 | Sunsharks'campsite by the side of the road at the end of day 4. They are in 3rd position 20kms behind Queens Uni who are about 10kms behind the leaders Aurora.
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 | Queens Uni team member replacing the tyres for tomorrows run to Adelaide. A new set of tyres are put on each day.
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 | Queens Uni stopped for the day in an off road parking bay near Glendambo Homestead which will be the next mandatory media stop for the lead cars.
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 | Aurora just after they have pulled into their evening campsite. They are preparing to set up their array to face the setting sun to charge their batteries.
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 | Aurora pulling into their evening campsite at the end of the day's racing. 15 minutes before they overtook Queens Uni and raced ahead to a lead of 10kms.
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 | A quick check over for the Queens Uni car at Cadney Homestead Media Stop. They have a mandatory half hour stop.
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 | Cadney Homestead Media Stop. The three lead cars came in within 10 minutes of each other. First was Queens Uni, followed by Sunshark, and then Aurora.
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 | Queens Uni car 5 kms north of Marla in SA at 11:00am. They are still in the lead but only by less than 10kms. Their speed was estimated to be about 80kmh. Hot on their tail is Sunshark. Sunshark's speed was estimated to be about 85kmh.
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 | Sunshark about 40kms before the Cadney Homestead Media Stop. They are in second position, within sight of the leaders Queens Uni, and travelling at about 85kmh under full sun.
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 | Aurora. They are just a few kilometres behind second place Sunshark.
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 | Aurora a few hours inside the SA border. They are in 3rd position having been overtaken by Sunshark.
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 | Desert Rose just south of the Northern Territory-South Australia border on the morning of he 4th day. Desert Rose is in 4th position. Finally after two days of cloudy weather which caused some problems for the cars there is not a cloud to be seen.
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 | Spirit of Canberra finally on the road after the morning's preparations. Each team has to re-assemble the car and ensure that it is ready to race. Other members break camp and load everything into the vehicles. The team needs to be ready to drive away by 8:00am - the start of the days racing.
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 | Spirit of Canberra's driver in the seat and getting ready to go at the start of racing on the 4th day.
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 | Spirit of Canberra team members putting the batteries back into the car after charging them with the solar array.
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 | Spirit of Canberra's solar array facing the rising sun to charge the batteries before the start of racing at 8:00am. The team member is removing the additional solar panels attached to the bottom of the main array. These are used to provide extra charge. Many cars carry these extra panels. They cannot be used during racing and instead have to packed up and carried inside the solar car.
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 | MIT team member having breakfast before the start of racing on the morning of the 4th day. MIT car spent the night camped about 70kms south of Alice Springs.
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