Ms Lavender last week (Friday, November 15th, 2019) launched the new top secret designs together with UNSW students at a gala function at the university's Kensington Campus.
'From racing standardbred "Trots" horses to trialling the latest in F1 racing, Bankstown Paceway is elated to welcome UNSW students from all disciplines at their university who come together to form the UNSW Redback Racing team,' Ms Lavender told Harnesslink.
'Originally established in 1999, the university based team designs, constructs and races small open wheeled race cars and competes against all major Australian and international universities at the annual Formula SAE-Australasia competition, run by the Society of Automotive Engineers, Australasia,' Ms Lavender said.
'Formula SAE-A is an exciting international education program where university students design, build and compete in small open wheeled vehicles. Formula SAE graduates worldwide are considered to be among the most work-ready graduates emerging from the university system,' she said.
'In delivering a fully functioning vehicle, the student teams undertake a full, real-world product development project. They design, build and test their vehicles, but they also must also attend to the non-technical aspects of a project such as fund-raising, marketing and managing a team of people. Each team effectively works as a small start-up business, and it is this experience that makes Formula SAE graduates stand apart from their peers.
'The Formula SAE Australasian competition was introduced in 2000, and attracts entries from Australia, New Zealand and across Asia. Australasian teams have established themselves quickly as world-class competitors by taking outright victories in major US and European competitions.
'Bankstown Paceway wishes the UNSW Redback Racing team every success in December's Grand Prix competition in Melbourne,' Ms Lavender added.
Bankstown Paceway acting president Megan Lavender, committeeman Andrew Ho and Terry Lee with UNSW Redback Racing team members and their new F1 cars at the launch.
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