Longhorn Racing

Longhorn Racing is the collegiate chapter of SAE International at UT Austin, where each of our three teams design, build, and a race a formula-style race car each year to compete in some of the largest international design competitions in the world with over 80 universities. Longhorn Racing provides students with invaluable opportunities of hands-on experience, as well as a chance to build professional skills and relationships for future careers in engineering.

Buiding Race Cars from Scratch

Your support will help build this enriching program to be the best it can possibly be. With your help, members of Longhorn Racing will be able to turn the designs they’ve worked so hard on into reality. Members on each of our three teams— combustion vehicle, electric vehicle, and solar vehicle-- work tirelessly to design and manufacture entire vehicles from the ground up, building over 80% of each car in our on-campus machine shops. However, this feat is only possible through the donations we receive. This year, your contribution will go directly to making our three 2019 vehicles competition-ready at Formula SAE and Formula Sun this summer.

 

Outreach

Longhorn Racing is proud to be active in our many outreach programs, including Girl Day at UT, ExploreUT, and AWIM. Connecting with kids and their families through our passion of engineering is something we feel lucky to participate in, which is why we hope to continue to provide high quality and fun activities for participants with your donation.

 

Events

Each year Longhorn Racing plans and puts on two of our biggest events: Unveiling and Autocross. Unveiling is where all three of our 2019 vehicles are displayed to our corporate sponsors and supporters. This is a huge night for Longhorn Racing’s corporate relations, and with your support, it’s sure to be the most successful Unveiling yet.

Longhorn Racing Autocross invites university racing teams from around the country to come and race in timed trials. It’s an exciting day of automotive fanfare and celebrating the hard work of all the teams. Your contribution will help us put on an event people are excited to attend for years to come

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SURPRISE CHALLENGE
The group with the most gifts between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. central will win an extra $3,000!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 San Jacinto Child Development Center 213
2 Texas Crew 126
3 Longhorn Band 35
4 Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center 30
5 Texas Orange Jackets 27
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SURPRISE AGAIN!
The group with the most gifts between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. central will win an extra $3,000!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 Texas Crew 188
2 San Jacinto Child Development Center 90
3 Comal Child Development Center 59
4 Texas Exes 37
5 UT Men's Rugby 30
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University-Wide Leaderboard: Number of Gifts
Every gift and every donor makes a difference! The colleges, schools, units or organizations that received the most gifts during 40 for Forty get a bonus $1,000, $3,000 or $5,000.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $5,000 Texas Crew 959
2 $3,000 Texas Exes 744
3 $1,000 San Jacinto Child Development Center 636
4 Comal Child Development Center 537
5 McCombs School of Business 476
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University-Wide Leaderboard: Money Raised
Thank you for your generosity! The colleges, schools, units or organizations that raised the most money during 40 for Forty get a bonus $1,000, $3,000 or $5,000.
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $5,000 Moody College of Communication $1,022,229.33
2 $3,000 Texas Exes $612,764.80
3 $1,000 McCombs School of Business $392,049.00
4 College of Fine Arts $354,597.00
5 Dell Medical School $285,707.02
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Kick-Off Challenge
Congratulations to Texas Crew for winning the Kick Off Challenge!
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 Texas Crew 149
2 Texas Exes 51
3 Texas Orange Jackets 38
4 Comal Child Development Center 33
5 McCombs School of Business 31
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Hidden Bevo Contest
We’ve hidden 20 stuffed Bevos in common areas across the Forty Acres. When you find one, let everyone know by posting a picture with #UT40for40! Follow @UTAustin on Twitter for clues! Winners can designate a $500 gift to the UT Austin area of their choosing.
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Geographic Challenge
Keep an eye on the 40 for Forty heat map! The first donor from each U.S. state gets an additional $200 added to your donation.
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Class of 2019 Presidential Match
Gifts made by members of the class of 2019 will be matched dollar for dollar as part of the Senior Class Gift Presidential Match! Match amount is capped at $50,000 for all gifts through #UT40for40 and the Senior Class Gift
$9,334 MATCHED
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Longhorn Selfie Challenge
Congratulations to the winner benjilikesmangos
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The Great 40 Hour Scavenger Hunt
Participating student groups have just 40 hours to complete as many scavenger hunt challenges as they can! Challenges will be posted to social media between 6 a.m. April 3 and 10 p.m. April 4. Groups will receive additional rules before the hunt kicks off. 1st Place: $5,000 2nd Place: $2,000 3rd Place: $1,000
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Lunch Break Match
Make your gift between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on April 3 — the first $10,000 in online gifts will be matched!
$10,000 MATCHED
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Hook 'Em Parents Match
Parents, this match is for you! From 12-3 pm on April 4, the first $5,000 in unique online gifts (up to $250 each) made by parents of current UT students will be matched.
$5,000 MATCHED
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Faculty/Staff Lunchtime Match
Take a long lunch! The first $10,000 in unique online gifts from 12-3 pm on April 4 made by UT Austin faculty and staff, up to $250 each, will be matched.
$10,000 MATCHED
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Final Countdown Match
Get your gift in under the wire! The first $10,000 in unique online gifts (up to $250 each) made from 8-10 pm on April 4 during the countdown will be matched.
$10,000 MATCHED
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Happy Hour Challenge
Congratulations to the Longhorn Band!
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $3,000 Longhorn Band $55,500.00
2 Cockrell School of Engineering $29,620.00
3 McCombs School of Business $8,470.00
4 Texas Exes $8,080.00
5 College of Pharmacy $5,650.00
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All-Nighter Challenge
Congratulations to the Longhorn Band!
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $3,000 Longhorn Band $53,340.00
2 Cockrell School of Engineering $7,905.00
3 McCombs School of Business $6,120.00
4 College of Natural Sciences $4,980.12
5 Texas Exes $4,646.00
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Mid-Morning Stretch Challenge
Take a break and make a gift! The college, school, unit or organization that receives the greatest number of unique online gifts between 9 – 11 a.m. on April 4 wins an additional $3,000.
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $3,000 Texas Crew 374
2 Lavaca Child Development Center 300
3 Comal Child Development Center 273
4 Texas Exes 89
5 Cockrell School of Engineering 19
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1,000th Gift Milestone
To celebrate specific milestones in the campaign, an additional award of $100 will be added to the 1,000th unique gift.
1,000 / 1,000 Gifts
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$200
2,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering for winning the 2,000th gift and $200!
2,000 / 2,000 Gifts
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$300
3,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to the San Jacinto Child Development Center for capturing the 3,000th gift and winning $300!
3,000 / 3,000 Gifts
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$400
4,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to UT Men's Rugby for capturing the 4,000th gift and winning $400!
4,000 / 4,000 Gifts
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$500
5,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to Texas Crew for capturing the 5,000th gift and winning $500!
5,000 / 5,000 Gifts
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$1,000
6,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to the Comal Child Development Center for winning the 6,000th gift milestone!
6,000 / 6,000 Gifts
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$2,000
7,000th Gift Milestone
Congratulations to the Comal Child Development Center for capturing the 7,000th gift and $2,000!!
7,000 / 7,000 Gifts
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$3,000
8,000th Gift Milestone
Congrats to The College of Pharmacy for capturing the 8,000th gift and winning $3,000!!!
8,000 / 8,000 Gifts
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Payroll Deduction Match
The first $10,000 in payroll deduction pledges made by UT Austin faculty and staff between March 13, 2019 and April 2, 2019 will be matched up to $10,000. Matches will count for payroll deduction gifts from the date of enrollment until August 31, 2019. There is no maximum individual donation amount for this opportunity.
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