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Cornell FSAE
Posted by Ryan Patridge at 05/08/2001 2:54 PM EST


Engineer on team #111, WildStang, from Rolling Meadows / Wheeling HS and Motorola.


In Reply to: College-sponsored teams
Posted by Patrick Dingle on 05/07/2001 3:50 PM EST:



When I was at Cornell and on the Formula SAE racing team, we all had to look for donations wherever we could get them. I was on the fuel team, among others, and was able to get several expensive parts donated for the car both years I was on the team. I know last year the team got two $3000+ differentials donated. We did have a substantial sponsorship from GM, along with many other smaller sponsorships from local companies and team alumni, but we saved a lot of money just by making most of the car ourselves, taking full advantage of one of Cornell's machine shops (BTW, FSAE has dibs on the Emerson machine shop in Rhodes! :-P) No, Cornell didn't give us any money either, but they did give us an office in Upson to work out of, an auto lab the team shares with another team, and use of their machine shops. In short, look for company sponsorships and local facilities you can take advantage of, or quit FIRST and join the racing team.


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