Formula SAE Validation – Nevada

June 16 - 19, 2021 │ Las Vegas, Nevada

A Legacy of Competitive Education

In 1981, SAE International (formerly known as Society of Automotive Engineers) developed and managed the first Formula SAE® (FSAE®) student competition with assistance of Ron Matthews, Professor at University of Texas. SAE International operated the only Formula SAE competition for 17 years before its partnership with IMeche (Institution of Mechanical Engineers) in England where the brand “Formula Student” was developed. Since its inception, Formula SAE has expanded and includes many spin-off events.

Forumla SAE is an engineering education competition that requires performance demostration of vehicles in a series of events, both off track and on track against the click.

Competitions challenge teams of unversity undergraduate and graduate students to conceive, design, fabricate, develope and compete with sall, formula style vehicles. Each student team design will be judged and evaluated against other competing designs in a series of Static and Dynamic events to determine the vehicle that best meets the design goals and profitable built and marketed. 

Each competition gives teams the chance to demostrate their creativity and engineering skills in comparison to teams from other universities around the world.

Past Results & Awards
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Past Results & Awards
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History

North American Competitions

Formula SAE®

First Competition - 1981
Organizing Institution - SAE

1981 Competition Data

Number of registered teams: 6
Number of participating students: 40
Site: University of Texas, Austin, TX

2019 Competition Data

Number of registered teams: 120; onsite: 109
Number of participating students: 2567
Site: Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

Formula SAE® California

First Competition - 2006
First Competition with Battery Electric - 2013
Organizing Institution - SAE

2006 Competition Data

Number of registered teams: 70
Number of participating students: 559
Site: California Speedway, Fontana, CA

2019 Competition Data

Number of registered Internal Combustion teams: 80; onsite: 77
Number of registered Battery Electric teams: 30; onsite: 27
Number of participating students: 1948
Site: Lincoln Airpark, Lincoln, NE

Formula SAE® North

First Competition Organized by SAE - 2019

2019 Competition Data

Number of registered Internal Combustion teams: 24; onsite: 22
Number of registered Battery Electric teams: 21; onsite: 13
Number of participating students: 641
Barrie Molson Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada

Formula SAE® at VIR

First Competition - 2008
Organizing Institution - SAE

2008 Competition Data

Number of registered teams: 43
Number of participating students: 559
Site: Virginia International Raceway, Danville, VA

2009 Competition Data

Number of registered teams: 40
Number of participating students: 315
Site: Virginia International Raceway, Danville, VA

Note: SAE announced event suspended until further notice due to economy and lack of student demand.

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