Arizona State University Formula SAE ASU Formula SAE
Sun Devil
Motorsports
300+ student engineers. Two open-wheel race cars, one combustion and one electric, designed, built, and raced from scratch every season.
SDM-26, car 106, FSAE Michigan 2026
FSAE Michigan * / SDM-27 Internal Combustion
FSAE Electric * / SDM-27E Electric Debut
FSAE ranking
46/467 world / 33/130 US
* 2027 competition dates are provisional, pending SAE's announcement
The program
ASU's Formula SAE team
Sun Devil Motorsports is ASU's chapter of Formula SAE. Every season we take a car from a clean sheet to competition. Design, machining, composites, electronics, and race strategy are all done by students. Then we run it against 100+ universities at Michigan International Speedway.
- Founded
- 1986
- Members
- 300+
- Subteams
- 11
- Cars per season
- 2 (IC and EV)
- Team record
- 470.1 pts (2024)
- Average GPA
- 3.72
SDM-27
Internal combustion
The first full rebuild since the record-setting 2024 car. The target is a top-ten finish at FSAE Michigan.
SDM-27E, new for 2027
Electric
The first electric car Sun Devil Motorsports has built in the modern era. It debuts at FSAE Electric in June 2027.
Since 1986
Four decades at ASU
- 1986 Founded at Arizona State University.
- 1992 First competition: four awards, including 1st in engineering design, with one of FSAE's first aluminum/carbon monocoques.
- 1994 Formula Lightning era begins: the series' first four-motor electric race car.
- 2012 The revival team makes it back to Michigan.
- 2019 414.8 points, the best season of the decade.
- 2024 Every event completed. Team-record 470.1 points.
- 2027 The EV program returns: SDM-27E debuts at FSAE Electric.
Sponsorship
Sponsor the team
Sponsorship pays for the materials we prototype with, the tools we rely on, and the competitions where we prove our work. It also puts your logo on a car built by the engineers you'll want to hire.
