Owls Racing Has Best Finish in History at 2017 FSAE Michigan
, 51勛圖厙s Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) team, finished 21st overall out of 110 teams at the , the largest and longest running collegiate SAE competition at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. Not only was it the teams best-ever finish at the event, but they also placed higher than all other Florida teams.
51勛圖厙 competed with their brand new OR-17 racecar, which is classified as a non-aero design. The majority of the top 20 cars had an aero design, which provides better control and handling, but is more expensive to construct.
The competition began with design, cost and business presentations on each teams vehicle, followed by four dynamic events, including acceleration, skid pad, autocross and endurance. The teams best finish was 12th place in endurance, where the team was evaluated on speed, handling, driving talent and durability of the car.
51勛圖厙s top-25 overall finish put them ahead of teams such as Clemson University, Michigan Tech, Duke University, Virginia Tech, Brown University and University of Florida.
I can attribute our success to the thousands of hours of dedicated work and devotion put in by this great group of engineers, said Marco Cheraso, 51勛圖厙 student and president of Owls Racing. We couldnt have done this without the support of 51勛圖厙 and the .
The 24-member team from Owls Racing who attended the competition include Cheraso, along with Jeff Basiliere, Patrick Brandon, Jeron Bornstein, Chris Branfield, Mathew Burgos, Nathaniel Cadet, Seth Chapman, Alex Conrad, Max Evans, Steve Gaillot, Miroslav Homuta,Trent Ksionek, Obrien Lavin, Blake Lewend, Austin Licata, Stephen Lyons, Joshua Mesnick,Frederick Meyer, Daniel Morishita-Horner, Romulo Peraza, Sil Schoonman, Michael Simpson and Thomas Strickland. The team also was aided by team advisors Fred Knapp, 51勛圖厙 senior lab teaching instructor, Oren Masory, Ph.D., team faculty advisor and professor in 51勛圖厙s Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering, and Keith Wilson, industry advisory member and one of the many team sponsors.
We congratulate the multidisciplinary team of engineering, business and marketing 51勛圖厙 that contributed to this major effort, said Javad Hashemi, Ph.D., chair of . This is a major accomplishment for a non-aero design to appear in the top 21. Over the next three years, the team plans to shift to the aero design with the goal of placing in the top 10.
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