Dell Announces Winners of 2005 High School Solar Car Challenge; Houston, Miss., Saint Thomas Academy Take Checkered Flags In 10th Annual Solar Race

ROUND ROCK, Texas--July 18, 2005--Dell Inc.

The Houston (Mississippi) Solar Race Team and Saint Thomas Academy Experimental Vehicle Team from Mendota Heights, Minn., won their respective divisions in this year's Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge. The eight-day race began on July 8 at Dell's headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, and ended 1,600 miles later on July 16 at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

Driving Sundancer, the Houston Solar Race Team reached a top speed of 57 miles per hour (mph) and averaged 29 mph to win the Open Division.

The Saint Thomas Academy Experimental Vehicle Team drove at a top speed of 51 mph and averaged 26 mph to take the Classic Division.

"I am continually amazed at the leadership, innovation and collaboration that occurs within these teams and this year is no different," said Scott Campbell, vice president of Dell's K-12 education business. "The skills these students are developing will prepare them for higher education and ultimately the workforce. This is another great example of 21st Century skills used in a fun and exciting manner."

The Open Division allows teams to use solar cells rated at more than 16 percent efficiency and high-technology hub motors. A hub motor reduces the number of parts required to drive the wheel, designed to increase the efficiency of the drive train. The Classic Division requires that participants not use hub motors and that they use solar cells rated up to 16 percent efficiency.

The other teams that competed in the race were from New York, Texas, Colorado, California, Mississippi and Mexico.

"The thing I learned from this is that if a group of high school kids can build a solar car and drive it across the country, then the possibilities for our future are endless," said Nicholas Deprey, member of the Saint Thomas Academy Experimental Vehicle Team.

About The Winston School

Based in Dallas, The Winston School is focused on realizing the potential of bright children who learn differently through individualized learning. In 1993, The Winston School launched an education program to provide curriculum, materials, on-site visits and workshop opportunities for high schools across the country. The program has taught more than 8,500 students in 22 countries about the wonders of science and demonstrated that high school students can build and race solar cars.

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