NASHPORT, Ohio — Demonstrating their resilience and engineering skills, the University of Mount Union Raider Racing Baja SAE team finished as the best team in Ohio in the four-hour endurance race at the September Baja SAE Ohio race.

The team placed 14^th out of 70 teams and was the top finisher among all 11 Ohio institutions for the endurance race, which tests the student-built cars on an offroad track to see who can complete the most laps during those four hours. The Raider Racing team was also among the best in Ohio in terms of their vehicle's acceleration.

These results continued the team's success, as they were the second-best team from Ohio and 13^th overall among 86 teams competing in the Baja SAE New York race in June.

“[Ohio] was the fifth race I’ve attended and it was by far the smoothest our team has operated at a race,” said Cooper Timmons ’27, a mechanical engineering and mathematics major from Chagrin Falls, Ohio. “Having joined the club when there were only two other members, the progress and achievements that we have managed to make in the last four years are really awesome to see. We went from barely being able to compete to beating some of the best engineering schools in the country, with a design that could be made even better.”