Six teams (Michigan, Principia, Bochum, Waterloo, Calgary and S&T, in that order) are elated that each made the stage stop last night, because any teams arriving around 10 this morning faced traffic like this. As of about 2:00 p.m., Minnesota, Iowa State, and Red River have hit town, and while the weather is nice right now there is still a high threat of afternoon storms. This is a real concern because race rules prohibit charging the cars' batteries until 6:30 tonight, and briefly in the morning just before the 9:00 a.m. start.
The Miners are of course working on their high-tech systems, such as laundry, and a few have taken the chance to visit some big-city department stores, like Target. Team Leader Chris Pieper, last of the triumverate of solar car-driving S&T brothers*, is getting some much needed rest, and Adam Lewis is down the hill making new cables. School kids from the Sioux City area are getting and up-close look at the cars, and gear-heads from other car clubs are in town and are being upstaged by the high-MPG tourists.