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Events and Scoring
Scoring
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Events are scored out of 1000, and there are two types of events; static events that judge the car as a product, and dynamic events that judges the ability of the car by running it.
Therefore, the car is not only required to be fast in speed, but also to be manufactured as a product.
For the dynamic events, because the points for the endurance events are high, you can say that the durability of the car is more important than the other performance of the car. To compete in the dynamic events, the cars need to pass safety inspections.
Static Events
Cost and Manufacturing Analysis Event
In this event, the teams are required to account the cost to manufacture the car and the cost for the manufacturing process (for example, it will cost $0.14 to weld 1cm, and the labour expense per person is $35/hr) accurately. Therefore the team is not only required to have engineering skills, but also management skills as manufactures. Obviously, the team with lower costs will gain higher points. The scores are decided from the cost report which was handed in before the actual competition, and the questions asked on the concepts of the random two parts of the car. (100 Pts)
Design Event
Design event does not judge the appearance of the car, but the concept, technology of the car, the research done for the car, and how the car matches the needs of the market. In the actual competition, the teams display the source materials of the car that they had prepared. Judges look at both the car and the material, and ask questions to the team. The answers to these questions will be judged. If the team gets a high score in this event, they can go on to the semi-finals, and then the finals on the last day of the competition. (150 Pts)
Presentation Event
In this event, the teams must assume that they are presenting their car to the manufactures/consumers, and must convince them of the superiority of their car. The quality of the car does not matter in this event, and the structure, the content and the delivery of the presentation is judged. (75 Pts)
Dynamic Events
Acceleration Event
The score of the acceleration event is decided by the time of the car to run on a straight track of 75m. The cars must start 50cm behind the start line, and then run 75m to the goal line. One driver is allowed run twice, and two drivers are allowed to run, which means that teams can get four runs in total. (75 Pts)
Skid Pad Event
The course for this event are the two circles with the diameter of 15.25m (50.03 feet), which are stuck together into a '8' shape. The scores are decided from the time for the car to go around one circle. The width of the course is 3m. 0.25sec is added on to the time per one knocked over cone. Two drivers are allowed to drive two times each which means that the teams can get four runs in total in this event as well. (50 Pts)
Autocross Event
The course of the autocross event is tight, and each team gets to drive the course by themselves. Handling skills of the drivers are required in this event; the minimum radius of the hairpin is 7m, and the course has many slaloms. The total length of the course is 0.805km. The autocross event is also an qualifying for the endurance event. The teams with faster times get to run first in the endurance event. (150 Pts)
Endurance and Fuel Economy Event
This is an racing event with the total course length of 22km. Two drivers must drive, and they must switch over after 11km. The average speed is 48~57km. The top speed on straight lines is about 105km. However, there are overtaking areas on the course, and overtaking is only allowed on those areas. Therefore, you can say that safety place great important in this event. The teams can only score if they finish the race. The score for the fuel economy is calculated from the amount of fuel used for this event, and is added to the endurance score. (350+50 Pts)
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