The University of Wollongong has won the past two national Formula SAE-A championships – contested by engineering students from universities around Australia who design and build racing cars for a series of competitions based on design, engineering, speed, economy and endurance.

Wollongong’s world champion motor racer Wayne Gardner launched the Steel City Racer’s national title bid in November 2003. The UOW team will now take their Steel City Racer to Detroit for the world’s biggest Formula SAE championships in May, in a bid to add international honours to their national title.