LEXINGTON, Ky. -- A team of University of Kentucky engineering students hopes to be rolling soon on a 2,400-mile road trip from Plano, Texas, to Canada, driving a car powered only by sunlight -- and a lot of hard work.
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Gato del Sol III -- UK's third entry into the North American Solar Challenge -- will be the school's first car to make it through the preliminary scrutiny and qualifying rounds and will join 23 other solar-powered vehicles on the transcontinental trek, promises team president Matt Hatfield of Louisville.

"This car is not failing this time. I guarantee that," said Hatfield, 23, who graduated in May with a mechanical engineering degree and who helped build Gato del Sol II in 2005.

UK is the only school in Kentucky participating in the race.