Electric cars designed by college students race at NCM Motorsports Park [Video]

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – The National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park hosted the American Solar Challenge’s Electrek Formula Sun Grand Prix. This year marks the first year the park has hosted the grand prix, and teams took over the track from July 13 to July 18.

Participating teams featured college students from across the United States and Canada. The teams had three days to work on their cars before hitting the track on Tuesday, July 16. From there, eight hours each day were allocated for track time. The goal was to turn as many laps as possible over 24 hours of driving.

University of Waterloo student Michael Hanley made the trip from Canada with his team to compete. He is the driver and the team captain of the Midnight Sun Solar Team, running under number 24.

“We’re here to do solar car racing. We’ve been working on this car for …