Lead Truck Auction

swiftsam · **Posted:** Sun Apr 05, 2009 6:35 pm

The Buggy Alumni Association is auctioning off the chance to ride in the lead truck on raceday for each heat of prelims and finals. Check out the full details here
http://cmubuggy.org/Auction

If you have any questions, suggestions, or requests for clarification on how things will work, post them here.

ahundt · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:44 am

I won a lead car spot for the 2009 heats, you can too!

Cheers!
Andrew Hundt

swiftsam · **Posted:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:48 am

Auction rule change

After some testing, it seems like the $2 bid increment causes confusion, especially when combined with the max bid, so we're scrapping it.

All bids must be integers, and each bid must be higher than the ones before it, but beyond that it's up to you.

abordick · **Joined:** Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:56 pm **Posts:** 187

Can I win an auction and broadcast from the lead truck?

revo · **Posted:** Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:49 pm

For whatever it may be worth, as one of the people on this forum who has had the opportunity to ride in the lead truck I would strongly encourage anyone who is considering participating in the auction to do it. One of the major perks of being a sweepstakes chair, head judge, or wrct announcer has been the view you get from the lead truck.

If you were an org. chair/safety chair/mechanic and only got stuck in the follow truck where you were always behind the slowest buggy in the heat and couldn't see what was going on up in front this is the view you really wanted. In the lead truck you are more likely to see spins and passes up close than the follow truck.

hvincent · **Posted:** Sat Apr 11, 2009 7:49 pm

revo wrote:

If you were an org. chair/safety chair/mechanic and only got stuck in the follow truck where you were always behind the slowest buggy in the heat and couldn't see what was going on up in front this is the view you really wanted.

Hey now, I always liked riding in the follow truck because my buggy's always been the slowest one in the heat, and I like heckling my pushers ;D

itsjscott · **Joined:** Wed Nov 26, 2008 2:54 pm **Posts:** 22

The bidding seems to be jacked up... when you bid, it doesn't show your bid... instead it throws an error. It does seem that the bid went through though...

aitong · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:40 am

itsjscott wrote:

The bidding seems to be jacked up... when you bid, it doesn't show your bid... instead it throws an error. It does seem that the bid went through though...

Thanks for pointing this out - it appears to be a bug. We are looking into it right now.

aitong · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:17 am

The bug has been fixed! Please let us know if you find any other problems.

swiftsam · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:21 am

Are the PiKA alums really going to let a Sigma Nu alum win the auction for the Men's A heat?