Greenville High School Iron Lions Prepare for 700-mile Solar Car Challenge

While many high school students spend their summer working jobs, relaxing with friends, or preparing for the upcoming school year, members of the Greenville High School Iron Lions Solar Car Team are preparing for something far different: racing a student-built solar-powered vehicle nearly 700 miles across Texas.

Later this month, the Greenville High School team will compete in the 2026 Solar Car Challenge, a multi-day endurance race that will take them from the Denton area through communities across Texas before finishing in Fort Stockton. Along the way, the Iron Lions will compete against approximately 25 high school solar car teams from across the nation while pursuing the program's eighth national championship.

The Iron Lions enter the competition with a long tradition of success. Since the program began competing in 2012, Greenville ISD students have earned seven national championships and established themselves as one of the premier high school solar car programs in the country.

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