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Welcome! The MSU Formula Racing Team is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit student-run organization at Michigan State University whose purpose is to promote collegiate education through the design, manufacturing and marketing of a small, open wheel racecar annually for the Formula SAE collegiate competition series. The team is funded solely through cash and in-kind donations by sponsors and run entirely by students at MSU.
Car 51 Blog
Become a part of the team and travel with us throughout the 2008 Formula SAE season as we head to Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI, to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA, and all over the mid-west for competitions, testing and exhibitions. Please feel free to email us at fsae@egr.msu.edu if you would like high-resolution copies of any of the images. To read up on these adventures, just click on the picture to the left.
Operations Manager Adam Zemke recently spoke with host Russ White on The Spartan Podcast about the team and the goals for Car 51. Also highlighted were the team's trip to Jay Leno's Garage last June and the team's involvement with the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan through the Race for a Cause program. Please click on the image to the left to listen in.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Engineering Building, MSU
Please join us the for the a celebration on the completion of our newest Formula SAE creation: Car 51. After over a year of hard work, we are proud to unveil MSU's newest racing car to the world.
To RSVP, please fill in your contact information here. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Go Green. Go White. Go Fast.
Race for a Cause program to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation
When Car 51 races around the endurance course at Michigan International Speedway and Auto Club Speedway in the next several months, it won't just be exciting the fans and team members; it will be making wishes come true.
Under the team's Race for a Cause program, Car 51's team is collecting per-lap pledges for every lap at the two venues. 100% of the pledges collected are being donated to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan.
The average price of a wish is $5,000, and for the 2008 season, the team is hoping to grant at least one.
Please click here to learn more about how YOU can help!
Newsletter
The team is proud to announce the production of Car 51's first newsletter: the Formula Racer. It is our hope that FR will allow fans, friends and family members to better follow along with everything that the team does over the course of our journey this year. Please click on the cover page to the left to view the inaugural issue of FR in PDF format.
Go Green. Go White. Go Fast
2008 North American International Auto Show
The 2008 North American International Auto Show is rapidly approaching and thanks to continued support from The Detroit Auto Dealers Association, the team is happy to report that will have an opportunity to showcase our program at the World's premier display of automotive excellence.
We wanted to make 2008 an extra special year at NAIAS, and thanks to a new partnership with George P. Johnson Company, this dream has been made a reality. GPJ has been kind enough to lend us their expert Experience Media talent and a number of properties to help showcase cars 9, 41 and 3 and highlight the experience of being a part of the MSU Formula Racing Team. Further enhancing our display is made possible by the generous support of Donald E. McNabb Flooring, Convention and Show Services, EPJ Logistics, City Animation Company, Motor City Electric Company and Fantasee Lighting. Our team is truly in a great deal of debt to all of these companies and the generous people who work at them; they have done more for us than we could have ever imagined.
Similar to last year's show, the team's display will once again be located in Michigan Hall. To get there, we suggest taking the escalator located on the East Concourse or utilizing the escalator located just behind the Volkswagen display on the main floor. MSU's space is located on the northern wall of Michigan Hall. Click here to see where.
We invite you to stop by, talk to team members, see the racecars, and share in our experiences in the world's largest engineering competition while enjoying all of the sights of the world's largest auto show.
