The Cal State LA Baja SAE team is a 40-year old student-run organization that designs, builds, and races an off-road vehicle at the annual Baja SAE student competition. The team has a prestigious history with championships in 1982, 1983, 1996, 1998, 1999 and known top-ten finishes in the 2000’s. This page highlights the amazing teams we had throughout the years, and don’t miss the stories of the rules that were put in place from our team pushing our vehicles to the limits.
Arizona Virtual Comp
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double A-arm |
| Rear suspension: | 3-link trailing arm |
| Placement: | 29th |
Memorable moments: Comp cancelled due to COVID-19, placing 3rd in Sales Presentation.
Gorman, CA & Rochester, NY
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | Trailing arm |
| Placement in California: | 24th |
| Placement in New York: | 34th |
Memorable moments: Going to two competitions for the first time. No failures during endurance in California. Driving across the country to get to Rochester.
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Portland, OR
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | Semi-trailing arm |
| Placement: | 62nd |
Memorable moments: straight all-nighters, fixing u-joints during endurance, dinner with Kevin, Alex, and Drew with old war stories, and dip in the river.
Gorman, CA
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | Semi-trailing arm |
| Placement: | 59th |
Memorable moments: Driver flipped twice back to back during endurance.
Gorman, CA
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | 4-link with trailing arm |
| Placement: | 46th |
Memorable moments: Advisors drilled a hole into tire, u-joints broke.
Portland, OR
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | Trailing arm |
| Placement: | 28th |
Memorable moments: Went to famous statue after tech, half the team asleep during sales finals, made it into the promo video.
El Paso, TX
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | Trailing arm |
| Placement: | 28th |
Memorable moments: Front suspension broke dynamic day, giant dust storm caused DNF for maneuverability, locked our front suspension to another car's rear suspension during collision.
Washington
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | 5-link |
| Placement: | 24th |
Portland, OR
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | 5-link |
| Placement: | 36th |
Tuscon, AZ
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | 3-link with trailing arm |
| Placement: | 31st |
Portland, OR
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | 3-link with trailing arm |
| Placement: | 7th Overall, 3rd Hill climb |
Utah
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | 3-link with trailing arm |
| Placement: | Unknown |
El Paso, TX
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | 3-link with trailing arm |
| Placement: | 1st |
West Mini Baja
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | 3-link with trailing arm |
| Placement: | 1st |
1980
| Bracing: | Rear |
| Front suspension: | Double wishbone |
| Rear suspension: | 3-link with trailing arm |
| Placement: | 1st |