title: World Solar Challenge 2009
text: # World Solar Challenge 2009
  
  The 2009 World Solar Challenge was one of a biennial series of solar-powered car races, covering 3,021 km (1,877 mi) through the Australian Outback, from Darwin, Northern Territory to Adelaide, South Australia.
  
  In the Challenge class 24 teams started, of which eight completed the course, and the winner was Tokai University of Japan. In the Adventure class seven teams started and two completed the course, the winner being Osaka Sangyo University also of Japan.
  
  ## Challenge class
  
  | Rank | Team | Country | Distance (km) | Time (hr:mn) | Speed (km/h) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Tokai University | Japan | 3021 | 29:49 | 100.54 |
  | 2 | Nuon | Netherlands | 3021 | 32:38 | 91.88 |
  | 3 | University of Michigan | United States | 3021 | 33:08 | 90.49 |
  | 4 | University of New South Wales | Australia | 3021 | 39:18 | 76.28 |
  | 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | 3021 | 40:41 | 73.70 |
  | 6 | Aurora | Australia | 3021 | 42:20 | 70.82 |
  | 7 | Principia College | United States | 3021 | 43:23 | 69.11 |
  | 8 | University of Twente | Netherlands | 3021 | 44:53 | 66.80 |
  | 9 | Bochum Solar World 1 | Germany | 2896 |
  | 10 | Stanford University | United States | 2719 |
  | 11 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 1953 |
  | 12 | Bochum Bo Cruiser | Germany | 1850 |
  | 13 | Belenos | France | 1645 |
  | 14 | University of Cambridge | UK | 1616 |
  | 15 | Sakarya University | Turkey | 1437 |
  | 16 | Istanbul University | Turkey | 1380 |
  | 17 | Heliox | Switzerland | 1042 |
  | 18 | Leeming HS | Australia | 950 |
  | 19 | Willetton HS | Australia | 906 |
  | 20 | Umicore | Belgium | 380 |
  | 21 | Polytechnique Montreal | Canada | 287 |
  | 22 | Uniten Solar Ranger Team | Malaysia | 250 |
  | 23 | McMaster University | Canada | 146 |
  | 24 | ETS | Canada | 96 |
  
  ## Adventure class
  
  | Rank | Team | Country | Distance (km) | Time (hr:mn) | Speed (km/h) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Osaka Sangyo University | Japan | 3021 | 34:45 | 86.27 |
  | 2 | Southern Aurora | Australia | 3021 | 44:17 | 67.71 |
  | 3 | Goko HS | Japan | 2719 | | 61.77 |
  | 4 | Helios | France | 2719 | | 58.31 |
  | 5 | SolarShop Kelly | Australia | 2217 |
  | 6 | Towards Tomorrow | Australia | 1156 |
  | 7 | CPDM | Malaysia | 514 |
  
  Note
  
  * 1 2 Tiebreaker
  