolarchallenge.org/team/view/39
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Adamson says:

11 years ago

Hope you comrad would take home medals…
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Lou says:

11 years ago

Ang sa kinikinita ko lamang naman, kailangan bang bigyan ng parangal para matawag na ‘achievement’ ang isang bagay? Parang hindi naman yata.
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verif_engr says:

11 years ago

Congratulations to Team Sikat II they finished 3rd place in the adventure class.

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/330640/scitech/science/sikat-ii-finishes-third-in-2013-world-solar-challenge
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