WEST COAST TEAMS WIN 2 OF 3 FORMULA SAE EVENTS

Oregon State captures its fifth crown while San Jose State enjoys its first overall victory and UPenn tops the electric field.

THERE ARE A LOT of “usual suspects” at a Formula SAE Michigan competition: One or more of the top teams is usually from a German-speaking country. The victor is usually Oregon State University (OSU). And there is usually a large margin of victory.

Only one of the usual suspects, “large margin of victory,” was missing from the lineup for the partly rainy affair that was held May 13-16 at Michigan International Speedway (MIS) in Brooklyn, Mich. OSU did indeed capture the 2015 FSAE Michigan title (its fifth in the past six years), but by a very small margin. Usually measured in dozens, the point spread between first and second was in the single digits.