Average speed for endurance race

[Phillip Venter]

Im currently writing my final year dissertation on the crash testing of FS cars, and I desperately need an official source indicating what the average speeds of endurance events are in the competition. Can anybody help with this please??

[Phillip Venter]

Im currently writing my final year dissertation on the crash testing of FS cars, and I desperately need an official source indicating what the average speeds of endurance events are in the competition. Can anybody help with this please??

[wagemd]

As per competition rules, the average speed it required to be approximately 35 mph (at least in the US)

http://students.sae.org/compet...formulaseries/rules/ (http://students.sae.org/competitions/formulaseries/rules/)

[Michael Royce]

Phillip,
As Daniel says, "read the Rules"!! It is right there.

If you want the actual averages, as the organizers have to lay out a track they think will fall in the correct range, and the actual averages may be a little "off", then do some research by looking at some past results and taking the raw time of a team or teams from the Endurance Results and see how long it took them to cover the 2 kms. The results from the US events can be found at:
http://students.sae.org/compet...rmulaseries/results/ (http://students.sae.org/competitions/formulaseries/results/)

[Phillip Venter]

Thankyou! Sorry Michael I had read the FSAE rule book over and over again but only the technical specification rules, not those for the dynamic events since it didnt seem logical that the rules of a race would specify how fast a car must drive. Got it now though so thankyou

[Michael Royce]

Phillip,
I've just noticed a typo in my previous post, the distance is 22 kms (13.66 miles), not just 2 kms!