Fall Kickoff

Fall kickoff race

2024 Fall Kickoff Race

The Fall Kickoff Race provides teams an opportunity to inspire new students and jump-start their build season.

The 2026 Fall Kickoff Race will be held on Saturday, October 17 (rain date Sunday, October 18)  

2024 Fall Kickoff Race first two laps - thanks Humberview Secondary School for the GoPro footage

View "2024 EV Challenge Fall Kickoff Race two laps" on YouTube

Registration

Registration for the Waterloo EV Challenge be completed using an Online Registration form on the EV Challenge website here. 

For details of the registration process, including the information required, refer to the 2026 Competition Rules.

Competition rules

Schedule
Time Event
8:30 am
  • Teams arrive
  • Safety inspections begin
9:45 am - 10:00 am
  • Drivers meeting (mandatory attendance for all drivers)
10:00 am- 11:30 am
  • 12 V race (70 minutes in duration)
11:30 am
  • Standings announced.
  • Wrap up.

Course location

The competition will take place at the University of Waterloo in the X Parking Lot, located in the north part of campus, near the intersection of Columbia Street and Hagey Boulevard. 

Click to see location on Google Maps

map showing race location for 2025 Fall Kickoff Race

The entrance to the spectator parking lot is from Hagey Boulevard. Truck and trailer parking for the pits should use the entrance from Frank Tompa Drive

Course layout

The racetrack will be marked out wide orange traffic cones in a large, level parking lot. The track will be an oval that may include some additional turns. The pits and driver change area will be located at one end of the track.  The image on the banner at the top of this page and the Youtube video show the track layout from the 2024 race as a sample.