Virginia Tech Mechanical Engineering Annual Report Annual Report 2016 | Page 49

49 Rally Advisor: John Ferris The VT Rally team made its mark in the highly competitive rally racing series, finishing 10th in the Laughlin Desert Classic Unlimited Sportsman Class. The team is sponsored by Ford, Altec, Allfirst LLC, CDE Global, Val- ley Crane, Hooker Harness, Walker Evans, Mishimoto, Royal Purple, Tool Planet.com, Weddle Transmissions, The VT Transportation Institute, VT Student Engineer's Council, and the VT Mechanical Engineering Dept. As part of Baja SAE, the team designs and builds a single seat off-road vehicle for SAE-sanctioned competition. The 2015-2016 was sponsored by Fontaine Modification, the Student Engineer's Council, Precision Castparts Corp., Toyota, Procter and Gamble, Addie Swearingen Foundation, Rockwell Collins, Nord-Lock, Liebherr Mining Equipment, Collision Plus, Signarama NRV, Textron, SE&M, QA1, Southwest Specialty Heat Treat, and the VT Mechanical Engineering Department. Baja Advisor: John Kennedy