Sundancer Catches Football Fever!

The guys cleaning their array before taking Sundancer on the football field!

Sundancer and Sundancer II on display during half-time!

Friday, August 27, our team caught football fever and brought Sundancer and Sundancer II to the Houston-VS-Calhoun City game to display for the community! During half-time they allowed us to bring the cars onto the field and introduced all of our members!

Adam Chandler and Nick Callahan teaching a few students in Electricity about Sundancer!

Elise Mobley smiling for the camera while ordering our hot pink seat belt for Sundancer II!

The Houston Lady Racers making sure that everything is still working properly on Sundancer II so we won't have any problems on our training run to Winona this Saturday!

Saturday, August 28 the Houston Lady Racers will make an all day training run to Winona! To ensure everything will work properly during the run, the girls checked and then double checked everything on Sundancer II. Our team already can't wait for the Hunt-Winston Solar Challenge this summer and we are super excited about starting training! (Especially since the girls have a new hot pink seat belt to wear while zooming down the road!)

Parents' Meeting!!

Dr. Mobley talking to the team and parents about this past years race and also about our team participating in the 2011 World Solar Challenge in Australia!

The "Round Table" of Solar Car Parents!

Thursday, August 19 our team plus the parents met at Central Office to discuss future plans for attending the World Solar Challenge in Australia. Dr. Mobley conducted the meeting and shared information with the parents including cost and what a great experience the race would bring to everyone on the team! We are super hopeful our team will be able to race and will start fundraising for the trip soon!

First Meeting!

The team working together to set our goals for this year!...Notice Nolen Hood being "The Thinker"!

Thursday, August 12, our team had our first meeting to set goals for our car and also for our team! We have already set several goals and are very excited to start training! With a new year comes new members and we are currently checking out potential members!

First Day of School!

Karmen Spratlin, Whitney George, Hillary Colbert, and Catherine Marsh using Sundancer II as shade while displaying our car and trophies at the Back to School Picnic!


Monday, August 9, was our first day of school for the 2010-2011 school year! To make the first day of school exciting, we went across the street to the park and enjoyed a picnic! We brought Sundancer II to the Back to School Picnic to display the car and also the trophies we earned during the race! Before we went back to class members Hunter Powell, Thomas Brown, Suzy Reese, and Whitney George talked to the students about our team and the race this summer!

Exchange Club!

Before we started the meeting, we ate a wonderful lunch consisting of fried chicken, barbecue, potato salad and rolls!

Our team presenting a slide show to the club with pictures from the race!

To protect our trophy on the way to the meeting, we decided to buckle it up!

Friday, August 6, our team met with the Exchange Club to meet and greet and show a slide show about the race! Once again we were treated to a great lunch by them and want thank everyone involved in feeding us and for inviting us to come!

Homecoming!

Our Team loading onto Ghost Rider with our trophies!....Notice the rainbow brightening up the gray skies in the background!

Our team and families met to welcome our advisors and cars home!

For the 2010 Hunt-Winston Solar Challenge, Sundancer and Sundancer II collectively won nine day trophies and two first place trophies for the entire race!!

Even though our team flew home Tuesday, July 27, our team advisers drove all the way home from Boulder, Colorado! We met them today at the edge of town and rode Ghost Rider through Houston with our trophies and our American flag we bring to each year's race!

Pictures from Race!!

Sundancer II starting the Hunt-Winston Solar Challenge!

After completing day one, the Houston Lady Racers had to replenish their charge!

Sundancer pulling into Snyder, TX, our stop for the night!

The guys showing off their first place trophy while waiting to start day two!

Suzy Reese posing with sunflowers

Our team having a little fun while visiting the Cadillac Ranch!

The guys pretending to have a breakdown as the worried Houston Lady Racers zoom by!

Elise Mobley and Sydney Harrell trying to keep warm in the cool Amarillo, TX, winds!

Nolen Hood playing jump rope!

The guys goofing off during a rest stop!

Elise Mobley and Dr. Mobley preparing a much needed lunch for our team!

While in Garden City, we were treated to this gorgeous Kansas sunset!

Sundancer II speeding down the road!

Sundancer passing a livestock farm....I'm sure whoever was driving enjoyed the smell

The Houston Lady Racers posing with their first place trophy for day seven!

Will Turman and Hunter Powell also posing with the guys first place trophy for day seven!

Our team throwing our hats in the air in celebration of finishing the race!

Sundancer I and II Win First!!

Our team is extremely excited to announce that we have won the Hunt-Winston Solar Challenge in both the classic and open divisions!! Sundancer won with a total of 829 miles and Sundancer II won with 749 miles!! Thank you to all of our sponsors and everyone who believed in our team! We would not be where we are today without the support of our community!

Day Eight!

Sundancer II approaching the finish line!!!

While racing we make an effort to not shade our array, but in celebration of finishing the race our entire girls' team joined in to start shading!

The Houston Lady Racers loading Sudancer II for the final time!

We finally reached Boulder, CO on the eighth and final day of the Hunt-Winston Solar Challenge! Sundancer and Sundancer II both recieved first place trophies for this day and were also the top five who finished day eight first!! It was bitter sweet for the race to end because we will miss our fellow racers and also the race staff that works so hard to make all of this possible!

Day Seven!

Dr. Marks starting off the day with the daily drivers' meeting!

Elise Mobley taking a trip back in time at a museum in Limon, CO!

The girls positioning Sundaner II to start charging for day eight!

The Houston Lady Racers loading Sundancer II!

Adam Chandler posing with Nolen Hood!

Clay McNutt taking a nap in Sundancer!

Even though the sun shined each race days one through six, our luck changed on day seven with overcast skies and a little rain. We had a 180 mile day stretching from Garden City, KS, to Limon, CO, ahead of us with no sun! Even through the great challenge we were presented both Sundancer and Sundancer II recieved first place trophies for day seven!!

Day Six!

The guys changing Sundancer's back tire before starting the race!

The Houston Lady Racers washing Sundancer II's array before starting the race to Garden City, KS!

Our team decided to make a trip to IHOP for a late night snack and we would like to thank these people for paying for our meal!

The guys taking time to goof off and play jump rope!!

With the race already crossing two states, we finished day six in Garden City, KS! We would like to thank everyone involved in preparing the wonderful BBQ for us. It was much appreciated after a hard day of racing! Sundancer came in first for day six and Sundancer II came in second!

Day Five!

Reagan Byrne adding air in Sundancer II's back tire!

The guys getting Sundancer II ready to race!

Day Five started in Amarillo, TX, and we raced to Guyman, OK! Sundancer recieved first place and Sundancer II came in second!

Rest Day!

On day four our team received a much needed rest day! We spent part of the day touring the Palo Duro Canyon and then went to the science center to educate visitors on solar car racing and also about our cars!

Day Three!

Doctor Marks starting off the Drivers' Meeting by giving a few notices and congratulating all of the teams for making it to day three before announces day two's race results!

Jay Alford, Nolen Hood, and Hunter Powell presenting Sundancer's
first place trophy to Fred Varian!

Suzy Reese oiling Sundancer II's bearings before taking the car to the starting line!

Our team posing with St. Thomas Academy from Minnesota while making a stop at the Cadillac Ranch!

Jay Alford spray painting his name on one of the cars while visiting the Cadillac Ranch!

Suzy Reese and Sydney Harrell sitting on top of one of the Cadillacs!

Reagan Byrne trying to cover Mrs. Ellison's face in oil from the tires!

Our team having a our daily meeting after pulling into Amarillo!

We are on our third day of the racing and are spending our next two nights in Amarillo, TX! Tomorrow will be a rest day for all of the teams, our team is super excited to be able to sleep in for the first time since the race started! While on the road today, the guys decided it would be funny to make the girls believe something major had happened to Sundancer! As the girls were racing down the road, they noticed the guys on the side of the road holding fire extinguishers. One member's arm was wrapped in a bandage! Of course we imagined the worst! At the next rest stop, the guys explained that it was just a joke and that Sundancer was still running smoothly!