Matador Motorsports is CSU Northridge's Formula SAE engineering senior design team. We give our engineering students the opportunity to demonstrate, build, and prove their creativity and engineering skills in comparison to other universities around within our nation and the world.
Established in 1988, Matador Motorsports was created to be the stepping stone for countless student success stories. Our alumni have gotten hired by well-established companies, including Honda Performance Development, Mercedes AMG Petronas F1, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and many more. We believe that our efforts will shine in the engineering industry as we continue our journey to compete.
FSAE (Formula SAE) is a program hosted and organized by SAE International. It is one of the Collegiate Design Series (CDS) programs that prepare undergraduate and graduate engineering students by giving them a chance to apply their knowledge and skills to solve a real-world engineering challenge. Conceiving, developing, fabricating, and then competing with a small formula-style vehicles, our members are given the chance to apply their skills in a competitive environment alongside other colleges from around the world.
No, any CSUN student can join the team as a volunteer! As Matador Motorsports is one of the Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Projects here at CSUN, seniors get graded for their work throughout the year.
During the testing phase, we typically run our car on one of the campus parking lots or at a local racetrack. Our competition is in Brooklyn, Michigan during the month of May.
Yes, our FSAE team is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. This means that both our team qualifies for tax-exempt status, and donations made to our team qualify for tax deductions.
Drivers are chosen from a selection of licensed team members. The fastest drivers among those are slated to drive during testing and competition.
Our MM34 car which competed during the 2023 FSAE IC competition ran a Honda CBR600RR.