F00 went away from the 250cc engine by returning to the heavier but simpler 600cc naturally aspirated engine. The frame design on this vehicle makes the engine a stressed member of the frame. This design follows from real Formula One vehicle designs and allows the car to be separated into two pieces easily.  A screw thread that was tapped into the cast aluminum rear upright; this bolt became loose during the endurance event which knocked F00 out of the endurance and fuel economy event.  F00 was in contention for a win, but dropped to 15th place in Detroit.

Incidentally, until 2000, we were able to get the race number assigned to our car as the year the car was entered.  After that, they selected the race number for us.  As soon as we got the car back to Texas we changed the number to be the car year.  That is why you will see some weird numbers on the cars at competition.

F00 team members: ?, Kristen Stohr, Rob Gregory, Rob Rowton, Stewart Myers, Nate Weber, Erick Kohler, Michael Russert, Buddy Cochran, ?, Clint Madewell, Jason Cook.

F00 in Australia 2000 (International Champion)

We took the F00 car to the inaugural FSAE event in Australia in December of 2000.  F00 finished in 1st place.

F00 in Australia team members: Stewart Myers,

Formula Australasia group

F00 Today

F00 was upgraded to F01