FSAE dates

[number77]

I am looking for the official dates for the 2007 FSAE and FSAE West competitions.
There is a counter on the front pages, but not a date listed.

[number77]

I am looking for the official dates for the 2007 FSAE and FSAE West competitions.
There is a counter on the front pages, but not a date listed.

[mario_rbr]

The dates are not defined yet, either the places. The sae student central site was recently updated,there's only competitions basic information, after east I heard that maybe the east competition is going back to silverdome, I hope not since my team had a great experience in our first year at MPG. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_cool.gif
Let`s wait for the June-July-Agoust collegiate desing newsletter and see...

[James Waltman]

I heard a rumor that they were considering swapping the dates for the two competitions. West would be in May and Detroit would be in June.

[number77]

Well that sucks.
Our driver selection is coming up pretty soon (in two days), however, to keep my health insurance I need to be in school full time. If I ever stop, the insurance drops and I won't get it back. So I need to be enrolled in two summer semesters. But without a date, I can't give my team a definite answer.

[BrunoC]

I hope that swapping the date is only a rumor because Formula student was only 12 days after west. So if u are planning to attempt detroit and formula student in 2007, u will be short in time.

[kwancho]

And.... that would blow. I disapprove.

[jjusb]

Why would that blow? The swap in the dates between east and west would be because of weather reasons.

I spoke to one of the organizers and she told me Michigan is usually sunny in June while we all know the great weather in May http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Also I understand weather in California is pretty much the same in both dates (Sunny and hot as hell).

Would anyone from Michigan or Cali care to comment?

[John Valerio]

Don't like the rain? bring an umbrella. racing in the rain is real life. deal.
Not only would switching the dates say that we are just a bunch of whiners, but it would mean that our team would be going to west due to summer inavailability of team members. it would cost more than twice as much as normal and be a huge inconvenience.
the dates are fine, i say just leave them be.

John

[Zanini]

If sunny in June you mean as unpredictable as ever, then ya you're right.

Delaying Michigan a month won't gurantee better weather. Michigan has had Tornado warnings that continue into July in the past. A June date only gurantees no snow....

maybe.

[formula_wally]

A change like that would toss up lots of our testing and vocation / vacation planning.

Im sure they would have annouced and East/West swap at least one year before the change.

Silverdome would be nice, for the fact that we wouldn't have sleep 45 minutes away from the site.

[Jeff The Pyro]

im pretty sure switching dates would benefit just as many people as it screws up... At this point we (UCSD) are planning on attending FWest only, which means if it were in May we wouldnt be competing with as many cars that have already been through a competition and have had the last month or so to sort out everything that went wrong. It would also make it perfect for us to take a shot at Formula Student if we ran into a little extra cash (wishful thinking...)

as far as the weather, most of California is a little cooler in May than in June, but Fontana's in the middle of the desert so its gonna be hot as hell no matter what.

[Steve Yao]

Univ. of Washington, like many West coast schools are on a quarter system. A switch in dates would put FSAE West during our midterms; instead of the week after finals. And thus: SUCK.

[number77]

So when are they gonna list the dates?

[Kirk Feldkamp]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Jeff The Pyro:
as far as the weather, most of California is a little cooler in May than in June, but Fontana's in the middle of the desert so its gonna be hot as hell no matter what. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I seem to recall it was more like 80-90 in May in Fontana... as opposed to 100-105 like it was at West this year.

I think the timing isn't great either way, but sometimes life isn't fair.

-Kirk

[Jeff The Pyro]

FSAE West was during our finals this year. it was great.

[number77]

Any updates?

[Marshall Grice]

yes