DAY ONE - Solar Car Driving Miles Available- 126.1 miles
Fort Worth, Ardmore, Oklahoma – TX 114 West, US 81 North, US 70 East
Sunday, July 17, 2016
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0.0Northwest ISD District Office
Turn left at traffic light in front of the District Office onto TX 114
Note: There is a bump at the turn.
This is a four lane divided road with shoulders.
1.0Uphill to overpass
4.3Light
4.6Uphill continues
6.2Rhome City Limit
7.6Uphill to overpass
Note: you will be staying left as the road “Y’s” ahead
8.1Follow US 287/87 to Decatur
This is a four lane divided road with shoulders.
8.3Note: use care with merging traffic
9.0Small uphill
9.5Uphill
Some teams may want to “trailer” this uphill
10.3Small uphill
11.5New Fairview City Limit
13.6Small rolling hills
14.5Uphill
15.0Extended downhill followed by uphill
15.4Uphill
15.7The right lane is CLOSED. This is a one lane road without shoulders.
Note: use care
19.4Little hill as we approach the City of Decatur
20.0Stay on US 81
Note: Be careful not to take Business US 81
21.3Overpass
22.0Small rolling hills
22.4City of Decatur
23.5Hill
23.8Bumpy bridge followed by hill to an overpass
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24.5Downhill
Note: watch for merging traffic
25.1Flashing Yellow Light
25.4Hill
26.0Rolling hills ahead. This is a four lane road with shoulders
Note: Ahead there is a convenient Rest Stop on the right if you need to trailer your solar car
27.5Steep hill
28.2Texas Rest Stop on right with “facilities” available
29.2Steep hill
29.9Steep hill
30.5Hill
32.6Hill
33.2Stay on US 81 and US 287
33.4Bumpy overpass
34.7Alvord High School on left
35.5Small bridges uphill
36.6Road now has smaller shoulders. Use care!
37.2Brushy Creek Bridge
37.5Steep uphill
38.0Road continues to have small shoulders
41.1Road is a bit confusing. Be careful not to exit the highway.
41.8Uphill. Road has shoulders
43.1Picnic Area pull-off ahead
Note: road flattens
45.5Bumps
46.1Extended hill ahead
Note: We will be following US 81 North to Bowie, Texas and Waurika, Oklahoma
48.7City of Bowie
49.0US 81 exits right coming into town
49.6Note: watch for merging traffic
49.9Underpass
50.0Note: You are passing rodeo grounds and the Bowie Community Center
50.1Turn right to the Bowie Community Center
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50.2Turn right into the Bowie Community Center
LUNCH STOP
Note: Fast food restaurants within 1 mile of the Bowie Community Center
0.0Left when leaving the Bowie Community Center Parking Lot.
0.1Stop Sign. Turn right on to US 81 driving through town.
0.5Yellow light.
Road is four lanes with no shoulders
0.7Light. Gentle uphill drive in town
1.0Light. Stay straight following US 81 North
1.1Light. Road becomes three lanes
1.2Road becomes four lanes undivided highway
1.4U.S. 81 “Y’s” to the right.
Note: 47 miles to Waurika, OK
1.7Steep uphill
Road is two lanes with shoulders
2.6Uphill. This is the outskirts of Bowie.
3.9Fairly flat road. Less traffic here
5.7Hill
6.2Small hill
7.9Hill
9.0City of Stoneburg
14.4Small, bumpy bridge followed by steep uphill
15.5Downhill to small bridges
15.6Picnic Area on left.
Note: This would be a good place to load your solar car if you are worried about hills.
16.0Steep hill
16.7Hill
19.0City of Ringgold
19.4Continue following US 81 North under overpass.
Note: two lane road with no shoulders
20.4Two lane road with shoulders
22.2Small bridge followed by uphill
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23.6Extended bridge as we cross the Red River
24.1Entering the State of Oklahoma.
Note: this is the Chisholm Trail
Note: this is a better two lane road with shoulders. Excellent Solar Road!
25.4City of Terral, Oklahoma
29.3Note: use great care about the road drop-offs on right
31.6Small bumpy bridge
33.3City of Ryan
33.5Hill into town
34.1We are in a small town with rolling hills
34.3Hill
34.8Extended downhill
35.7Small, bumpy bridge
Note: there are steep drop-offs on both sides of the road
Note: you may want to consider trailering
36.7Extended hill which steepens
37.7Downhill to bridge followed by a steep uphill
38.8Note: road drop-offs
40.2Small bridge (not so bumpy)
41.4Uphill
42.9Uphill turns to the right
43.5City of Waurika
Note: This city is known for the large tornado that hit the city in 1976.
Note: We will be turning right onto US 70
43.7Stop Sign & Light.
TURN RIGHT at junction of US 70
43.8Hospital on the right if you need to load your solar car onto the trailer.
Note: US 70 is a two lane road with small shoulders. Hard to load a solar car on this type of shoulder
44.8Uphill
46.1Hill
48.1Note: Use care about road drop-offs
49.8Small bridge followed by uphill
51.5Bumpy bridge
51.9Small hill
Note: rolling hills ahead
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53.5Steep hill followed by flatter road
55.7Small hill
61.7Bumpy bridges
62.9Uphill steepens
63.8Uphill
64.5Downhill
64.7Bumpy bridge
65.4City of Ringling
Note Circus Tent sign
65.7Speedy Gas Station on right if you need to load your solar car
This is west of the main Ringling City sign.
66.4Note: road drop offs on this two lane road with small shoulders
67.0Faye Moore Bridge (small bridge)
67.5Carter County Line
Note: road becomes four lane divided highway without shoulders. Rolling hills.
72.3Henderson Supply Company on the right if you need to load your solar car
72.8Road shoulders improve
Note: road soon becomes a four lane divided highway with shoulders
75.9Chickasaw Travel Center on right. Turn in to the travel center and trailer solar cars
TEAMS MUST TRAILER
Post Race Driving
(1) Continue driving on US 70 East for 13.6 miles to the Junction of US 70 and Interstate 35
(2) Enter Interstate 35 North and travel to Exit 33 – OK 142. Exit Interstate 35 and turn right on OK 142
This is Veterans Blvd.
(3) Turn right on North Rockford Road. The Holiday Inn and Ardmore Convention Center will be on your right.
Solar Cars will be displayed in the Convention Center Parking Lot.