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Wreck Racing
Founded in 2003, Wreck Racing is a 55-member
all-student racing team housed in Georgia Tech’s
Student Competition Center. Wreck Racing builds
cars for the annual Grassroots Motorsports $2,000
Challenge (see www.grassrootsmotorsports.com).
With a tight budget, the $2,000 Challenge favors
those with more ingenuity and skill than money.
As many as 70 different teams return each year
to battle it out and see who can squeeze the most
performance from a few pennies. Wreck Racing
uses this unique racing challenge to teach stu-
dents the skills of fabrication, machining, comput-
er-aided design, vehicle engineering, and the field
of motorsports within the scope of a constrained
budget.

Following the Subaru flat-6 powered mid-engine Georgia Tech
Honda Insight that won the GRM $2017 Chal-
lenge, Wreck Racing is preparing a highly-modi- Solar Racing
fied 1986 BMW E28 5 Series that has been re-en- Georgia Tech Solar Racing (GTSR) is a non-
gineered to house a 5.3L GM LS V8, 3-link solid profit, student-run organization that designs
axle rear suspension, and customized Macpherson and builds solar-powered race cars for track
strut front suspension with a host of other modifi- and cross-country competitions around the world. Our mission is to push the cutting edge
cations. Wreck Racing’s BMW E28 placed 2nd over- of hyper efficient vehicle technology while offering our members real opportunities to im-
all in the $2018 Challenge but there are further prove design, manufacturing, and leadership skills. Our team of 90+ students comes from
enhancements planned for 2019 to take another 14 fields of study and all share a passion for innovation.
shot at the overall win. Other past Wreck Racing
Challenge vehicles have included a 1984 VW GTI, Last summer, we raced our second-generation vehicle (SR-2) from Nebraska to Oregon
a 1985 BMW 325e, a supercharged 1UZ V8 1992 along the historic Oregon Trail as part of the American Solar Challenge. This 9-day event
Mazda Miata, and a turbo 2JZ 1969 MG Midget. took our students 1,700 miles across 4 states, all on the power of the sun!

This coming summer, we are set to compete
in the Formula Sun Grand Prix 2019. FSGP
is a 6-day track event that will be held at the
Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Our
team is currently working to complete our
third-generation vehicle, SR-3, and to have it
tested and race ready for competition in July.
SR-3 incorporates bold new design strokes,
while still building on all the lessons learned
on the Oregon Trail last summer.

GTSR also goes out of its way to promote green
tech and alternative energy in the communi-
ty. Our outreach efforts include visits to local
schools, displays at various corporate exposi-
tions and fairs, and an annual presence at the
huge Ray C. Anderson “Ray Day” sustainability
event.

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