OBJECTIVE:

Ragin' Cajun Racing, University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Formula SAE chapter, is going into its 3rd Generation design! We are looking to improve and validate our previous design while continuing to structure and grow our team. This year we are moving into our new home on campus and are looking forward to giving our team the opportunity to learn, be challenged, and thrive in a competitive, deadline-intensive environment. We will be competing in Formula SAE: Michigan in May of 2022.

WHO ARE WE?

We are Ragin' Cajun Racing, a third year Formula SAE team at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Our goal is to design, manufacture, and race an open wheeled, single seat automobile to compete with at the FSAE competition at Michigan's International Speedway. This international competition is a multi-dimensional event that gives collegiate level students the opportunity to develop tangible and practical real-world experience.

In 2015, a group of like-minded students persevered to bring Formula SAE to UL Lafayette. Our team built its first race car in a small, home garage, so the saying rings true, "Big things often have humble beginnings". The team competed in Formula SAE Michigan and passed technical inspection, a feat that is usually unheard of, as a first year team and participated in all of the static and dynamic events!

2015-2017 Team

In 2017 the team began working on its next design and business approach for the 2019 Formula SAE, Michigan competition. The team worked long hours and many nights in order to have the car ready for competition, while more than doubling the team's membership base in the process. Our second car made its Formula SAE debut in 2019 at Michigan's International Speedway where we passed technical inspection with flying colors and participated in all static events and all but one of the dynamics events! Only a few weeks later the team competed in Formula SAE North in Barrie Molson Centre, Barrie, Ontario, Canada and completed the endurance portion of the competition for the first time in RCR history. This milestone in the team's history officially made Ragin' Cajun Racing an INTERNATIONAL team!

2017-2019 Team

WHAT IS THIS?

The project is meant to challenge students in a way similar to what they’ll experience after graduation in a real job. Collaboration, tight deadlines, strict budgets, and learning how to design and manufacture all come into play. Formula SAE is one of the best ways to ensure the success of students after graduation. With the objective to create a vehicle design for mass-production, Formula SAE [https://www.fsaeonline.com/] provides an environment that promotes creativity and motivates students to challenge themselves beyond the classroom.

The competition consists of static and dynamic events as well as a business event. Students don’t just get to build a car and have fun driving. They are also required to formally present and defend their research and design decisions in a Q&A session with a panel of judges. A cost report analysis and business presentation are also required as teams must prove that their car is capable of being manufactured at a reasonable cost and able to generate a profit for investors. The dynamic events are intended to test the cars performance. The dynamic portion involves a straight-line acceleration event and a skid pad which is meant to test cornering ability of the car as well as an autocross time trial. Finally, a 13.5-mile endurance style race tests the reliability of the student’s designs.

2019 Car: Brake Event (Michigan International Speedway)

YOUR SUPPORT

Our sponsor’s have played a crucial role in developing a foundation for success by providing resources and building connections. Without the generosity of supporters like yourself, we would have never recognized our potential as a team and individuals. We intend to purchase shop tools, parts for the car, welding supplies, raw materials, safety equipment, entry fees, and expendables such as gas with the funds given to us by you, a sponsor of our team. Your donations will contribute to the education and development of future engineers, business men and women through the use of these supplies. Our team greatly appreciates anyone who is willing to help develop our foundation for success as professionals both on and off the racetrack.

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If you believe in what we're doing please share with your friends and family. Our ultimate goal is to become better employees and foster pride not only in UL Lafayette Engineering, but in all colleges of UL Lafayette. You can track our progress on our social media sites. We also send out quarterly newsletters to our sponsors, for more information about sponsoring the team, please message us through the email address below!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/ulformulasae

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ulformulasae/

LinkdIn Business Page: Ragin' Cajun Racing Formula SAE

Website: http://www.ullfsae.com

Email: ulformulasae@gmail.com

Thanks for Your Support We appreciate every contribution no matter how big or small.

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