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Saturday 23-10-99
Racing - Day 7

P1010301.JPG University of New South Wales (Australia) team with their entry Sunswift II after finishing 18th. 
P1010295.JPG After crossing the finish line each car is checked by an official scrutineer. Here the scrutineer checks that the battery seals have not been tampered with. These seals were put on by the scrutineer in Darwin before the race. 
P1010290.JPG Team Junkyard (Japan) with their car Junkyard after finishing 17th. Yes, it really is as small as it looks. 
P1010284.JPG Tokyo Salesian Polytechnic team (Japan) posing behind their car Ikuei Neo II after finishing 16th. 
P1010276.JPG Tokyo Salesian Polytechnic car Ikuei Neo II is a dual seater. The driver is on the right. On some dual seater cars the passenger monitors the car's telemetry data. 
P1010270.JPG Team Jona Sun (Japan) posing with their car Jona Sun after finishing 15th. 
P1010269.JPG After crossing the finish line each car is scrutinised by officials. Here the scrutineer removes the driver's ballast. Prior to the race every driver was weighed and any weight short of 80kgs was made up with lead ballast. Each driver must carry his/her ballast in the car with them when they drive. 
P1010261.JPG South Australian Solar Car Consortium team with their car NED after finishing in Adelaide in 14th position. 
P1010258.JPG Other events were being staged at the Adelaide finish line in conjunction with the WSC Race. One such event was the Primary School (elementary school) Model Solar Boat Race event. Shown here is one of the entries. 
P1010252.JPG A solar bicycle at the World Solar Car Race finish line in Adelaide. 
P1010250.JPG Mannum High School team (Australia) after "finishing" in Adelaide. They withdraw on the first day due to electical problems. The team drove to Alice Springs, with the car on a trailer, where they repaired their car. They then continued to "race" unofficially and reached Adelaide today. 
P1010239.JPG Tokai High School team with their car Falcon after crossing the finish line in 13th position. 
P1010236.JPG Helios team (France) posing in front of their car Helios inside the Media Tent at the Adelaide finish line after crossing in 12th spot. 

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