Purdue Baja Racing

12/25/2022

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our team to yours!

08/11/2022

With the start of a new season right around the corner, we wanted to share our recap video of this past year. Thanks again to our sponsors for helping us achieve our most successful season in team history!

Check out the full video with this link or the one in our bio!

https://youtu.be/4Ag0qoSy0Z0

06/21/2022

Aren’t they stunners?😍🌶🥵

Viper got a tour around campus this weekend and even took some photos with PF22 fresh from the June competition in Michigan with

Be sure to catch our joint callout with and in the Fall if you are interested in joining a team!

06/04/2022

Made it to Rochester and have completed all static events and inspections. Ready to rock and roll in dynamic events tomorrow.

Thanks to for helping much some beautiful carbon fiber panels!

05/30/2022

With our next competition in Rochester coming up this week, we wanted to share a few more photos from Tennessee Tech. The team is looking forward to competing again.

05/17/2022

Results are in and SAE Tennessee Tech proved to be our best result in 20 years placing 6th overall! Viper proved to be extremely capable, and we are very proud with what we have been able to accomplish so far. Thank you to all of our sponsors and alumni who have helped us get to where we are. We are looking forward to doing it all again in 2 weeks at Rochester. Some more results below:

3rd - Sales Presentation
T-4th - Design Event
26th - Cost

3rd - Maneuverability
9th - Acceleration
26th - Sled Pull
30th - Suspension

13th - Endurance

04/27/2022

Purdue Day of Giving is happening now! Help us win the most donations in the 2-3pm time frame!

04/27/2022

Purdue Day of Giving (PDOG) is happening tomorrow, April 27th. Support from PDOG helps keep the team going by funding items on the car such as those in the second picture. Link to donate is in our bio!

Extra prize money is awarded to organizations for various items. We are shooting to win most donations to an organization from 2-3pm EDT. Donations are a minimum $10, but if you would like to donate more (say $50), 5 donations of $10 from 2-3pm helps us out the most!

Even if you are unable to donate in that time period, anything tomorrow helps us out!

04/27/2022

Purdue Day of Giving (PDOG) is happening tomorrow, April 27th. Support from PDOG helps keep the team going by funding items for the car such as those in the second picture.

Extra prize money is awarded to organizations for various items. We are shooting to win most donations from 2-3pm EDT. Donations are a minimum $10, but if you are looking to donate $50, it helps us the most to donate (5) $10 donations in the 2-3pm EDT time period.

Even if you are unable to donate in that time period, anything tomorrow helps us out!!

04/26/2022

I’m case you missed it, we unveiled our new car Viper on 4/15 with and . We have been testing it’s capabilities and are very impressed and excited for what’s to come at the competitions this summer😎

A video of the unveiling can be found through the link in our bio

12/28/2021

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, from our team to yours! 🎄

12/28/2021

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our team to you! 🎄

11/16/2021

Had a great time this weekend and their Butler Bash competition. We were able to get 4th with our 2021 car and a lot of people some seat time in the muddy conditions. Onto really cranking out manufacturing our 2022 car.

09/27/2021

We had our new member driving day today and were able to get some of the old cars a bit of action again. It was a great day with great weather and great fun. Thanks for the awesome photos!

08/30/2021

Join us tonight at 6pm in EE 129 for our joint callout with and . We will give general info about each team and how to join with the cars being on display following the callout to ask questions.

05/23/2021

The car did great in endurance today only stopping for 2 popped tires and 1 unthreaded shock. We finished 14th out of 58 teams in endurance which put us at 9th overall for the competition!!
For the virtual knowledge events in April, we finished 5th in the business presentation and tied for 6th in design after 4WD bonus points. We are incredibly happy with the car this year and the progress the team has made! A big thanks to everyone who has helped develop the team over the last few years and a HUGE thank you to our sponsors for helping to make this car a reality!
Next year we are looking forward to coming back even better🚂⚒️

04/27/2021

is only two days away! Show us your support and school spirit in helping to keep our team going by donating this Wednesday!
Final vehicle update coming soon

04/06/2021

A big thank you to for hardening our gears and other drivetrain pieces! Dana has also helped us this year with designing our gears for optimal life and performance while also cutting splines for our axles and driveshafts.
Final assembly is officially underway!

09/09/2020

Hello everyone!

Today is Purdue Day of Giving - which means it’s time to meet the challenge! For just one day, not only does your generous gift help Purdue’s Baja SAE Racing team, but you can actually amplify your impact by helping us win bonus funds through hourly and full-day challenges.

You can make your gift by clicking here to donate directly to the team. https://dayofgiving.purdue.edu/campaigns/purdue-baja-racing

Through your support on Purdue Day of Giving, we are able to purchase various components of the car like chassis tubes, shocks, and the engine. The continued support ensures that the Baja team can continue to run year after year, training the next generation of great industry leaders. Helping to fund our team so that we can continue designing the best car possible is one of the most impactful ways you can support us in this unprecedented time. Without the many small donations that we rely on from events like this, our subteam leads would be limited in their designs by funding rather than feasibility or scheduling concerns, which stifles the creative and innovative process associated with creating a fully integrated, functioning vehicle.

During these unprecedented times, the Boilermaker community must continue to work together in our commitment to the enhancement of Purdue University. Help us make our vision—becoming a perennial Top 10 team that develops student engineers to invigorate industry—a reality. Thank you for helping Baja Racing take the next giant leap into our four-wheel drive car!

06/05/2020

Only a few more days to order your Purdue Baja T Shirts! The order will be open through Tuesday June 9th. The team really appreciates the support from everyone!
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05/26/2020

This year, Purdue Baja is selling Purdue Baja Racing T-shirts as a fundraiser for next year's team. Now is your chance to get your hands on a high quality shirt supporting your favorite baja team! A portion of every shirt will go back to the team to help build next year's car. Thank you all for your support! https://pogo.undergroundshirts.com/collections/purdue-baja-racing-2020-online-apparel-order-form/products/unisex-next-level-triblend-tee

Fabric: Tri-Blend Jersey 50% Polyester 25% Combed Ring-Spun Cotton 25% Rayon/4.3oz Neck: Crew Binding: Set in collar 1x1 Tri-Blend baby rib. Label: Tear Away

04/20/2020

This season has certainly not ended the way the team anticipated. Of course with all the problems brought about by Covid-19 the team has not been back on campus since spring break, and SAE has moved all competitions to a virtual format. Luckily the team completed the car on time this year which meant we got to have a small group spend spring break testing the car. We think it just might be the best all-around car any of us have driven. It's too bad the seniors won't get a chance to show off the car they dedicated so much of their senior year building. We're confident this car would have performed well at competition, but I guess we'll have to wait until midnight mayhem to see how it stacks up.

03/10/2020

Assembly begins tonight!

Special thank you to Colors Inc in Indianapolis for anodizing our parts and making them look amazing! We can't wait to put them on the car!!!

02/06/2020

Weld me like one of your French girl ;)

12/31/2019

Happy Holidays, front out pit crew to yours!

09/23/2019

Success! The Baja team raced well this weekend and came back muddy from Mayhem!

We raced 30 laps in the endurance race, putting us at 46th out of 92 teams for that event!

Design is already well under way for our new car, which we look forward to taking back to Drop Forge Proving Grounds this May for the 2020 Baja SAE Competition!

08/20/2019

Come join us for a joint callout with our on-road counterparts Purdue Formula SAE and Purdue Electric Racing. September 3 at 6PM in EE 129 then we will go out and check out all 3 cars. Come join us to learn about the SAE teams at Purdue!

07/03/2019

Purdue University Mechanical Engineering

Here's a video the School of Mechanical Engineering made highlighting just what the team is about. All the footage was recorded at our competition in Rochester.

Motorsports has a way of testing an engineer's mettle. Sure, you've worked hard and prepared all year for this -- but when everything breaks and is covered in dirt, can you fix it in 30 minutes? That's the challenge of Purdue Baja Racing: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2019/purdue-baja-racing-engineering-on-the-fly

06/29/2019

The Purdue Baja Team will be out at the Chicagoland Speedway this afternoon with and so come check us out!

@ Champions Park At Chicagoland Speedway

06/26/2019

We can't wait for us weekend! We have been invited with the formula and electric racing teams to display our cars Saturday during the NASCAR Xfinity race at Chicagoland Speedway! If you're at the race stop by, say hi to the team, and check out our new car, Riot. We're looking forward to day of great racing!

06/22/2019

Wow! It's been nearly 2 weeks but the Purdue Baja Team is still living in the RIOT that was competition this year! We placed 70th overall, and although we didn't do as well as we had hoped, the team had a great time and we are already looking forward to next year! In the words of this coming season's president ( ), "I just wanted to thank everyone for coming to comp. The results may not have been what we wanted but we’re returning a very young team and have a lot of room to grow and I think we are set up to do just that."

@ Hogback Mountain

06/10/2019

The team is on their way home from Rochester. We had a good weekend at competition. We were able to compete and finish every event after passing tech inspection on the second try and brake check on the first try. The results were not as good as we wanted but it was a very good learning experience for our young team. Thanks again to all our sponsors who make this possible! We're already looking forward to and working towards next year.

06/09/2019

It's Race Day! Follow our story for updates on the endurance race and check out our highlights on our Instagram page for more pics of this year's competition!!!

@ Palmyra Racing Association (Hogback Hill)

06/06/2019

The team traveled to Rochester NY yesterday for this year's SAE competition. We made a quick stop at Niagara Falls on our way through now we're just waiting to be parked so we can get to work!

04/24/2019

Today is the DAY! It's Purdue Day of Giving, and Baja Racing would love your support!

Purdue Day of Giving (PDoG) is the largest single-day fundraiser for Purdue student organizations, and any donation is greatly appreciated as we finish up our build of Riot and start testing her!

Check out the link in our bio to learn more about PDoG and support our team!

04/24/2019

Purdue Day of Giving is TOMORROW! Follow the link in our bio to learn more about it!

Swipe right to see some of our recent work, including the gears that Wirecut Technologies finished machining for us!

04/11/2019

Our teams been hard at work in the shop these past few weeks getting Riot ready for Rochester!

Special thanks to Colors Inc. in Indianapolis for giving some of our parts (including our hubs shown) the beautiful matte gold anodization!


@ Purdue Baja Racing

03/25/2019

💛🖤💛 MEET RIOT!! 💛🖤💛

Riot arrived into the world today at approximately 6:09 pm. She weighed in at 71 pounds with a shiny black coat!

Special shoutout to for powder coating her!

Help us welcome Riot into the world of racing by catching us at the SAE Baja Competition this summer in Rochester, New York!

03/04/2019

Hopefully you find this video as satisfying as we did, and hopefully it helps you forget that it's Monday. We're working away in the machine shop trying to get things done before spring break. It will all start coming together soon!

02/19/2019

Some of the team had a great trip up to Michigan's Upper Peninsula to compete in Winter Baja hosted by Michigan Tech. As always, we had a blast. We learned a lot, got new drivers racing experience, and got team members experience working in the pit. Now it's time to put our noses to the grindstone and build a new car.