Tom Brady meets University of Michigan solar car team at fundraiser
Former U-M quarterback Tom Brady visited with the U-M solar car team at a fundraiser at a museum in Massachusetts.
Photo courtesy of University of Michigan solar car team member Evan Dougherty
Brady chats with U-M solar car team members in front of Quantum, the redesigned solar car.
Photo courtesy of University of Michigan solar car team member Evan Dougherty
Brady chatted with U-M engineering students and got a close look at Quantum, the team's recently redesigned solar car.
The fundraiser, which benefited the solar car team, took place at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum and drew a number of U-M alumni.
The solar car team, which has won the North American Solar Challenge six years in a row, wants to win the prestigious 1,800-mile World Solar Challenge in Australia. That competition takes place in October.
The team members completely redesigned the car in the latest off-season to shed weight and improve its aerodynamic qualities. They took it apart piece by piece and cut out about 180 pounds, an achievement that should improve the car's efficiency.
"The trip to Boston was a great chance to show people the improvements we have made with Quantum (and) why we think we have a great chance at winning the world," team member Eric Hausman wrote in a blog post.
Click here to see more photos of Brady at the fundraiser.
Brady was one of several U-M alumni who attended the fundraiser for the U-M solar car team.
Photo courtesy of the University of Michigan solar car team member Evan Dougherty
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