The members of ASU's Formula SAE team — a student club building a Formula-style race car for a national competition in June — were hoping to do a pace lap at Phoenix International Raceway on April 2.
Two big hurdles stood in the way: insurance and finishing the car. They've found a sponsor for the insurance, but will the car be ready?
Previous stories in this series:
Oct. 14: Tempe Drift: How an underdog student engineering team is building a race car from the ground up.
Nov. 4: Racing time and money to build a fast car.
Dec. 10: Braking bad: Pressure is on for ASU student engineers building race car
Dec. 17: No brake: ASU team powers through to edge closer to race car
Feb. 1: Coming into the home stretch
March 8: Starting to look like a car
Top photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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