Formula SAE West 2008 Competition, April 22-25 2009. Year two for FSAE at Virginia Internation Raceway, let the games begin!
Drew
Formula SAE West 2008 Competition, April 22-25 2009. Year two for FSAE at Virginia Internation Raceway, let the games begin!
Drew
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Northwestern Formula Racing Alum
Head Engineer, Frame/Suspension 2006-2009
My '73 Saab 99 Road Race Build
Drew...may want to check your dates...or maybe I'm just reading it wrong.
Made it thru tech today. Should be a good competition, even if it is a little light on car count. Early bits of interest:
The primary problems with the template rules are from careless wire and cable placement, not improper chassis design.
Rules are tighter for photographers this year. This is a good thing for the event, but it could mean that there will be fewer pictures of this event (and probably others).
BALACLAVAS ARE REQUIRED THIS YEAR!!!! BRING THEM TO COMPETITION!!!
That's all for now. Have to get back to static event prep...
David Collins
Sooner Racing Team
"By definition, a hard driver is one possessing little, if any, brains."
And your socks are to be made of nomex, cotton or wool.
Little known fact, but Washington has been racing in nylon pantyhose these 20 years.
Quote of the week:
Race Engineer "How is the track?"
Vettle "It's wet"
John "Jack" Vinella
University of Washington Alumni 06' 07' 08' 09'
How have the photo reqs changed? I am planning to come up there on Saturday and take photos.
Thanks
C'mon someone post some pics! The suspense is killing me (even though it's a small field).
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Durmach UOIT Motorsports
Yeah, let's get some updates! I'm heading down tomorrow, but I'm anxious to hear how today went.
Side note: Can I just buy a 1-day ticket at the gate tomorrow morning?
Cheers,
-Pierce
Pierce Umberger
VT Motorsports
2008 Alumnus - Suspension Design
No official scores released yet. But, all the static events are done. 15 teams officially dropped. Funding is apparently getting cut back for everyone. Updates and pictures should start coming in tomorrow when scores go up and driving starts.
David Collins
Sooner Racing Team
"By definition, a hard driver is one possessing little, if any, brains."
Yeah, unfortunately I decided to drop the day of us packing up to leave. Had some last minute issues with a lot of the areas of the car and decided not to risk damaging something to get it down there.
Fortunately, we found other issues wrong with the car that weren't found at first glance. So that makes me feel a little better about deciding not to attend...
I'm with everyone else though...PICS PLEASE!
Lawrence Tech University
2009 Formula SAE
Team Captain
(AKA The Dollar Nazi)
So what is the actual school/car count at VIR?
RiNaZ
Put my google skills to work and found a couple pics in this thread
http://forums.corral.net/forum...thread.php?p=8757152