Story by Tristen T. Webb
Deep within the Driftmier Engineering Center at the University of Georgia, past the classrooms and offices, beyond the student study rooms, and behind the metalworking, woodworking and machine shops sits a garage with two cars and a whole lot of stuff. This is home to the University of Georgia’s ChampCar team. In collaboration with the UGA Formula SAE team, they make up UGA Motorsports.
And this club is pretty new on campus. UGA Motorsports started in 2014 as a group of automotive enthusiasts who wanted to make it official. Student Sam Hepburn reached out to a professor, and several other students came forward with interest. Dr. John Mativo, associate professor in workforce education, stepped in as their faculty sponsor, and they officially formed the Society of Automotive Engineers at UGA.
Then, club member Ahnna-Leisha Stover donated her old 1999 Ford Mustang. Suddenly the group had direction as it began to work on the…
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