Australia has yearly solar races - I didn't realise the US has too

I got this JPL press release today:

Ladies And Gentlemen, Start Your Solar Cars!

High school students from across the country and Mexico are on a 1,600-mile race in hand-built, solar-powered cars. The 10th annual Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge started today in Round Rock, Texas, and will wind its way through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona en route to the finish line at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
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Comet Tempel 1

Fasten your seatbelts and put your tray tables in their upright, locked positions, and prepare for a crash landing. We are going in...


There is a short movie here:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/deepimpact/multimedia/070405-its-approach-x4.html
(only about 700k -- 2 minutes download on dialup connection)