06/22/2026
FSAE MICHIGAN DAY 5
Well everyone, we are finally there! The end of Michigan is upon us. It was quite tumultuous, but relieving nonetheless. After completing endurance and passing post-tech yesterday, we faced some unfortunate circumstances. The E-meter in ZR26 was compromised, which meant that some data logs were missing and did not allow us to associate our times accordingly. This affected both our Efficiency and Autocross scores significantly. After doing the math, if we did receive the points, we would've gotten 8th overall out of 94 total teams. Unfortunately we didn't get the luxury of that, but we still placed 13th, which we are still incredibly proud of!!! Dynamically, we achieved a 4th-place Accel, 9th-place AutoX (before point adj), 18th-place Skidpad, and Top-10 Endurance.
The team has grown so much in just one year, going from not passing EV Active with ZR25 to now passing all of tech and completing every dynamic event with ZR26. Additionally, we're proud of a variety of other results from this year:
1. 115-lb weight reduction since ZR25.
2. First P1 in Design in team history (Formula Hybrid).
3. Fastest car in team history (2.9s 0-60).
4. Getting over 115 miles on the car before Michigan.
As you can tell, this car was amazing, and that's due to the work the team put in this year. We maintained incredible composure, discipline, and motivation through it all, which produced some damn good results.
Thank you to all of the supporters who have gotten us to this point, we could not have done this without you. We would also like to highlight The University of Akron, as the assistance our university provided allowed us to perform at the highest level for the first time in a long time.
The car we built this year was a ripper, and it's only going to go up from here with next year's car, ZR27.
See you at Pitt Shootout and GO ZIPS💙💛🦘
P.S. Check out the new aero package, it's heavy but sturdier than the last one😉
