This website is dedicated to the progress of a senior design project at VCU's School of Engineering focused on the optimization of the current Arena Racing USA roll cage model. This design will be modeled and tested throughout the rest of the Fall of 2013 and Spring of 2014 semesters. The design attempts to improve the current roll cage for cost, safety, and ease of build.
What is Arena Racing?
This project is based around the Arena Racing USA League, founded by Ricky Dennis in 2002. Arena Racing is a stock car racing company whose 2013 season runs from November to April. Currently, it only exists in Richmond, VA, at the Richmond Coliseum. Over the next ten years, Arena Racing plans to spread to multiple cities around the United States. Before expansion can begin, their current stock car needs to be improved. Conceptualizing, designing, testing, and possibly implementing these improvements is the objective of this project.
The current car is a half scale model of a full size stock car. All cars participating in Arena Racing are identical and sold only by Arena Racing. Additionally, there are certain restrictions and constraints on how race teams may alter or manipulate their car. The purpose is to keep all cars and equipment equal. This promotes the League’s primary focus of maintaining a skill-based racing competition.
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