Formula North 2012

[Formula North]

Hello Formula SAE/Student teams!

Formula North is a Canadian Formula Student Combustion - Style competition coming to Barrie, Ontario in May 2012!

Event dates: Thursday May 24th to Sunday May 27th, 2012
Venue: Barrie Molson Center, Barrie, Ontario
Rules Package: 2012 FSAE Rules. Keep checking website for more details
Registration fees: $ 550 CDN
Online Registration: Monday, October 10th, 2011 @ 2:00pm EDT

This is not an official SAE competition.

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Our official Promo Video:
http://youtu.be/IcEvnD1sQns

Please do not hesitate to contact us at info@formulanorth.com if you have any questions with regards to the event. We look forward to your participation!

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[Formula North]

Registration and payment information now available on site. Looking forward to your participation at Formula North 2012!

[AxelRipper]

Just curious, what is the insurance situation going to be for this? Are we going to be signing waivers similar to the UofT shootout?

Thanks

[RichardMcgrath]

Good question..I want to ask the same. They have not mentioned about insurance situation there.

[Formula North]

Formula North will have insurance coverage, and our insurance carrier will require waivers/liability forms signed by participants/attendees.

[Formula North]

Has your team pre-registered yet for the 2012 Formula North competition? If not, do so soon! Official registration takes place in two days. So far, 36 teams have pre-registered!

[Sam. B.]

Need some volunteers?

[Formula North]

Thank you for your post Sam. Yes we are looking for volunteers. Whether you are interested in event management or technical operations, send us an email at info@formulanorth.com and do specify what area you would like to volunteer in.

[Simon_R]

We are curious about the process of bringing the formula cars and trailer to Canada. What kind of paperwork needs to be fill out, etc?

[Adambomb]

Originally posted by Simon_R:
We are curious about the process of bringing the formula cars and trailer to Canada. What kind of paperwork needs to be fill out, etc?

I'm sure others could elaborate more, but I can tell you our university wanted 6 months notice. Outside of that I would think it would be wise to make sure everything is neatly packed and accessible in case they want to check it at the border. I'd expect more trouble getting back to the US honestly.

Another thing to note, last I recall you can get into Canada easily enough without a passport, but as of the latest DHS rule changes in about 2009, if you want to go home, you will need a passport. And those take like 2 months; we've been harassing everyone to make sure they have their passports for the last month or so.

[Simon_R]

Adam,

In 2008, we went to Montreal for the Baja comp and we had more trouble getting into Canada than getting back to the US. Canadian customs made us turn around back to Michigan, I guess something about not having the right paperwork. The problem is no one remembers that paperwork.

Yes, I've been harassing the team for their passport since November.

[AxelRipper]

When we have gone to the UofT Shootout for the past few years, we haven't had any problem really.
Our school won't allow us to take their vehicles out of the country, so we got a Uhaul trailer and one of our member's parent's big trucks to haul everything up there. We did get pulled over once, but it was just a standard check and they let us through.