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University of Illinois SAE Baja team. We design, build, and race off-road baja vehicles in the colle

06/17/2026

New York Comp!!🗽 🌃

This past weekend our team took Natilee out to the summer Baja SAE comp in New York! We had a great first two days, passing tech on the first try and being the 9th car overall to pass tech. We also completed all of our mini events twice on the third day and debuted our low rider mode in the acceleration event (see slide 4👀👀). We unfortunately had a break during the endurance event that took us out of the race early, but we had a great time overall!!

Shoutout to everyone who worked on and helped get Natilee ready for comp, and a special shoutout to our seniors for an amazing year!! See you in Ohio!

06/08/2026

Our last, but certainly not least of the 2026 class is Michael Walczuk, our Frame Designer!
Check it out to celebrate our seniors and their commitment to the team.
Thank you for literally holding us together Michael, and to all seniors, have great careers in whatever you do and wherever you go!

05/24/2026

The second of this week’s senior spotlights highlights Rohit Choudhary, our Jig Lead.
Check it out to celebrate our seniors and their commitment to the team.
Good luck Rohit!

05/23/2026

While graduation and spring comp has passed, we still have a few more seniors to celebrate. Here are this week’s senior spotlights, first one highlighting Teegan Damrow, President and Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) Lead.
Check it out to celebrate our seniors
and their commitment to the team.
Good luck in Peoria Teegs!

05/05/2026

Introducing our 2026 car: Natilee 🎉🔥🤩💙🧡

Massive shoutout to our amazing team and sponsors for all the hard work put in to getting her driving. It wasn’t an easy road but we got there and we’re proud of the result. Wish us luck as we leave for our first competition in Oregon this week🔥🏆

04/29/2026

to IQM Solutions, LLC

Huge thanks for machining our front and rear uprights for this year’s car! Your precision and support make a real impact on our build, and our team really appreciates the time and care you put into delivering such high‑quality parts. Grateful to have you holding up our new car Natilee this season!
🔗 iqmsol.com

04/26/2026

to Flying S

Huge thanks to Flying S for manufacturing our gearbox case for this year’s car! We really appreciate the precision, care, and support that went into producing such a critical custom component. Your work helps bring Natilee one step closer to off-roading thid season!
🔗 flying-s

to KPI Machining

We also want to give a big thank‑you to KPI Machining for machining our gearbox gears. Your precision ensures these parts perform as intended in our pre-season design. We appreciate your strong craftsmanship.
🔗https://kpimachining.com/

04/14/2026

to R&S Machining, LLC

Huge thanks to R&S for manufacturing our differential case for this year’s car! We really appreciate the precision, care, and support that went into producing such a critical drivetrain component. Your work helps keep Natilee running strong and ready for competition this season.

🔗 randsmachining.com

to KPI Machining

We also want to give a big thank‑you to KPI Machining for machining our differential bevel gears and CVT input shaft. Your precision ensures these parts perform as intended in our pre-season design. We appreciate your strong craftsmanship.

🔗https://kpimachining.com/

04/13/2026

04/11/2026

Here is this week’s senior spotlight, highlighting Sohum Sapra, our gearbox designer!
Check it out to celebrate our seniors
and their commitment to the team, before we send them off in a few months!
Learn about how much Sohum thinks about gears and how Baja had helped him in his engineering career!

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