Looks like U-M's solar car team is like the Yankees of sun-powered competitors. Since 1990 they've raked up a nine wins at the 2012 American Solar Challenge, four in the last four years.
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"The Ann Arbor-based university's car Quantum won the eight-day solar vehicle competition on Saturday. The 1,650-mile event started July 14 in Rochester, N.Y., and ended in St. Paul, Minn.
Michigan's Quantum crossed the finish line about 2:30 p.m. CDT, with cars from Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, and Principia College in Elsah, Ill., coming in second and third. There were 18 teams in all."
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