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• DARPA Grand Challenge 2005: The road to victory
  Monday 10 October 2005 – 11:56
  23 robotic vehicles started in the Grand Challenge 2005, but only five crossed finish line. TG Daily and Mobility Guru covered the qualification and race extensively. Read about the Stanford team, which won the race and collected the $2 million jackpot, as well as about other teams that competed in the Challenge.
• DARPA selects 23 teams for the 2005 Grand Challenge
  Thursday 6 October 2005 – 02:14
  DARPA officials have announced the starting vehicles for the 2005 Grand Challenge. On Saturday October 8, 23 vehicles will begin the approximately 150 mile race that will start and stop in Primm, Nev. Anthony Tether, director of DARPA, expects 'spectacular" footage to appear during the race.
• "Blue Team" runs self-righting motorcycle at DARPA Grand Challenge
  Tuesday 4 October 2005 – 01:29
  The Blue Team's autonomous motorcycle "GhostRider" has always been an underdog at the Grand Challenge as no one expects a two-wheeled vehicle to successfully compete against SUVs, ATVs, and other off-road vehicles.

• Team Stanford aiming for the jackpot at DARPA Grand Challenge 2005*
  Thursday 6 October 2005 – 09:01
  23 vehicles are picked to enter the DARPA Grand Challenge 2005 race. Overall capability of the robot vehicles has dramatically improved over the previous year, but there are some teams that in fact may be capable of the winning the $2 million cash price - one of them being Stanford, which completed four perfect runs in the qualification round.