The Missouri University of Science and Technology Formula SAE Racing team is proud to announce the first drive of the 2012 car, number 45. On February 16, 2012 at the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop I headquarters the team convened to see the car move under its own power for the first time. The drive went nearly flawlessly. More

About eight team members were awake at 4:00am CST today to complete the early registration process for the Germany competition. The process required the team to refresh a website at exactly 12:00 pm Central European Time (5:00 am in Rolla, MO) and take a quiz over the event's rules. The team used a divide and conquer approach to complete the quiz and secure one of four early registration slots for North American teams. The vehicle will compete in Germany as car #45, which is the same number the car will campaign at the first event of the season, Formula SAE Michigan.

The miners had a fantastic showing at the University of Toronto Shootout this past weekend. Despite drivetrain issues that arose the morning of the race, the team was able to race away from the problem with help of the University of Akron. Alec Surratt set FTD at 69.22 seconds, over two seconds faster than the second fastest time of the day. Missouri S&T arrived back home on Sunday evening with an overall 2nd place finish behind ETS from Montreal and a "Best American Team" award. More

The 2012 Goodyear challenge was attended by 12 Team members who traveled to Akron, OH on September 17th to compete. Missouri S&T Formula SAE Team was able to win the autocross event and place second in the endurance to win a total prize of 10 brand new Goodyear racing slicks. The event went smoothly for the well-prepared Team, with only minor issues in keeping the car in race-ready condition. Both drivers had the fastest combined autocross time of any team at the event and had the second fastest endurance time. More

The 2012 season has started and has brought new leadership within the Team along with a promising group of new members. The Team is positioned well for the new season and has been testing and tuning the #10 car since FSAE West in preparation for our fall events. Wish us luck as we campaign the #10 car at Goodyear and Toronto! The 2012 chassis is currently being manufactured in Rolla with a hope of having the first drive on January 9, 2012.

The 2011 Formula SAE California event was an arduous trial for the Missouri S&T Formula SAE team. Just days before the event, the team had a crankshaft shear in the race engine. It took three solid days of work to get the car ready for the race again. It was completed just in time for the long haul to Fontana. Tech went reasonably well, with just minor attention needed to parts like the chain guard and steering rack. Static events went well, with the team making it to semi finals in the Design portion of the event. Difficulties passing sound prevented the team from reaching their potential in Skidpad and Acceleration. However, Alec Surratt was able to take fifth place in the Autocross event Friday afternoon. Saturday started out well with the team dominating the Endurance event by several seconds per lap. Unfortunately, the success ended at the driver change, when the team was sent off for an oil leak. The team would end up 19th overall.

Missouri S&T Racing is proud to announce General Motors as a Platinum Sponsor for the 2011 competition season!

Our partnership with GM is incredibly valuable to the team both financially and in terms of technical support. The support we receive in the form of both formal reviews and informal feedback is fantastic. We have many alumni at GM and it's great to have such a technologically cutting edge company on board again.

"There are some extremely knowledgeable people at GM and it is a privilege to be able to work with and get support from them."
- Tamas Erdos, Chief Engineer

Look for the team at local GM dealerships in 2011.

Missouri S&T Formula SAE Racing is proud to announce a continuation of our partnership with Bachman Machine Company for 2011.

Bachman Machine has been a staunch supporter of the team for more than a decade, providing services and assistance with complex machining operations. Services have included Wire EDM, Waterjet Cutting, and CNC Machining to produce the hubs, wheel centers, and many other parts for the race vehicle. This support gives students the ability to design more complex and innovative parts that would not be manufacturable in-house. Not only does this provide a more enriched and rewarding design learning experience, but allows the students to become more integrated in the manufacturing processes used in industry before graduating. The success of the team in recent years would not have been possible without the generous donation from Bachman Machine. Missouri S&T Racing extends their thanks to Bachman Machine for this donation!

Missouri S&T placed second in autocross and third in endurance at the Goodyear Shootout in Akron, Ohio this past weekend. This invitation only event allows the top teams in America the opportunity to compete for support from Goodyear Racing. The Miners finished just behind RIT in the autocross. The two teams went head to head in the endurance, with RIT leading before an electrical issue forced them to quit just laps from the finish. However, S&T was unable to hold off Akron and Mizzou in the closing stages of the race and ended in third place. The team overcame a lot of adversity leading up to this event and is proud of this finish.

"Given the circumstances, we took a conservative approach. We needed to get a solid finish and take home some tires and that’s exactly what we did." - Tamas Erdos, Chief Engineer

This event marks the end of the 2010 competition season and the team will now focus their efforts on constructing and testing the 2011 car for competition next year.

S&T Racing is proud to announce a third place finish at the Toronto Shootout this past weekend. A handful of top teams, including last year's Toronto Shootout winner ETS and FSAE West winner RIT, provided stiff competition. The Miners were plagued by a number of small problems which kept second place out of hand. The team was leading in the early stages of the race until they were sidelined by a clutch failure. The team did well to repair the clutch and get the car back on the track allowing them to finish the first race of the season. Junior Alec Surratt turned in the team's fastest lap.

"This event illustrates how races are won and lost before they happen. The success in Toronto had little to do with what happened at the track and everything to with the focused hard work these guys put in in the weeks leading up to the event"

The team was satisfied with this finish, but is looking forward to performing even better at Akron Saturday, October 2nd.

Alec Surratt | Junior, Mechanical Engineering
2^nd Place at Toronto in 2009, 1^st Place Autocross FSAE West 2010

Derek Denlinger | Sophmore, Metallurgical Engineering
1^st Place Skidpad FSAE West 2010

Nick Schweissguth | Senior, Mechanical Engineering

Zach LaGrone | Senior, Mechanical Engineering
4^th Place at Toronto in 2009

Alec Surratt: "The competition is really tough here. All of the drivers need to post up good times for us to win. We have a solid package of car and very capable drivers. The track in Toronto is one of my favorites. There’s a lot of elevation change, which is uncommon in Formula SAE. The surface is good and the aero package is a definite advantage."

Derek Denlinger: "I’m looking forward to the event in Toronto. I’m excited to make the jump to an autocross event, having only done skidpad in the past. I think I’m going to have a great time and learn a lot."

Nick Schweissguth: "I’m excited to drive in Toronto. It’s my first drive at an event. I’m proud to accept this role and help support the team."

Zach LaGrone: "Toronto is a fantastic event, definitely my favorite on the calendar. Mosport is a great facility. I did my best drive ever at this event last year and I’m really looking forward to going back. It’s a great place to drive and I know all of our guys are really looking forward to it."

The Toronto event is unlike any other on the calendar. High speeds and massive elevation changes make for an exciting event. Click here to learn more about the Toronto event.

The team placed in the top ten for a third time this year, finishing 2nd overall at the Formula SAE West Event.

Taking home the following awards:
1st Place Hoosier Tire Autocross Award
1st Place Autodesk Inventor Design Communication Award
2nd Place Goodyear Best Performance Award
2nd Place Honda Dynamic Event Award

Top Three:
1st University of Maryland
2nd Missouri University of Science & Technology
3rd University of Oklahoma

The team placed 8th in the FISITA Formula SAE World Cup competition at Formula SAE last week.

Top Ten:
1st University of Western Australia
2nd Rennteam Stuttgart
3rd TU Munich
4th University of Wisconsin - Madison
5th RMIT University
6th TU Graz
7th Cornell University
8th Missouri University of Science & Technology
9th University of Florida
10th University of Cinncinatti

The team took home two other awards at the event with a second place in the Autodesk Inventor Design Communication Award, beaten only by TU Graz. We also secured the fastest time in the Autocross event, winning the Hoosier Tire Autocross Award.

The team took second place at the inaugural Formula SAE event today, first place went to Wisconsin-Madison. We also picked up a list of awards from different events:

1st Place Autodesk Inventor Design Communication Award
2nd Place Overall
2nd Place Goodyear Best Performance Award
2nd Place Hoosier Tire Autocross Award
2nd Place Honda Dynamic Event Award
3rd Place Honda Engineering Design Award
3rd Place General Motors Fuel Economy Award

Wisconsin-Madison took home first in the endurance event today with 374.15 points, putting them at 939.61 points out of 1000. The highest points total ever at any of the events in North America. We took home second in endurance, with 359.26 points, our highest ever score in endurance. We also scored our best ever in cost and design, where we took 4th and 3rd place respectively. Our overall points total was also our highest ever, scoring 870.65 out of 1000.

The team will work to better our skid-pad performance along with bettering our sales presentation so we can have a better chance to fight for 1st place at the FSAE event in Michigan two weeks from now.

For pictures from the event check the team website in the next few days (http://fsae.mst.edu/). Also, don't forget to keep an eye on Speed Channel next weekend, the Rolex Sport Car Series airs May 3rd at 12:00PM EST. You may get a glimpse of the FSAE event during their broadcast.

VIR Friday Update

Scores from today and yesterday are in finally. Starting with Thursday's static events; 14th in sales (59.76 out of 75), 4th in cost (88.92 out of 100), and of course design finals which should put us anywhere between 110-150 points. Also, a correction on the finals event, it was held this evening not after endurance as I previously stated. They should release the results tomorrow before endurance.

As for today's events; the acceleration course was a bit shorter than it should be judging by the times. The top time was around 2.9 seconds by Maryland as opposed to the 3.9 seconds it usually is. We took home 59.58 points out of the 75 for the event, the most since 2004. In skid-pad we took home only 26.37 points out of 50. The winners of the event were Virginia Tech, however I do not have any official times for skid-pad. Finally, in autocross we took home 2nd place behind Wisconsin-Madison, picking up 146.76 points of the 150.

Unofficial Overall Standings of Design Finals Teams (given 110 points for the design event):

1st Wisconsin-Madison: 525.46
2nd Virginia Tech: 511.39
3rd Missouri S&T: 491.39
4th Cincinnati: 454.57