After a year working on our second four-wheel drive vehicle, CWRU Motorsports unveiled SR22 at the Tennessee Tech Baja SAE Validation Event. Before arriving to the competition, the team had already qualified for finals in the Sales event! The team arrived to competition with one of the most thoroughly tested vehicles in team history. Due to some major vehicle changes for tech and a weather delay, we ran into severe time constraints for the dynamic events on Saturday. However

After two years without official Baja SAE competition, CWRU Motorsports finally got a chance to race the brand new SR21 against other teams at the Drop Forge Proving Grounds in Louisville, Kentucky. Due to the pandemic, the static events were moved online, so this competition in Louisville only consisted of the dynamic events and the endurance race. In the dynamic events, the team performed incredibly well, finishing 6th overall, the second highest dynamic finish in team hist

The CWRU Motorsports Team competed in the 2020 Baja SAE virtual events that were organized in response to the unprecedented global pandemic situation. Unlike the traditional competitions, this year's competition only included virtual static events, so no driving or presenting of a physical vehicle took place. As was the case with nearly all teams, the CWRU Motorsports Team was forced to abandon their manufacturing progress on their 2020 competition vehicle which remains unfi

UPDATE (3/19/2020): The following statement has been released from SAE: "Due to concerns around the rapidly evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we have made the difficult decision to modify the 2020 Collegiate Design Series (CDS) Season, originally scheduled for April – June 2020. This includes Formula SAE, Baja SAE, SAE AeroDesign West and SAE Supermileage, and AeroConnect Challenge™. For this competition season, SAE will transition all non-dynamic event participation

The CWRU Motorsports team continued the annual tradition of attending the University of Louisville Midnight Mayhem competition this fall. This year's competition, Midnight Mayhem XI, departed from the Nickota Motorsports Park and was held for the first time at a purpose-built track, the Drop Forge Proving Grounds, on the University of Louisville campus. This change in venue was done so that official Baja SAE competitions can be held at this site, which will be happening in th

The third and final competition of the season is over!  Not only was the team's performance here the best of the season, it was the best ever in the team's 18 year history!  Unfortunately the competition was stiff, and the team missed out on placing in the top 10 overall by 3 points.  Here are highlights from the competition: 1st Place Acceleration 4th Place Hill Climb 15th Place Endurance 11th Place Overall Yes, you read that correctly.  The CWRU Motorsports team placed 1st

The CWRU Motorsports team managed to bring Cleveland weather to the California desert.  During the cold and wet competition (there was even hail), the team made it through all of the static presentations and dynamic events with decent placement.  Come Sunday, the Endurance course was a muddy mess for the race start In the first hour of the race, one of the car's front suspension uprights failed and a tire was punctured when entering the aggressive rock pit.  The team made qui

Here it is, the car that CWRU Motorsports will be competing with for the 2019 season, the SR5!  This car is the most radical re-design the team has done since 2015, and is the lightest the team has made as well; weighing in well under 300 pounds.  The team is making final preparations before leaving for the first competition next week at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, TN, where they will be competing as car #108. #cwrubaja #bajasae

After several months of non-stop work, the team's 2019 car is finally running! The team was invited to carry out their first day of testing on land at Jergens, Inc. Despite the unexpected winter weather on the last day of March, valuable data was collected and weak points were pinpointed in the new design. The team is working to make tweaks and put the finishing touches on the car before officially revealing it next week. #cwrubaja #bajasae