STUDENT TEAMS
GRAND TOURING
The Virginia Tech Grand Touring Team is a competition senior design team through the Mechanical Engineering Department of Virginia Tech with the goal of modifying a late model production vehicle to compete in an endurance race hosted by the ChampCar Endurance Series at Virginia International Raceway .
The 2020-2021 School Year will be the first year of racing the team ’ s 1999 Honda Civic . The team hopes to place in the top 30 with this vehicle , advancing six spots from last year . The ChampCar World Series offers endurance races that range from 7-38 hours , VTGT will be competing in the 12 hour race at Virginia International Raceway on March 6th , 2021 .
VIRGINIA TECH MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ANNUAL REPORT • 2019-2020 • EDUCATION 21