Calling all UW Engineers!

Our applications to join the 2017-18 UWashington Formula Motorsports Team are open!

If you're looking for a way to help you get some hands on engineering experience, this could be a great option for you. We have 8 different technical teams that you could be a part of. So no matter what your major is, there is somewhere for you to fit in!

If you have any questions, feel free to email us at uwfsae@uw.edu

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Washington Formula Motorsports designs, builds, and races two small formula-style cars; one combustion and one electric. The team produces world-class engineers through a commitment to learning and hands-on experience.

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We are sad to say that our car was unable to finish the endurance event at FSG. After setting excellent times for the first few laps, the car was forced to come to a stop due to an unfortunate "thermal event". Thankfully our driver Rodney Linton safely egressed the car without injury.

Our muffler configuration worked great for passing sound, but it appears to have had some more major flaws (such as catching fire unexpectedly).

Thank you to everyone who has helped us attend FSG this year, and we're sorry that we won't be coming home with the trophy that we'd hoped for. Despite this loss, the team has gained much from attending FSG this year, and at least we can claim to have gone out with a BANG!

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It's now day 5 of competition at FSG, and so far our performance has been very good overall!

In business we placed 15th with a score of 60.79 out of a possible 75.

We are disappointed to announce that the team did not make the design finals (top 5 teams), but we're hoping to have placed highly and are still waiting to hear our official score.

The cost event went much better than our performance last year, but scores have yet to be posted.

In the skidpad event yesterday we put down a fast time of 6.09 despite extremely rainy conditions which gives us a placement close to 10th.

Today we drove in acceleration with a respectable time of 4.54 seconds, and completed autocross with a fast time of 71.47 (putting us around 5th place as of now).

We will do our best to keep updating you with scores as they become available. To view published scores, please visit the FSG results page.

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