The Cavalier Autonomous Racing team from the University of Virginia won the Indy Autonomous Challenge at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway yesterday, averaging over 171 miles per hour around the iconic racing oval. The underdog team beat out more experienced and successful teams from Germany, Korea, Italy, plus multiple other US-based teams from Michigan State University, Purdue, Auburn University, the University of California, Berkeley, as well as local favorite Indiana University, which was competing for the first time.
“We knew what the car was capable of … when everything looked good for our lap we had to go for it,” said team principal and University of Virginia professor Madhur Behl after the win. “Today it turns out it was enough for the first American team to win the Indy Autonomous Challenge.”
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