Warp Speed Racing (OSU-Tulsa FSAE)

Who we are
Warp Speed Racing is a campus organization open to all students and OSU-Tulsa's first Formula SAE team. Founded in Spring 2026, we are a student-led organization open to all students that designs, manufactures, and races an open-wheel performance vehicle. Engineering, fabrication, testing, and business operations are run by students, from the first sketch to the final lap.

What Formula SAE is
Formula SAE, run by SAE International, is one of the most demanding collegiate engineering competitions in the world. University teams build a race car to a nearly 150-page technical rulebook, then compete for 1,000 points. A third of the score is earned before the car moves, in front of industry judges evaluating design, cost and manufacturing, and business presentation. The rest is earned on track in acceleration, skid pad, autocross, endurance, and efficiency. No car competes until it passes a rigorous technical and safety inspection.

How we operate
Warp Speed Racing is structured like an engineering firm. Executive officers run finance, sponsorship, and operations. Technical officers lead the vehicle's subsystems: chassis, suspension, powertrain, electronics, and aerodynamics. Every design decision is documented, reviewed, and justified against the rules and the budget, the same way judges will evaluate it at competition.

Where we are
Since our founding, we have defined the vehicle, acquired a reference chassis from UTA, one of the top Formula SAE programs in the world, selected and purchased ur first power unit, and established a workshop. In addition, we have formed our SAE collegiate chapter, partnered with the OSU Foundation, and are completing registration for competition. Next, we lock the design, manufacture the chassis, and build and test the car.

Our goal
Compete at Formula SAE Michigan in Spring 2027, and establish OSU-Tulsa as a serious program in the series from our first entry.

Why now
The competition date does not move. Parts must be ordered, machined, and assembled on a fixed timeline, and every week of manufacturing depends on funding in place before it starts. Gifts made early in the build season have the greatest effect on whether the car reaches the start line on time and ready to compete.

What your gift funds

• Vehicle components and materials, including chassis tubing, suspension, powertrain, brakes, and tires.
• Fabrication tools and equipment for building the car in-house.
• Engineering software for design, simulation, and analysis.
• Competition costs, including event registration, transport, and travel.

Why it matters
Formula SAE graduates enter industry having designed, built, tested, and defended a real vehicle under deadline. That experience cannot be replicated in a classroom, and employers in automotive, aerospace, energy, and manufacturing recruit for it directly. Your support puts that experience within reach of OSU-Tulsa students and puts OSU-Tulsa on the grid.