COEP Team Nemesis Racing continues to make records at Baja 2017
It gives us immense happiness and pride to share with you all that COEP team Nemesis continuesto record its over all championship win this year too at BAJA 2017 competition creating a hatrick of records. This event comprises of designing, fabricating, assembling a all-terrain four wheeler vehicle and running it on a specially prepared torturous track in a grueling competition for four hours. In the 10th edition of Mahindra BAJA, a total of 415 entries applied for the event from 185 colleges that participated at a virtual stage, out of which 150 teams were selected for m- BAJA, while 35 teams for eBAJA. In the final round or the endurance test, 118 teams participated in the competition which was held from 16th to 21st February 2017 at the NATRIP facility in Pithampur, Indore. Out of the 12 award categories, COEP won 7 awards in BAJA competition 2017 retaining the Overall Championship.
COEP won awards in following categories.
Sr. No |
Category |
Rank |
Prize amount in Rs. |
1 |
Over All Championship Award |
1st |
2,50,000 |
2 |
Durability Award |
1st |
1,25,000 |
3 |
Acceleration Award |
1st |
1,00,000 |
4 |
CAE Presentation Award |
1st |
60,000 |
5 |
Manoeuvrability Award |
2nd |
50,000 |
6 |
Raftar Award |
2nd |
50,000 |
7 |
Sales Award |
2nd |
40,000 |
Total Prize Amount |
6,75,000 |
This is third consecutive victory of COEP in BAJA SAEIndia. COEP has been participating since the event BAJA SAE started in India in 2007, and making its mark since then by wining several awards in different categories. Prof. S. N. Sapali is the faculty advisor for Team BAJA. Of the 10 competitions held so far in as many years, COEP has created a record of most wins of overall Championship by wining it for the 5th time over the last 10 Championships. A feat that has set in a record at SAE BAJA India competition.
Special records
- Total 5 Championship (2007,2013,2015,2016,2017)
- Double Hatrick for Acceleration Award (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)