While the human-powered Miners have been freezing their bicycle seats off, S&T's FSAE racing team has ended a long drought and in a field of more than 25 cars returned to the winner's podium, earning the following consistently high marks at the Virginia International Raceway:
1st Place Autodesk Inventor Design Communication Award - $750
For best overall Design Report
2nd Place Overall - $2,000
2nd Place Goodyear Best Performance Award - 2 sets of tires
For 2nd Place in the Endurance Event
2nd Place Hoosier Tire Autocross Award - 6 tires
For 2nd Place in the Autocross Event
2nd Place Honda Dynamic Event Award - $725
For scoring the 2nd highest point total in skid-pad, acceleration, autocross, and endurance/economy
3rd Place Honda Engineering Design Award - $525
For 3rd Place in the Design Event
3rd Place General Motors Fuel Economy Award - $400
For 3rd Place in Fuel Economy, using only 1.1 U.S. Gallons
Prize Totals: $4,400.00, 6 Hoosier Tires, and 2 sets of Goodyear Tires plus another set for successfully completing endurance per our Goodyear Sponsorship. WAY TO GO, MINERS!!!!

Michigan State, the only other team slated to attend all three FSAE events, didn't show up, so if our luck (and hard work) holds up, Brad and the girls and guys will be the only team to compete in Virginia, Michigan and California. I hope they stoked their GPAs before they entered into THIS competition season, because I wonder how they'd explain a sudden GPA drop to their parents. Maybe the next conversation with their parents will go probably something like this.......