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This past weekend, team Raider headed out to compete in the 2016 Baja SAE Competition in Gorman, CA. The events started off on Friday with tech inspection which Raider successfully passed. Next was the Static events where our Baja team showed significant improvement from last year. The real fun started with the Dynamic events where the team was able to push Raider to its limits and see how it stacked up in a field of 100 Baja vehicles. After the results came in, Raider impressively placed 12th in maneuverability and 14th in suspension and traction. The best event was saved for last with the endurance race. Our team started off strong but after some hard driving, a few suspension components called it quits which brought Raider back to the pits. Fortunately the support team was well prepared and performed some quick repairs in order to get Raider back in the race. The car was able to finish the race with no other issue and placed 31st. We are still waiting for the overall results and will post them as soon as they are available. Whatever the final results say, we are proud of our Baja team’s performance in the 2016 Baja SAE competition. More importantly however, we are proud of the hard work they have put in over the last several months to get to where they are now and the significant improvement they have shown since last year. Be sure to check back here and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to get competition updates and see how our Formula SAE cars are coming along.