Prospective Members: If you want to join, please come to one of our weekly meetings on Mondays at 7:00pm in the Wilson Student Team Project Center. Alternatively, contact the Team Captain, Alec Lind at aleclind@umich.edu.
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2012 Competition Schedule 1/10/10
For the 2012 season, we plan to continue our tradition of excellence by once again attending all three competitions:
SAE Baja Auburn April 19-22, 2012 Auburn, AL SAE Baja Oregon May 2-5, 2012 Portland, OR SAE Baja Wisconsin June 7-10, 2012 Madison, WI -
Success at SAE Peoria, Illinois 7/2/11
Tweaking and tuning between competitions allowed us to increase the reliability and efficiency of the drivetrain and suspension. We completed 29 laps in the Endurance Race, and placed 15th in Hill Climb, 8th in Rock Crawl, 17th in the Business Presentation, and 8th in Cost. Overall we were 22nd out of 116 entrants. We plan to start designing the 2012 car immediately after competition.
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Success at SAE Pittsburg, Kansas 6/4/11
Adjustments after SAE Alabama allowed us to increase the reliability of our gearbox. We placed 12th in Acceleration, 11th in Design, and 11th in Cost. Overall we ranked 69th out of 104.
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SAE Birmingham, Alabama 4/18/11
Michigan Baja ran the new dual-belt drivetrain at SAE Birmingham. We ranked 4th in Hill Climb, 20th in Acceleration, 5th in Cost, and 16th in Design. Overall we ranked 30th out of 58 entrants.
2011 Competition Schedule 1/10/10
For the 2011 season, we continued our tradition of excellence by once again attending all three competitions:
SAE Baja Birmingham (water event) April 8-11, 2011 Birmingham, AL SAE Baja Kansas May 26-29, 2011 Pittsburg, KS SAE Baja Illinois June 8-11, 2011 Peoria, IL Success at Washington and RIT 8/26/10
We had an exciting and challenging 2010 racing season, placing 1st in cost at Washington. In Rochester we placed 1st in Hill Climb, 2nd in Acceleration, 8th in Manuverability, and 11th overall. We would like to thank all our sponsors, without their support success would not be possible.
