America's first youth autonomous racing league
Not robotics. Autonomous AI systems engineering — grades 2 through college, ending at the Speedway.
Autonomous Systems Engineering
The Autonomous Racing Foundation establishes autonomous systems engineering as a competitive youth discipline, preparing students in grades 2 through college for careers in artificial intelligence and autonomy through a structured pathway to design, train, and race intelligent vehicles.
Choose your path.
Connect with the foundation through our three primary program pipelines.
How it works
ARF doesn't run the clubs. We power them. Partners brand and grow their own programs; ARF provides the curriculum, the vehicles, the coach training, and the competition structure that makes them work.
Curriculum
Core, Advanced, and Signature tiers, grades 2 through college
Hardware
the ARF-1 platform and supporting vehicle systems
Competition
league structure, race operations, and the Elite Innovation Hub
Core
Advanced
Signature
Since 2024, ARF's programming has reached 1,000+ youth through partner programs. Partners operate the sites and carry the cost of onsite delivery and staffing; ARF provides the curriculum, vehicles, coach training, and competition infrastructure that make the programs work.
Program footprint
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Detroit Mobility Industry Club, powered by ARF, is scaling to five sites for the 2026–27 season with a projected 180 student participants. IARL launches in Indianapolis in fall 2026 with its first team participants, powered by ARF.