Gator
Motorsports builds two race vehicles
for international competition. Gator
Motorsports Formula competition entry
is an 8 foot representation of a F1
race car. Built around a Honda CBR 600RR
power plant, over 90% of the car is
student designed and manufactured. With three
top ten finishes in a row, UFSAE has won numerous
awards and holds a high tradition of
excellence.
The team is made up entirely of students. While most members are engineers, the team also includes majors such as business, criminology, public relations, advertising, sociology, and architecture. Getting involved is as simple as stopping by the shop, located in building MAE-C on Gale Lemerand Drive.
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The 2010 Formula Team and 42nd place car at Competition
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Formula
SAE got its start in the 1970's through
Mini-Baja. The Mini-Baja competitions
had been going on for almost a decade
until SAE had decided to hold a road
course event in 1979 called the Mini-Indy.
Six schools came to compete. The rules
where short... only four pages long.
Today the Formula SAE rules are over 100
pages in length and the competition
has grown to nearly 200 international
teams. The competition was first held
in Texas at the University of Houston.
Since then, Formula SAE has branched off into 8 major competitions held on four different continents.
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