By LEE JIA ANN
SUBANG JAYA: Taylor’s University Racing Team (TRT) recently obtained a fourth place ranking at the Formula Varsity 2015 (FV 2015) Competition, with their car, “Imperica.”
The varsity-level competition tested the capabilities of students from various universities nationwide, to create, design and race their own automobile.
TRT’s PR Director Thomson Hee Chin Siong said, “Imperica was designed by our seniors so basically what we did for the competition was to do reinforcement and improve the car for the race.”
For the competition, the team replaced Imperica’s old cooling system, and designed the car’s upright, which was attached to the wheels in order for it to turn.
The planning and considerations prior to the event took one month, and the team encountered some struggles during the process.
Prior to the competition, they had a car testing and due to sandy road conditions, the driver unfortunately crashed the racing vehicle.
Hee said, “Our struggle was we needed to fix the car and our team managed to do that.”
As for race day, everything went by smoothly and the only difficulty faced was engine jerking, which was something the team managed to fix on the spot.
Hee said that he is proud of his team’s achievement at the competition, and as they competed at more events, they gained invaluable experience and knowledge.
As for future events, TRT is looking forward to joining an international race competition at Melbourne, in December.
The FV 2015 competition was held at Sepang International Circuit from 21-24 May and TRT was one of the 36 teams who competed.
The varsity-level competition tested the capabilities of students from various universities nationwide, to create, design and race their own automobile.
TRT’s PR Director Thomson Hee Chin Siong said, “Imperica was designed by our seniors so basically what we did for the competition was to do reinforcement and improve the car for the race.”
For the competition, the team replaced Imperica’s old cooling system, and designed the car’s upright, which was attached to the wheels in order for it to turn.
The planning and considerations prior to the event took one month, and the team encountered some struggles during the process.
Prior to the competition, they had a car testing and due to sandy road conditions, the driver unfortunately crashed the racing vehicle.
Hee said, “Our struggle was we needed to fix the car and our team managed to do that.”
As for race day, everything went by smoothly and the only difficulty faced was engine jerking, which was something the team managed to fix on the spot.
Hee said that he is proud of his team’s achievement at the competition, and as they competed at more events, they gained invaluable experience and knowledge.
As for future events, TRT is looking forward to joining an international race competition at Melbourne, in December.
The FV 2015 competition was held at Sepang International Circuit from 21-24 May and TRT was one of the 36 teams who competed.