
FIRST SOLAR CAR RACES Hans Tholstrup and Larry Perkins were the first solar car racers who completed a Solar Trek from Perth to Sydney, Australia in 1983. Next in 1986, Denis Bartel drove the first solar powered vehicle named 'The Spirit of Adelaide", to cross Australia from North to South (Darwin to Adelaide). In part, this was a tribute to a famous explorer; John McDouall Stuart , who on horseback opened up the centre of Australia in 1861, to the 100th anniversary of the motor car, and to celebrate South Australia’s 150th Jubilee Year Then in the 1987 race, the GM Sunraycer completed the same North-South 3010 km...