Competition History

Bullet Racing competes at Formula SAE Michigan every year in May.

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2025 Michigan

 

Competition Results:

51 of 106 teams at FSAE May 2025

15^th in acceleration

60^th in skidpad

51^st in autocross

38^th in endurance

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2024 Michigan

 

Competition Results:

42 of 108 teams at FSAE May 2024

25th in acceleration

25th in skid pad

37th in autocross

39th in endurance

28th in efficiency

 

2023 Michigan

 

Competition Results: 

22^nd place at FSAE May 2023 (Out of 114 teams)

33^rd in acceleration

34^th in skid pad

30^th in autocross

20^th in endurance

36^th in efficiency

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2022 Michigan

 

Competition Results:

11 of 89 teams at FSAE May 2022

14th in acceleration

37^th in skidpad

27^th in autocross

15^th in endurance

2^nd in efficiency

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2025 Formula Wheat

Bullet Racing placed 3^rd overall out of 12 competitive teams at a competition put on by Kansas State University’s FSAE team in Manhattan, Kansas. The team also placed 1^st in the acceleration event. Formula Wheat is a mock competition that allows participating teams to gain competition experience without the cost associated. This competitive environment allows students to be prepared for the stresses that can occur at the Michigan competition.

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General Competition Information

The competition will be held on May 17-20, 2023. This will be an Internal Combustion competition only between 120 teams. Students are encouraged to follow the objectives below

Collegiate Design Series Learning Objectives

SAE International's Collegiate Design Series (CDS) programs prepare undergraduate and graduate engineering students in a variety of disciplines for future employment in mobility-related industries by challenging them with a real world, engineering application.

Through the Engineering Design Process, experiences may include but not limited to:

• Project management, budgeting, communication, and resource management skills
• Team collaboration
• Applying industry rules and regulations
• Design, build, and test the performance of a real vehicle
• Compete with other students from around the globe  
• Develop and prepare technical documentation

Students also gain valuable exposure to and engagement with industry professionals to enhance 21st century learning skills, to build their own network and help prepare them for the workforce after graduation.

 

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About Formula SAE Series

 

In 1981, SAE International (formerly known as Society of Automotive Engineers) developed and managed the first Formula SAE® (FSAE®) student competition with assistance of Ron Matthews, Professor at University of Texas. SAE International operated the only Formula SAE competition for 17 years before its partnership with IMeche (Institution of Mechanical Engineers) in England where the brand “Formula Student” was developed. Since its inception, Formula SAE has expanded and includes many spin-off events. In the North America there are three competitions managed by SAE International one in Michigan, California and Ontario, Canada. Internationally, the expansion of Formula SAE/Formula Student brand has exploded to over 20 competitions currently hosted by engineering societies or private business.

 

The Formula SAE competitions challenge teams of university undergraduate and graduate students to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and compete with small, formula style vehicles. The competition is an engineering education competition that requires performance demonstration of vehicles in a series of events, both off track and on track against the clock. Each competition gives teams the chance to demonstrate their creativity and engineering skills in comparison to teams from other universities around the world.

 

Teams are to assume that they work for an engineering firm that is designing, fabricating, testing and demonstrating a prototype vehicle. The vehicle should have high performance and be sufficiently durable to successfully complete all the event at the Formula SAE competitions. Each student team design will be judged and evaluated again other competing designs in a series of Static and Dynamic events to determine the vehicle that best meets the design goals and profitably built and marketed.

Formula SAE promotes careers and excellence in engineering as it encompasses all aspects of the automotive industry including research, design, manufacturing, testing, developing, marketing, management and finances.

 

In 2006, Dartmouth College (partnered with SAE International) created the fuel alternative event Formula Hybrid using Formula SAE cars with gasoline-electric hybrid power plants.

 

In 2013, Formula SAE saw the implementation of battery electric class to the portfolio already containing internal combustion gasoline.