Dell Announces Winner of 2003 High School Solar Car Challenge; Houston, Mississippi Team National Champions for Third Consecutive Year

ROUND ROCK, Texas--July 24, 2003--The Houston, Miss., "Sundancer" team has won this year's Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge, the 9-day race which began on July 15 at Dell's headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, and concluded 1,500 miles later in Cocoa, Fla. at the Florida Solar Energy Center.

The Sundancer solar car was designed and built by high school students from Houston, Miss., population 3,903. This is the third year that the team from this rural community in northern Mississippi won the race, which is the largest, longest running high school solar car race in the world.

During the race, the team achieved a top speed of 64 miles per hour (mph) and averaged 23.1 mph. The Sundancer car weighs 722 pounds, is 17.5 feet long, 6 feet wide and 5 feet high, and is powered completely by solar energy.

The other teams that competed in the race were from Columbus, Ind.; Newburgh, N.Y.; Ridgway, Colo.; and Juarez, Mexico.

Dell also announced the winner of the $5,000 Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge scholarship, recognizing an outstanding student for leadership before and during the race. This year's winner is Chelsey Johnson from Ridgway High School in Ridgway, Colo. Chelsey is a graduating senior and the scholarship funds are designed to help him continue his college studies.

During the race, the governor of Mississippi named July 18 as Houston Solar Car Day, in recognition of the Houston team's outstanding solar car program.

"We can hardly believe it," said Sherrie Gail Springer, spokesperson for the Houston team. "To have not only won this year's race, but to have the governor come to our hometown and recognize us was really a thrill. It's hard to describe how much this program means to each of us. We really feel like it's helping us be better students, and also helping us get ready for the future. We'll remember this experience for the rest of our lives."

About The Winston School

Based in Dallas, The Winston School is focused on realizing the potential of bright children who learn differently through individualized learning. In 1993, The Winston School launched an education program to provide curriculum, materials, on-site visits and workshop opportunities for high schools across the country. The program has taught more than 8,500 students in 22 countries about the wonders of science and demonstrated that high school students can build and race solar cars.

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