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2011 wrap up
2011/07/05 @ 05:07:15 PM
At the conclusion of 2011, the University of Maryland Placed 4th overall in the FSAE West 2011 event, and finished 2nd in the Dynamic events. This year was quite a test of the Maryland team, as extremely aggressive changes to the aerodynamic system and other features of the car were made. The team, led by Ben Brooke, was faced with many difficulties at the event, including regulating the sound output of their motor. The team spent all day friday getting their car through tech inspection, and finally succeeded. 2011 will be known for a great team that worked till the bitter end and never gave. Perseverance won this time. Way to go Terps Racing!
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Maryland takes 4th overall, dominates dynamic events at FSAE Michigan 2010
2010/05/22 @ 02:37:23 PM
The team returned last week with a 4th place overall finish at the SAE Michigan competition.
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2010 Official Roll Out
2010/04/30 @ 09:11:20 PM
The 2010 Terps Racing rollout will be held on May 5, at 7pm in the Kim Building at University of Maryland. We invite Friends, Family and Alumni to come check out our newest car and probably the fastest FSAE car every built!
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2010 Car Breaks Track Record!
2010/04/11 @ 08:55:55 AM
Yesterday Terps Racing brought out there new car to the SCCA's driving school test track at Fed Ex Field. The track record was previously held by Brian Garfield in his F125 with a 26.3 second run. On our first hot lap Mike Stanley ran a 26.2, and towards the end of the day after lots of setup changes dropped his lap times down to 25.2 seconds. This is almost 1.3 seconds faster than Terps Racing 2009 car. Good Job everyone and a special thanks the the WDCR SCCA!
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Almost There
2010/03/02 @ 04:13:06 PM
The car is rolling and almost drivng under its own power. Look for us blasting around the lots during spring break. Added more build pictures to the media section.
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2010 Build Pictures Uploaded!
2009/12/09 @ 02:27:31 PM
The Formula SAE Team has been very busy designing building the 2010 racecar (TR10). New photos have been added to the Media page of the site. As the design phase has been finalized, our efforts have shifted to build. We expect to have the TR10 ready to run by February 1st.
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Maryland finishes 3rd at SCCA Nationals
2009/09/12 @ 09:46:36 AM
For the 3rd time in 5 years, Terps Racing has attended the SCCA Nationals. Last year the team attended as well, but without a 'Winged' car, there success was fairly limited. Working around the clock for the last 12 months, the team designed and fielded a new aerodynamic package with the goal of coming back and winning Nationals this year.
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Formula SAE West at Auto Club Speedway, June 17-20
2009/07/02 @ 08:48:28 AM
The team returned last week with a 4th place overall finish at the SAE West competition.
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Interested in Joining Terps Racing?
2009/04/06 @ 08:42:11 AM
The course is availible to any technical/non-technical major, for mechanical engineering students the course will count towards your upper level senior electives, for all other non-ME majors it will count as an advanced core class (Testudo Link). Due to the limted availabilty of the course, there is an application process.
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2009 Team Progress / 2010 Team Members Needed
2009/02/11 @ 07:34:28 PM
Things are going well for the Terps as we are only 70 days away from our first competition at Virginia International Raceway!! Please pardon our upkeep of the website because we are very busy in finishing the highly anticipated 2009 vehicle. Please feel free to check our progress as we post build pictures on the site!
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Terps Racing Info Session: Attn Juniors (Graduating Spring 2010) / 2009 New Sponsors!
2008/11/05 @ 04:33:55 PM
Terps Racing has 6 spots available for Juniors in Mechanical Engineering (graduating Spring 2010) to start learning more about the program this Winter and continue their learning process into the Spring Semester. Speak with your advisor to learn more about the program and class (ENME 408). Juniors must be available to work and learn through the winter semester in order to gain consideration for entry in the class in the Spring 09'.
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Terps Racing In President C. Dan Mote's Fall Message
2008/10/21 @ 05:44:43 PM
Terps Racing again in the media via President C. Dan Mote's Fall message video to the campus. Check it out.
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SCCA Nationals / Washington D.C. SCCA Solo Auto-X / Project Aero Results
2008/09/30 @ 11:58:47 AM
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Informational Session / First Look Fair Turnout
2008/09/18 @ 02:27:58 PM
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Terps Racing @ Engineering Community Picnic / First Look Fair
2008/09/09 @ 04:58:40 PM
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SCCA Nationals
2008/08/21 @ 06:29:43 AM
University of Maryland's FSAE team will be attending the SCCA Nationals competiton in Topeka, Kansas in mid july. Drivers Mike Cook and Mike Stanley will be driving the Championship 2008 car. A big thanks goes out to Gurit and Middle River Aircraft for sponsoring us and helping us design an aero package to be used at the upcoming event!
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New Video
2008/08/06 @ 08:18:28 AM
We have a new compilation video of FSAE West:
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1st place!
2008/06/29 @ 11:53:53 AM
Maryland wins First place at FSAE West 2008 at California Speedway!
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Shipping out to California
2008/06/22 @ 07:29:38 AM
Saturday morning the guys packed up to head out to California. Our race is at California Speedway, in Fontana, from the 25th to the 28th. Be sure to look for the results at www.sae.org.
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FSAE East Event Rapidly Approaching
2008/04/12 @ 03:41:43 PM
First, I would like to thank everyone for coming out to the 2008 FSAE roll out. I hope everyone had a good time. It really helped the team prepare for their presentation events.
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2008 Rollout
2008/04/05 @ 08:55:48 PM
The Formula SAE and Baja students invite you to attend the rollout of their 2008 vehicles on Wednesday, April 9th.
Come check out these amazing cars and take in their design, manufacturing, and sales presentations as a dry-run for the competition, with a Q&A session to follow.
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Newsletter Added
2008/03/04 @ 12:52:04 PM
Our first newsletter has been posted. Check it out in the Newsletters section.
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Website Reboot
2008/02/22 @ 06:18:06 AM
Terps Racing has a new look on the web!
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Website Reboot
2008/02/22 @ 06:18:06 AM
Terps Racing has a new look on the web!
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Website Reboot
2008/02/22 @ 06:18:06 AM
Terps Racing has a new look on the web!
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At the conclusion of 2011, the University of Maryland Placed 4th overall in the FSAE West 2011 event, and finished 2nd in the Dynamic events. This year was quite a test of the Maryland team, as extremely aggressive changes to the aerodynamic system and other features of the car were made. The team, led by Ben Brooke, was faced with many difficulties at the event, including regulating the sound output of their motor. The team spent all day friday getting their car through tech inspection, and finally succeeded. 2011 will be known for a great team that worked till the bitter end and never gave. Perseverance won this time. Way to go Terps Racing!
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Terps Racing is on their way to South Carolina
2010/04/07 @ 07:30:43 AM
The 2010 Baja car is complete and on the way to South Carolina for the BajaSAE Carolina race April 8-11.
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Terps Racing to Race at Carolina and Washington Competitions Spring 2010
2009/10/07 @ 06:58:02 AM
Stay tuned for more information as the year progresses.
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Terps Racing in Top 3 at Alabama
2009/04/19 @ 08:01:14 PM
The Baja Team took 3rd overall at the 2009 SAE Baja competition hosted by Auburn University and the National Center for Asphalt Technology.
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Winter Driving
2008/12/08 @ 02:22:22 PM
The Baja Team has just returned from an exciting weekend of driving in Farmington, PA. Check out the pictures on the media page.
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October
2008/10/27 @ 01:43:38 PM
Terps Racing is proud to announce we will also be competing in Alabama April 16-19, 2009. The team has been working hard on fabricating new parts for the 2009 car and improved parts for the 2008 car. Currently the testing team has instrumented the 2008 car for data acquisition to continue making improvements and adjustments for both cars. Currently strain gauges, accelerometers, string potentiometers and driveline instrumentation have all been installed on the car. We expect to have our rolling chassis fully completed before the end of the semester. The team will be making several trips to local testing sites to work on driver training. With a fully dedicated team, we expect to have a promising future in competitions.
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Update 10/03/08
2008/10/03 @ 12:48:56 PM
Terps Racing has a new look on the web! The 2009 Terps Racing Baja car is currently under construction as well. The team will be competing in Wisconsin from June 11-14, 2009 with a brand new 2009 car. We also expect to participate in the Winter Baja race on February 14th in Lake Linden, MI, hosted by MTU. The team has high expectations for the coming competitions and expects a strong showing in Wisconsin.
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Back in School
2008/10/02 @ 01:23:25 PM
The 2009 team is back in school and working on their new car, designing, testing and tuning. The team is hungry for a win this year.
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The team returned last week with a 4th place overall finish at the SAE Michigan competition.
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