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Electric Car Race Ends at MIT Caltech Showdown
The Great Electric Car Race ended with Caltech’s Voltswagen ahead by 12 hours after penalties, as Caltech driver Waley Rippel and team claimed victory over MIT’s Corvair. MIT faced towing penalties totaling 32.5 hours and motor burnout near the finish. Race began Aug 26 and covered 3300 miles in opposite directions.
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Cambridge
Mass
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Caltech
Pasadena
Calif
Machine Design Magazine
Cleveland
Ohio
Waley Rippel
Hollywood
Ronald Gremban
Reno
Nev
George Swartz
University of Washington
Rippel
Len Loeb
Corpus Chrissi
Tex