No Gas-Price Woes at Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge; 11 High School Teams Start 9th Annual Solar Race on Sunday

DALLAS--July 9, 2004--Dell Inc.

High-priced gas will give way to solar power at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth this weekend.

The track will host 11 high school race teams from the United States and Mexico as they begin the 2004 Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge on Sunday.

Festivities for the four-day race commence Saturday when the race teams parade their hand-made solar cars through downtown Dallas. The 10- to 12-student teams, who've been working on their cars for up to 18 months, come from the following cities:

 --  Biloxi, Miss.               --  Newburgh, N.Y. (two teams)
 --  Dallas                      --  Phoenix
 --  Gatlinburg, Tenn.           --  Ridgway, Colo.
 --  Houston, Miss. (two teams)  --  San Antonio, Texas
 --  Juarez, Mexico

"The solar car challenge has taught more than 3,000 participating students about technology, teamwork and commitment; and it has inspired thousands of others to get involved in such long-term science projects," said Dr. Lehman Marks, event director and founder, Dell-Winston School Solar Car Challenge. "Dell's commitment to education has helped make this program's continued success possible."

The Winston School is a private K-12 school in Dallas focused on realizing the potential of bright children who learn differently through individualized learning.

The teams use Dell(tm) notebooks to help with the engineering and design of their solar car, and event judges will use Dell(tm) Inspiron, wireless-enabled notebooks to monitor daily team statistics. These statistics are uploaded daily to www.winstonsolar.org, where parents and other race team fans can track each team's performance real-time.

"This race program helps students develop 21st century skills, including collaboration and digital literacy, which they'll need in tomorrow's workforce," said Scott Campbell, director of Dell's K-12 education business. "More than that, it builds an affinity for science and technology in the students, and a true sense of accomplishment."

Each year, the Dell-Winston Solar Car Challenge rotates between the Texas Motor Speedway and a cross-country route. Last year's participants took a nine-day trek from Round Rock, Texas, to Cocoa, Fla. During next year's cross-country race -- currently planned to go from Round Rock to Los Angeles -- solar car teams will use Dell notebooks to gauge solar car battery usage, monitor weather patterns and track competitors via global positioning systems.

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