2003 - Car 03 / 31

gt motorsports placed fourth in a field of 129 college teams at the U.S. Formula SAE competition in Pontiac, Michigan in May. An Australian team from the University of Wollongong won that competition, the first time a team from outside the United States won the national competition. On December 7, 2003, gt motorsports returned the favor, winning the Formula SAE Australasia event held in Tailem Bend, Australia.

The Formula SAE competition comprises a blend of static and dynamic events, intended to challenge the student's knowledge of their car's design, and to challenge the performance and ruggedness of the car itself. The team faced a number of difficulties in the course of the competition, including having to perform a complete engine change between the morning and afternoon endurance events on the last day of competition. The car overheated in the Australian summer. They rigged up an evaporative cooling system using a juice bottle and parts from their rental car! And, yes, they returned all the parts to the rental car.