Smith College Gearing Up for the Grassroots Motorsports $2017 Challenge

I would have killed for an opportunity like this when I was in school. So, who else is going to chip in a few bucks?

David S. Wallens wrote: I would have killed for an opportunity like this when I was in school. So, who else is going to chip in a few bucks?

I keep hoping some students at our local school would want to make one...

Oh, and its interesting to see a target well over the spending target. Maybe it's for a long term, multi year program to get going.

When I was a leader of Georgia Tech's team, we had an annual budget of at least that much to account for things like tools, safety equipment, travel, consumables, etc. in addition to the cost of the actual car. That little stuff adds up with a team of a few dozen students and multiple cars in various stages of completion, especially when adhering to the college's rules regarding safety.

Large corporate donations helped offset the big-ticket items like truck/trailer, welders, lift, but much of the annual budget was financed by student government.

Thanks for sharing this. I'm in for $250. Let's get the Smith engineers off to a good start!

Read their GoFundMe page. They are making sure they have budget for tools and travel.

Girls can't build and race cars!

Er wait, my wife helped build and Win many races with her car....

I'll forward this to her and I bet she will wanna donate.

Good Luck Ladies!

I love this community. Good luck Smith College team!

DeanCase wrote: Read their GoFundMe page. They are making sure they have budget for tools and travel.

Ok, saw that. The hard one is the pulling vehicle and the trailer. That's where my highest cost parts were- the rest was on a tight budget, including the cost of the classes I took at a community college.

I did send them a possibility near here- but also suggested that they post here, as I know someone will be willing to help on a more realistic car than I found here in SE MI. Which is one cool thing about this forum.

Welcome to Smith!

I can't be the only one who had to look up Smith College of Massachusetts on wiki.

I highly recommend a build thread from the Team of Smith College while simultaneously spending time on the board learning how The Challenge works.

My other advice to Smith is to get a sit down meeting with these other Massachusetts based Kings of GRM Challenge history.

congrats to these very cool young ladies, can not wait to get my butt kicked by a bunch of girls in oct.