posted Feb 21, 2012 10:41 PM by Eric Cunningham
It has been a great couple of weeks at the Powercat Motorsports shop. We have had the frame complete for about 3 weeks. The engine, electrical box, steering rack and shaft, fuel regulator, and many other things are mounted in the chassis. It is all starting to come together in a hurry and I personally can't wait to drive it! A quick reminder that we have our roll-out on the night of March 30th, only 37 days away! |
posted Dec 21, 2011 12:19 AM by Eric Cunningham
Everyone,
Finally the fall semester is over and what a roll we are on. For the first time ever design was finalized by Thanksgiving. We are getting all parts machined at various shops and the frame and engine are going together at our shop. Check out the photos for a time lapse of the break. The camera is taking a picture every minute we are working all break long. We look to have a rolling chassis by the end of break and we are striving to have the cars first test day be Feb. 19th! |
posted Sep 1, 2011 7:38 AM by Eric Cunningham
On August 30th and 31st, Eric Cunningham and Tim Mourlam traveled to Lincoln, NE to represent Powercat Motorsports at SCCA Nationals. We took two cars, Puma and Cougar. Puma was the fasted non-winged car and cougar held its own. Overall Eric and Tim came in 12th and 15th respectively. We used this event as a testing ground for the new FSAE Lincoln event to be held next summer. We learned that the concrete track offers way more grip than we have ever seen before and with the addition of a good aerodynamics package we look to take full advantage of this new racing surface. |
posted Jul 25, 2011 5:19 AM by Eric Cunningham
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On July 23rd and 24th the team traveled to Arlington, TX for a weekend of autocross racing. Saturday we ran in one of University of Texas at Arlington's parking lots. Our times were about mid-pack, which are good considering the hot, slick conditions that made it tricky to drive. On Sunday we raced at the Equipe Rapide SCCA Autocross, again the cars ran well all day and we finished about mid-pack again. Here is a link to results and pictures from Sunday. http://www.autocross.com/er/equiperapide/modules/content/index.php?id=93 and http://www.autocross.com/er/equiperapide/modules/myalbum/viewcat.php?cid=26. We had a great time as both cars ran strong all weekend. Our next race will be SCCA Salina on August 14th starting at 9:30 A.M. |
posted Jun 21, 2011 4:24 PM by Eric Cunningham
Team's best 2nd place in cost report!
Panther, however, broke in the endurance race after 9 laps completed, thus giving us a disappointing finish overall.
We will now be fixing Panther and the other cars in preparation for Texas Autocross set to take place at the UTA campus on July 23rd and 24th.
Thanks for all the support from our families, sponsors, alumni, faculty, and Kansas State University we would not be able to do this without you. |
posted Jun 21, 2011 4:23 PM by Eric Cunningham
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posted Jun 8, 2011 8:36 PM by Adam Setterburg
Days are counting down to FSAE West. Last time it will be held in Fontana, CA! Wish us luck and we'll see all the competing teams out there!
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posted May 1, 2011 9:34 AM by Adam Setterburg
Thanks to everyone for coming to roll out. We really couldn't build the car without the support of everyone. If you want to see the video displayed check out our videos page on the left ' |
posted Apr 12, 2011 6:40 PM by Adam Setterburg
Thank you Mizzou for the invite to the Gateway rush. Had a great time running with you guys. Great weather with a nice big parking lot to run it. The course was set up really nice for our cars. We appreciate it again and we'll see you there again next year! |
posted Mar 15, 2011 5:59 PM by Adam Setterburg
Thanks for stopping by our new site. Sorry our old one was such a mess. We promise to keep this one tidy and up-to-date. |
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