Buggy books are one of our best sources for buggy history. Just like old yearbooks, they’re just fun to browse through to see how much things have changed and how much they’ve stayed the same. Teams no longer proudly describe their build process in detail as was common into the mid 70′s. Check out this [...]
We’ve only got 2 more days of rolls and truck weekend for teams to get their act together before raceday. If any of that gets rained out, we could be in for some real slapstick come raceday. Last weekend’s assortment of chute incidents actually looked mild compared to the number of ways teams found to [...]
We had to wake up way earlier than alumni normally do for rolls, but it was worth it. The timing system (original post, post 2) works like a charm and we’ve got a good handle on the software now. Click on this picture of Fringe’s new (unamed) buggy crossing the line to see a sample [...]
Last year marked the debut of two exciting additions to the raceday experience: the chance to ride in the lead truck and the jumbotron. This year, we’re taking it up a notch. The Buggy Alumni Association is pledging the first $1,000 of auction proceeds directly to Sweepstakes to help cover the cost of 2 jumbotrons [...]
Ah, design comp. How many competitions can you think of that some people respond to by wearing suits while others … well … do not make the same effort to make a good impression. The list of buggies entering design comp hasn’t been announced by Sweepstakes yet this year, but I hope that it will [...]
Two days of genuine good spring weather (45-50°F and mostly sunny) provided the first real weekend of rolls, and the teams made it an exciting one. With three new buggies and enough incidents in the chute to make a driver blush, it took extra long to sort out and write about here at headquarters. Our apologies for [...]
We probably should have run this one about a month ago to be timely, but this topic came up in the forums, and I’m in no position to turn down a decent poll idea at this point. The topic this week is “buggy vs. relationships” or “relationships via buggy” depending on your perspective. Out in [...]
About a month ago, we announced that Sweepstakes and the Buggy Alumni Association had teamed up to select and fund a new and improved timing system for buggy. We are renting the system for an extended period this year so that we have time to thoroughly test it in the buggy context and make sure [...]
I was starting to think it would never happen, and even Sunday morning I don’t think the teams were sure it was really going to happen, but rolls have started for the semester. It only took 6 weeks from Sweepstakes’ ambitious first shot at rolls, but buggy has overcome one of Pittsburgh’s snowiest winters ever. [...]
The kids are on spring break this week, and it’s been breaking 60 degrees here in Pittsburgh all of a sudden. With warm weather finally on the scene, we’re close to rolls, and with rolls, we’re close to new buggies. Back in my day as a head mechanic, building buggies was challenging, but finding a [...]
