University Of Virginia SAE Mini-Baja

On the weekend of March 15th, the UVA Baja SAE team made massive improvements to the Joshua T. Owens Memorial Proving Grounds which is our team’s test track. With the help of Bo Jones, the Baja team’s founder and owner of most of our shop equipment, his friends Kubota front end loader, and a Bobcat, the team built many new obstacles to help prepare the 2008 Baja car for competition. The JTO Proving Grounds now features a 6 foot tall table top, a 7 ft. spine, a log field, several on-and-off camber banked turns, plus several other jumps and a flat, coned land maneuverability testing area. Check out the pictures of the Baja track and a video of us jumping the table top can be seen in the media section and on YouTube.

Dave

University of Virginia (UVa) Baja Racing Team Captain

To test the performance of the UVa Baja cars the team constructed a set of obstacles at the Milton airfield. This Baja test track has been christened the, Joshua T. Owens Memorial Proving Grounds. The team will be able to take lap times, check for suspension bottom-out, and test the durability of the Baja car over these new obstacles. Based on the testing data changes can be made and tuning can be done to prepare the UVa Baja car as best as possible for the SAE Baja competitions.