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=== 1999 === {{Main|1999 World Solar Challenge}} The 1999 WSC was finally won by a "home" team, the Australian [[Aurora Solar Car|Aurora]] team's ''Aurora 101'' took the prize while [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] was the runner-up in the most closely contested WSC so far. The [[American Solar Challenge|SunRayce]] class of [[United States|American]] teams was won by [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref>[http://140.112.14.7/~ifplab/solar/team.htm#1999 1999 World Solar Challenge Teams] IFP Lab Site, Retrieved 13 February 2021.</ref> {| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="min-width:50em;" ! colspan=11 | Results |- ! Place ! Car no. ! Team ! Car name ! Class ! Country ! Date in ! Time in ! Distance (km) ! Total Time (HH:MM) ! Avg Speed (km/h) |- | 1 || 101 || [[Aurora Solar Car|Aurora]] || ''Aurora'' || Silicon/Exotic || Australia || Oct 21 || 16:36 || 2998.7 || 41:06 || 72.96 |- | 2 || 100 || [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queens University]] || ''Radiance'' || Silicon/Exotic || Canada || Oct 21 || 17:03 || 2998.7 || 41:33 || 72.12 |- | 3 || 52 || [[University of Queensland]] || ''Sunshark'' || Silicon/Exotic || Australia || Oct 22 || 08:20 || 2998.7 || 41:50 || 71.86 |- | 4 || 15 || [[Northern Territory University]] || ''Desert Rose '' || Silicon/Exotic || Australia || Oct 22 || 08:44 ||2998.7 || 42:14 || 71.00 |- | 5 || 3 || [[Kanazawa Institute of Technology]] || ''KIT Golden Eagle'' || Silicon/Exotic || Japan || Oct 22 || 11:03 || 2998.7 || 44:33 || 67.31 |- | 6 || 8 || Tamagawa Solar Challengers || ''Tamagawa Super Genbow'' || Silicon/Exotic || Japan || Oct 22 || 11:56 || 2998.7 || 45:26 || 66.00 |- | 7 || 10 || [[Lake Tuggeranong College]] || ''Spirit of Canberra'' || Silicon/Exotic || Australia || Oct 22 || 12:01|| 2998.7 || 45:31 || 65.86 |- | 8 || 6 || [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] || ''Manta GTX'' || Cut-out Class || United States || Oct 22 || 12:04 || 2998.7 || 45:34 || 65.81 |- | 9 || 2 || [[University of Michigan]] || ''Maize Blaze'' || Silicon/Exotic || United States || Oct 22 || 14:04 || 2998.7 || 47:34 || 63.04 |- | 10 || 24 || [[Osaka Sangyo University]] || ''OSU Model S'' || Silicon/Exotic || Japan || Oct 22 || 14:51 || 2998.7 || 48:21 || 62.02 |- | 11 || 4 || Solar Motions || ''Cascade Cruiser'' || Private || United States || Oct 22 || 14:51 || 2998.7 || 48:21 || 62.02 |- | 12 || 59 || Helios || ''Helios 2'' || Silicon/Exotic || France || Oct 22 || 17:32 || 2998.7 || 51:24 || 58.34 |- | 13 || 1 || Tokai Shoyo High School || ''Shoyo Falcon'' || Secondary School || Japan || Oct 23 || 9:50 || 2998.7 || 52:20 || 57.30 |- | 14 || 26 || SA Solar Car Consortium || ''Ned'' || Silicon || Australia || Oct 23 || 12:43 || 2998.7 || 55:13 || 54.31 |- | 15 || 999 || Jona Sun || ''Jona Sun'' || Private || Japan || Oct 23 || 13:15 || 2998.7 || 55:45 || 53.79 |- | 16 || 65 ||Tokyo Salesian Polytechnic || ''Ikuei Neo II'' || Silicon || Japan || Oct 23 || 14:21 || 2998.8 || 56:51 || 52.75 |- | 17 || 16 || Junkyard || ''Junkyard'' || Private || Japan || Oct 23 || 14:24 || 2998.7 || 56:54 || 52.70 |- | 18 || 50 || [[University of New South Wales]] || ''Sunswift II'' || Silicon/Exotic || Australia || Oct 23 || 14:44 || 2998.7 || 57:14 || 52.39 |- | 19 || 5 || Aoyama Gakuin || ''AGU Aglaia'' || Cut-out Class || Japan || Oct 23 || 15:51 || 2998.7 || 58:21 || 51.39 |- | 20 || 41 || Southbank University of ESC || ''Mad Dog'' || Silicon/Exotic || [[UK]] || Oct 23 || 16:41 || 2998.7 || 59:11 || 50.67 |- | 21 || 23 || [[Central Queensland University]] || ''Capricorn Solar Flair'' || Silicon || Australia || Oct 24 || 8:57 || 2998.7 || 60:27 || 49.61 |- | 22 || 142 || [[University of Missouri-Rolla]] || ''Solar Miner II'' || Cut-out Class || United States || Oct 24 || 11:55 || 2998.7 || 63:27 || 47.26 |- | 23 || 35 || [[University of Minnesota Solar Vehicle Project|University of Minnesota]] || ''Aurora II'' || Cut-out Class || United States || Oct 24 || 12:01 || 2998.7 || 63:31 || 47.21 |- | 24 || 63 || Futura || ''Futura 2'' || Private || Italy || Oct 24 || 13:42 || 2998.7 || 65:12 || 45.99 |- | 25 || 124 || [[University of Waterloo]] || ''Midnight Sun V'' || Cut-out Class || Canada || Oct 25 || 14:45 || 2998.7 || 75:15 || 39.85 |- | 26 || 2001 || Kirenjaku || ''Kirenjaku IV'' || Private || Japan|| Oct 26 || 12:00 || 2998.7 || 81:30 || 36.79 |- | 27 || 634 ||Kashiwa kai-Musashi Tech || ''Musashi'' || Cut-out Class || Japan || Oct 26 || 13:38 || 2998.7 || 83:08 || 36.07 |- | 28 || 22 || Shiga SPD Polytech College || ''Polytech Spirit'' || Silicon/Exotic || Japan || Oct 26 || 14:09 || 2998.7 || 83:39 || 35.85 |- | 29 || 13 || [[Kormilda College]] || ''Towards Tomorrow'' || Secondary School || Australia || Oct 26 || || 2998.7 || colspan=2|withdrawn due to time penalties |- | 30 || 18 || [[Annesley College]] || ''EOS'' || Secondary School || Australia || Oct 24 || || 1842.0 || colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 31 || 27 || Detlef Schmitz || ''Helio Det 4'' || Private || Germany|| Oct 23 || || 1591.0 || colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 32 || 34 || Club Solar Car Denmark || ''Solar Car Denmark 3'' || Secondary School || Denmark || Oct 23 || || 1489.0|| colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 33 || 28 || Sunspeed Singapore Polytech || ''Sunspeed 1'' || Silicon || [[Singapore]] || Oct 21 || || 987.0|| colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 34 || 12 || Dripstone High School || ''Aquila'' || Secondary School || Australia || Oct 20|| || 830.0 || colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 35 || 42 || Southern Cross College || || Secondary School || Australia || Oct 20 || || 830.0 || colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 36 || 58 || Newburgh Sol Machine || ''NFA'' || Secondary School || United States || Oct 19 || || 522.0 || colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 37 || 1999 || Winston High School || ''Acclivus'' || Secondary School || United States || Oct 19 || || 475.0 || colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 38 || 33 || Tsuroka National College of Technology || ''Green Leaf IV'' || Silicon || Japan||19/10|| || 421.0 || colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 39 || 9 || Solar Stealth || ''Solar Stealth'' || Secondary School || United States || Oct 19 || || 387.0 || colspan=2|withdrawn |- | 40 || 51 || Mannum High School || || Secondary School || Australia ||Oct 17 || || 70.0 || colspan=2|withdrawn |}
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