Race Participants & Results
| Team Name | ID# | Vehicle | Type | Team Location | Time Taken (h:m:s) |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tartan Racing | 19 | Boss | 2007 Chevy Tahoe | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 4:10:20 | 1st Place; averaged approximately 14 miles per hour throughout the course |
| Stanford Racing | 03 | Junior | 2006 Volkswagen Passat Wagon | Stanford University, Palo Alto, California | 4:29:28 | 2nd Place; averaged about 13.7 miles per hour (22.0 km/h) throughout the course |
| VictorTango | 32 | Odin | 2005 Ford Hybrid Escape | Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia | 4:36:38 | 3rd Place; averaged slightly less than 13 miles per hour (21 km/h) throughout the course |
| MIT | 79 | Talos | Land Rover LR3 (2004–08) | MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts | Approx. 6 hours | 4th Place. |
| The Ben Franklin Racing Team | 74 | Little Ben | 2006 Toyota Prius | University of Pennsylvania, Lehigh University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Over 6 hour limit | One of 6 teams to finish course |
| Cornell | 26 | Skynet | 2007 Chevy Tahoe | Cornell University, Ithaca, New York | Over 6 hour limit | One of 6 teams to finish course |
| Team CarOLO | 62 | Caroline | 2006 Volkswagen Passat | Braunschweig, Germany | DNF | Eliminated fifth during mission one of the finals. Pulled after two near collisions head on in traffic circles. |
| Team UCF | 13 | Knight Rider | 1996 Subaru Outback Legacy 4WD | University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida | DNF | Eliminated fourth during mission one. Vehicle vs building incident |
| Team Oshkosh | 21 | TerraMax | Marine Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) | Oshkosh, Wisconsin | DNF | Eliminated third during mission one. Vehicle vs building incident |
| Honeywell/Intelligent Vehicle Systems | 15 | XAV-250 | Ford F-250 (2004–2008) | Troy, MI – Dearborn, MI – Minneapolis, MN | DNF | Eliminated first or second during mission one. Froze at intersection |
| AnnieWay | 54 | AnnieWAY | Passat Variant 2.0 FSI (2005–2008) | Karlsruhe, Germany | DNF | Eliminated first or second during mission one. Froze at entrance to traffic circle |
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