ODU Formula SAE

Old Dominion University Formula SAE Team, Monarch Racing Old Dominion Formula SAE Team strives to design and produce the pinnacle in automotive engineering.

Through use of innovative technology and manufacturing processes, we see to it from start to finish that we deliver a product of the up most quality that balances performance, weight, and ability to manufacture. Our goals are achieved through a structured team, positive learning environment, strong leaders, and a vast array of talents and strengths. From this we will deliver a formula style race car that is of the highest standards of excellence. Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ODU_FSAE

05/18/2026

🏁 FSAE Competition 2026: Day Five

Day five consisted of lots of welding, sealing, and zip-tying. The team ran into some more persistent problems than we hoped, leading to MR-26 not getting all of her tech stickers in time for the cutoff. Our team continued networking with other teams for design and team structure ideas to implement during our upcoming design year, which they’ve been discussing extensively on how to begin integrating. Michigan, Monarch Racing will be seeing you again soon!

05/18/2026

🏁 FSAE Competition 2026: Day Four

The team had a great time in day four talking with the design judges to get inspiration, guidance, and feedback to put into our new competition car. MR-26 passed technical inspection, but had a few more reliability issues we sorted out overnight. At the end of the day, all teams lined up for the annual panoramic photo, which will be uploaded soon!

05/14/2026

🏁 FSAE Competition 2026: Day Three!

Great day with the team today! After the trailer got dropped off we made lots of progress getting MR-26 ready for her dynamic events on Friday and Saturday.
We still need to smooth some edges out, but that’s sort of our specialty. Soon enough you’ll see our ODU blue flying past you...

10/16/2022

Huge thank you to for supporting us! We’ve had a blast racing at Pungo and it’s sad to see it go. We’re excited for what the future holds!

03/16/2022

You can still make donations towards the motorsport program!
Use this new link below and on the drop down for "I wish to contribute to" select ODU Motorsports!

Give2ODU Day Old Dominion University’s Give2ODU Day is a special day where alumni, parents, students and friends of ODU will come together to celebrate Old Dominion University in a powerful and impactful way. Over the course of 24 hours, we will have the chance to show that together we can make a difference!

03/15/2022

ODU's DAY OF GIVING IS LIVE!
Link in bio and below.

Please help us, the ODU Motorsports Team, achieve our goals of improved performance, making it competition and creating a strong infrastructure for future motorsports students.

We encourage everyone to donate any amount, no matter the size to help us achieve our goals. We greatly appreciate any donations as they will help support the team!

https://give.communityfunded.com/o/old-dominion-university/i/give2odu-day/s/odu-motorsports-baja-and-monarch-racing-formula-sae-teams

03/14/2022

We've been wrapping up some work on Legends in preparation for this Sunday. We will be racing autocross at Pungo Airfield thanks to ! We are also happy to announce that tomorrow (03/15) is ODU's Day of Giving. A link will be posted for our crowdfunding page, we are extremely grateful for all donations as it helps support our team and our efforts to get to competition! Thank you

03/04/2022

We are in desperate need of funding to help build our FSAE and Baja vehicles, and then compete them against schools like Michigan and Virginia Tech.
On March 15, a link will be posted for our crowdfunding page as part of ODU’s Day of Giving. When you receive it, we hope you’ll consider a gift to our club and help us meet our fundraising goal. Thanks!