SAE Collegiate Design Series: Formula SAE®
Global Formula Racing Defends Formula SAE Michigan 1st Place Title
WARRENDALE, Pa., May 18 00:00:00.0, 2011
Joining the ranks with only two other teams (University of Texas-Arlington and Cornell University) to pull off a back-to-back 1st Place finish in the history of Formula SAE; Global Formula Racing, an international team collaboration consisting of students from Oregon State University and Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg-Ravensburg of Germany, clinched that honor when they were named 1st Place finishers at Saturday night’s award ceremony. Car #1 Oregon State University The SAE Collegiate Design Series Staff would like to thank everyone who helped make this event a great success. To all the volunteers and sponsors, thank you for all your hard work and contributions! To all the students, thank you for your enduring interest in the Formula SAE competitions. For more information on this article, event results or 2012 volunteering opportunities please contact Kaley Zundel at kzundel@sae.org. Altair Engineering Autodesk; Paddock Sponsor FEV Ford Motor Company, Autocross Sponsor General Motors Company Honda; Welcome Ceremony Sponsor Hyundai Joe Gibbs Racing Navistar Polaris PTC, Design Sponsor Siemens SolidWorks, Event T-shirt Sponsor Friends of Formula FISITA Goodyear Hoosier Land and Sea Lincoln Electric MSC Software Space X Sunoco Race Fuels
Global Formula Racing (GFR) succeeded in obtaining 1st Place in three of the most highly sought after awards including Engineering Design sponsored by PTC, Endurance and SAE Spirit of Excellence. Along with those first place finishes, GFR captured 8 more awards for various events.
This international collaboration originally started with the students designing certain aspects of one another’s vehicles but after several years the collaboration moved to a whole new level last year with the two universities working together as one to design and build an entire car to enter both in the U.S. and E.U. competitions; something they continued this year.
Formula SAE Michigan’s competition returned to the Michigan International Speedway for its fourth year at this venue. The venue offers a great experience to all who participate especially with recent site updates from recent construction of suites used for Presentation. Located in Brooklyn, Michigan the venue offers team paddocks on asphalt with built-in electric hook-ups, NASCAR garages and suites for all static judging. All the dynamic events where the vehicles operate are on the back side of the oval which will be repaved for next year’s competition.
Over 100 teams registered for the competition however only 99 teams brought a working vehicle. SAE International registered teams representing colleges and universities from Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela.
Technical Inspection saw all 99 cars in Scrutineering and eventually gave stickers to all cars as they passed; however not all 99 passed through fuel/tilt and brake/noise.
After a full day of design judging; the judges invited 13 teams to participate in the Design Semi-finals. Those teams were:
Car #1 Oregon State University
Car #3 Graz University of Technology
Car #11 Universitat of Stuttgart
Car #7 Technical University of Munich
Car #5 Rochester Institute of Technology
Car #70 University of Applied Sciences - Graz
Car #2 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Car #45 University of Wisconsin - Madison
Car #9 Cornell University
Car #24 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Car #27 University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden
Car #41 University of Applied Sciences Zwickau
Car #17 Universidad Simon Bolivar
Car #62 Virginia Tech
Pushing forward into Design Finals was:
Car #3 Graz University of Technology
Car #11 Universitat of Stuttgart
Car #5 Rochester Institute of Technology
Car #7 Technical University of Munich
Car #70 University of Applied Sciences Graz
Taking first place in Cost receiving the SAE Cost Award was Car #10 Kookmin University from South Korea.
Receiving the first place honors in the SAE Presentation event was Car #11 Universitat Stuttgart from Germany.
For those cars that passed technical inspection on Thursday, teams took to the track in the morning completing their Acceleration and Skid Pad runs. With the unusual high temperatures for Michigan weather, Car #9 Cornell University added some heat with a first place finish in Acceleration with a fastest time of 3.945 seconds. Heating up the pavement even more was the University of Applied Sciences – Graz from Austria in the Skid Pad event with the fastest time of 5.154 seconds.
In the afternoon teams completed their runs for the Ford Autocross; crossing the starting line were 84 cars. Finishing in first place with a clean run and fastest time of 48.151 seconds was Car #36 University of Kansas-Lawrence; Kansas was a whole 15.3 seconds faster than 2010 winners. This year’s course was designed with assistance from Sports Club Car of America providing use of fewer cones on track. Clinching second place in the Ford Autocross was Car #1 Oregon State University (Global Formula Racing) with their fastest time of 48.535 seconds; in third place was Car #33 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with 48.577 seconds.
Teams who completed the event and placed were assigned a position in the Endurance run order. Eighty-six cars started the course with each driver completing 14 laps; 35 cars finished the event.
To increase the excitement level leading up to the award ceremony; this year’s event SAE International decided to invert the running order from slowest to fastest cars. As in every change made there is always some trial and error; we realize there may have been some flaw to the event run order however we ensure all competitors the issue will be resolved for next year.
Placing first in this year’s Endurance was car #1 Oregon State Univeristy with a total time of 1502.288 seconds over 28 laps; an adjusted time score for having hit 7 cones. Coming in second with an adjusted time of 1517.286 due to 6 cones was Car #7 Technical University of Munich from Germany. And in third place Car #3 Graz University of Technology with an adjusted time of 1521.930 due to 5 cones.
Award Winners for the 2011 Formula SAE Michigan Competition:
SAE Presentation Award
The team that receives the best score in Presentation
1st Place - Universitat of Stuttgart
SAE Cost Award
The team that receives the best score in Cost
1st Place - Kookim University
PTC Engineering Design Award sponsored by Honda R&D Americas
Top 3 Finishers in the Design Event - $1000, $725, $525
1st Place Oregon State University
2nd Place Graz University of Technology
3rd Place University of Stuttgart
Chief Design Judge Best Three View Drawing Award
Best execution of three view drawings submitted with a Design Report. Copy of Engineering Handbook
1st Place National University of Singapore
2nd Place Northern Illinois University
3rd Place Clemson University
Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)
University of Stuttgart
Rochester Institute of Technology
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Oregon State University
University of Manitoba
Brown University
Universite de Sherbrooke
FISITA Award for Engineering Excellence in Static Events
The team with the highest overall score in the static events (Cost, Presentation and Design) - $675
Winner Oregon State University
The Joe Gibbs Spirit of Innovation Award
The most innovative application of engineering technology to motorsports - $3000, $2000, $1000
1st Place Graz University of Technology
2nd Place Oregon State University
3rd Place University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Altair Engineering's William R. Adam Engineering Award
Development of new and innovative design concepts for FSAE racing competition - $1000, $500
1st Place University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden
2nd Place University of Florida
The Fourth Annual Formula SAE Push bar Competition Event
Winner Northern Illinois University
Acceleration Award sponsored by General Motors Company
The team who receives the best score in Acceleration - $750
1st Place Cornell University
Skid Pad Award sponsored by General Motors Company
The team who receives the best score in Skid Pad - $750
1st Place University of Applied Sciences - Graz
Ford Autocross Award sponsored by Ford Motor Company
First three finishers in the Autocross event - 8 Hoosier tires, 6 Hoosier tires, 4 Hoosier tires plus trophies
1st Place University of Kansas - Lawrence
2nd Place Oregon State University
3rd Place South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Endurance Award sponsored by General Motors Company
Top three finishers in the Endurance event - $1500, $1000, $500
1st Place Oregon State University
2nd Place Technical University of Munich
3rd Place Graz University of Technology
Fuel Economy Award sponsored by Ford Motor Company
Top three finishers in the Fuel Economy event - $1500, $1000, $500
1st Place University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden
2nd Place Oregon State University
3rd Place San Jose State University
Honda Dynamic Event Award
Best Combined Scores in Dynamic Events - $1000, $725, $525
1st Place Oregon State University
2nd Place Technical University of Munich
3rd Place University of Stuttgart
The FEV Powertrain Development Award
Overall excellence in powertrain development - $1500, $750, $300
1st Place Oregon State University
2nd Place Technical University of Munich
3rd Place University of Stuttgart
Goodyear Performance Award
Best Combined Scores in Autocross and Endurance - 8 Goodyear tires, 6 Goodyear tires, 4 Goodyear tires
1st Place Oregon State University
2nd Place Technical University of Munich
3rd Place University of Kansas – Lawrence
Formula SAE Recognition of Accomplishment
Teams that successfully score in all events and do not finish in the top 10
Cornell University
San Jose State University
Universidad Simon Bolivar
University of Applied Sciences Amberg-Weiden
National University of Singapore
University of Toledo
Brown University
University of Pennsylvania
Purdue University - W Lafayette
Michigan State University
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh
Auburn University
University of Central Florida
Georgia Southern University
University of Manitoba
Colorado State University
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
SAE Spirit of Excellence Award
Top three overall finishers - $3000, $2000, $1000
1st Place Oregon State University
2nd Place Technical University of Munich
3rd Place Universitat of Stuttgart
4th Place Graz University of Technology
5th Place University of Wisconsin - Madison
6th Place University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
7th Place University of Applied Sciences Zwickau
8th Place University of Akron
9th Place University of Kansas - Lawrence
10th Place University of Applied Sciences - Graz
Door Prize Winner for Free Registration for FSAE 2011
University of Kansas - Lawrence
To view all final score results from the Formula SAE Michigan event; you can download the additional file attached to this article. You can also visit http://students.sae.org/competitions/formulaseries/results/
A Special Thanks to Our 2011 Formula SAE Michigan Event Partners:
