rev 3/17/2015© 2015 Michigan Turn Marshals

FSAE @ Michigan International SpeedwayJohn Lisiecki, Ed Arthur, Jen Merideth- Dynamic Events

Mike Nienhuis, Jeff Lovell, Mark Muddiman, Mike McClintock, Matthew Johnson Frank Putnam - Tech- Operations

Formula SAE® is a student design competition organized by SAE International.

Sponsored by: Bosch, Ford, Honda, SolidWorks Toyota, Continental, Cummins FEV, GM, Maplesoft Akebono, Altair, MacLean-Fogg,

Magna Powertrain, PTC, TRW Hoosier, MathWorks, Polaris,

Royal Purple, Yazaki

The COMPETITION

The first competition was started back in 1981 and now includes annual events in Michigan, Lincoln Nebraska, New Hampshire (Hybrid), and Austria, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Italy, Japan and the U.K.

The Formula SAE competition is for SAE student members to conceive, design, fabricate, and compete with small formula-style racing cars.

The CONCEPT

The Michigan event annually hosts 120 teams representing 10 countries The competition will take place Wed May 13th through Sat May 16th

at the

The VENUE

Tech Inspections Wednesday thru Friday

Static Judging Thursday all day Acceleration & Skid Pad Friday morning Autocross Friday afternoon Endurance & Fuel Economy Saturday all day Awards Ceremonies Fri & Sat evenings Evening Get-Togethers in the campground Wednesday thru

Friday

The EVENTS

82 yard straightaway 2 drivers per car / 2 runs per driver Best run counts

ACCELERATION

SKID PAD

Friday morning

2 circles of 50’ diameter in a figure-8 2 drivers per car / 2 runs per driver Each run consists of 2-right and 2-left

laps

Course Length = approx ½ mile 2 drivers per car / 2 laps per driver Typically 3-4 cars on the track concurrently No passing in this “solo” event Avg Speeds = 35 to 40 MPH

Friday afternoonAUTOCROSS

Course Length ~ 1.0 Kilometer Total run = 2 x 11 laps 2 drivers per car / Driver change midway Typically 5-7 cars on the track concurrently Passing within designated passing zones Avg speed = 35 MPH / Approx top speed = 65 MPH

All day SaturdayENDURANCE and FUEL ECONOMY

1. Global Formula Racing (Oregon State & Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg-Ravensburg)

2. Tech Univ of Munich3. Universitat Stuttgart4. FH – Joanneum Graz (Austria)

5. Univ of Akron6. Université Laval (Quebec)

7. Auburn Univ

8. Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor9. Univ of Florida 10. Centro Univ da FEI (Brazil)

LAST YEAR’s TOP-10

• 16th place – Western Ontario• 24 – Ohio State• 27 – Univ of Mich Dearborn• 32 – Toledo• 36 – Saginaw Valley State• 43 – Michigan State• 53 – Oakland• 61 – Michigan Tech• 62 – Kettering• 69 – Western Michigan• 85 – Ferris State• 101 – Lawrence Tech

LOCAL SCHOOLS …

109 Teams competed in 2014

120 are registered for 2015

Only 1 team from GER & 1 from AUS

• 16th place – Western Ontario• 24 – Ohio State• 27 – Univ of Mich Dearborn• 32 – Toledo• 36 – Saginaw Valley State• 43 – Michigan State• 53 – Oakland• 61 – Michigan Tech• 62 – Kettering• 69 – Western Michigan• 85 – Ferris State• 101 – Lawrence Tech

LOCAL SCHOOLS … New for 2015:

Volunteers

Start 9am, End ~ 6pm Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks, Dinner Receive THREE Detroit Region

Worker Points per day!

We still are looking for Volunteers: SCCA Solo folks for the Friday Autocross event Solo & F&C volunteers for Saturday Endurance

Register online at

Be part of the on-track Excitement …Car 77 – Rochester Institute of Technology,just passing Station 6 of the Endurance Event …

5 seconds later …

then 10 seconds after that …DNF Endurance, but finished 49th overall !

Ed Abbott

Rob Ackley

Greg Anthony

Diane & Ed Arthur

Steve Balanecki

Pat & Tamara Barber

Kevan Bates

Rosemary Bayer

Rod Beckwith III

Raleigh & Velma Boreen

Tammy Breece

Kristi & Bob Browning

Dave Browning

Ann Burke

James Burks

John Firment

Gary Godula

Bob Goppold

Beth & Ken Hand

Tom Hartsaw

Chris Histed

Andrew Hughes

Adam Jacobs

Loren Jacobs

Matthew Johnson

Pat LaMontagne

Don & Elizabeth Leckey

Richard Leckey

John Lisiecki

Jeff Lovell

Eunice Lucas-Logan

Larry & Jackson MacLeod

Ed Maklenburg

William Matzen

Dave McCagg

Carol & Mike McClintock

Jeremiah McClintock

Zac Megis

Jen & Marcus Merideth

Doug Mitchell

Jeremiah Mauricio

Tim Moyer

Mark Muddiman

Mike Nienhuis

Eric Penn

Rob PotockiFrank Putnam

Keith Roberts

James Rose

Michael & Suzanne Royce

Clancy Schmidt

Alan Schiedler

Tom Schreiber

Mark Scott

Frank Setilli

David & Susie Small

Barb Steencken

Brian Sumeracki

Seth Taylor

Mike Thodoroff

Bill Thompson

Ken & Sue Wiedbusch

Cindy Wisner

Richard Worden

Thanks to the SCCA Volunteers:

For more information and a copy of this presentationhttp:// fsae.TurnMarshals.com