Sorry for the delay on the first update, internet has been lacking and we've been keeping busy. So enough of the excuses lets get to the recap...
Zips Racing drove over-night on Monday and arrived to the Red Bull Ring at 4:30am on Tuesday for early registration. Tuesday we prepped the car from its long 3 week journey over seas on the boat. No big issues, just some adjusting and cleaning. Tuesday night we prepared for our static events that would take place on Wednesday. (Design, Cost, & Marketing). For those out there who don't know, our competitions are broken down into two parts, Static and Dynamic. Relating to the names the first couple days we are presenting to panels of judges selling our designs, marketing concepts, and the over all cost of our racecar.
Wednesday morning we woke up with our game faces on ready for a grueling day of judges picking our brains for every bit of knowledge on the ZR-12, our race-car. Our preparation proved to be a success, providing one of our best static performances in Akron history. We achieved top 10 in all static events, which set us up nicely for the moment we all have been waiting for, FIRE em' UP!
- Design - Tied for 3rd place. (120 points)
- Cost - 2nd place. (78.8 points)
- Marketing - 7th place. (64.8 points)
- Skid-pad - 7th place ( points)
- Acceleration - 12 place ( points)
- Autocross - 9th place ( points)
Today we woke up for the main event, endurance. It is a grueling 22km race against the clock. Nearly 50% of the field will not complete this event. We are on lunch break now as I'm writing this, but will take the track shortly. We're pumped to compete and hoping to bring home a top 10 finish from Austria.
Stay tuned!
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