Rolls Report: Oct 23 & 24

Teams must have read the comment thread from last week’s news post in which alumni were wondering why there are so many incidents these days, because this weekend was very smooth and uneventful.  It may have also just been regression to the mean.  Each weekend the weather is beautiful I think, “This might be the last one of the year …” and then it is beautiful again the next weekend.  No complaints.  It is staying dark for longer and longer but the drivers are brave and have started rolling before the streetlights are off as dawn is just starting to break.

In Attendance (buggies listed newest to oldest)

Org Saturday Sunday
AEPi Kamikaze, Zephyrus Kamikaze
CIA Freyja, Renaissance, Firebird, Quasar Freyja, Renaissance, Firebird, Quasar
Fringe Bedlam, Blizzard Borealis, Bedlam, Blizzard
PiKA Nemesis, Chimera, Desperado Nemesis, Chimera, Desperado
Pioneers Chaos
SDC Avarice, Malice, Psychosis, Rage Avarice, Malice, Psychosis
SigEp Peregrine, Barracuda Peregrine
Spirit Seraph, Fuko, Haraka Seraph, Fuko, Haraka

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Rolls Report: Oct 16

Orgs decided that there would be no rolls on Sunday because of mid-semester break, and even Saturday was a minimal crew of the most dedicated folks (or maybe the folks least skilled at planning something fun for mid-semester break).  SDC took the weekend off, and most teams had fewer buggies than normal except CIA whose 4 rolling buggies represented 25% of those on the course.  The fall weather is starting to kick in as it was about 40 degrees out there, but we’re still getting lucky on the precipitation.

In Attendance (buggies listed newest to oldest)

Org Saturday
AEPi Kamikaze, Zephyrus
CIA Freyja, Renaissance, Firebird, Quasar
Fringe Borealis, Bedlam, Blizzard
PiKA Nemesis, Brimstone
SigEp Peregrine, Barracuda
Spirit Fuko, Haraka

Observations (Saturday gallery) Continue reading

Rolls Report: Oct 9 & 10

More perfect fall weather set the scene for a solid weekend of rolls with a SDC, Spirit, SigEp, AEPi, and the citizens of Pittsburgh stepping up and giving us some things to talk about.

In Attendance (buggies listed newest to oldest)

Org Saturday Sunday
AEPi Kamikaze Kamikaze, Zephyrus
CIA Freyja, Renaissance, Firebird, Quasar Freyja, Renaissance, Firebird
Fringe Borealis, Bedlam, Banyan, Blizzard Borealis, Bedlam, Banyan, Blizzard
PiKA Nemesis, Chimera, Brimstone Nemesis, Chimera, Brimstone
Pioneers Chaos
SDC Avarice, Malice, Psychosis, Addiction, Rage Avarice, Malice, Psychosis, Addiction, Rage
SAE Rubicon
SigEp Peregrine, Barracuda, Pandora
Spirit Seraph, Fuko, Haraka Seraph, Fuko, Haraka

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Rolls Report: Oct 2

One part fog and one part rain made for an interesting but brief weekend of rolls.  Fog is usually an issue at daybreak that then burns off as rolls proceed, but on Saturday it was backwards.  Rolls started clear and then pressed on through a thickening blanket.   Sunday’s rolls were cancelled on Saturday night in light of the oncoming rain which did materialize from 5-8am.

I wasn’t in town this weekend, so this post is an experiment in crowd-sourced reporting.  As you can see, the product is a bit on the thin side.  If you’re in town and would like to contribute in the future, get in on this thread.  Feel free to add exciting stories we missed from this week in the comments.

In Attendance (buggies listed newest to oldest)

Org Saturday
AEPi Kamikaze
CIA Freyja, Renaissance, Quasar
Fringe Borealis, Bedlam, Banyan, Blizzard
PiKA Nemesis, Chimera, Knightfall, Brimstone, Zeus
Pioneers Chaos
SDC Avarice, Malice, Addiction, Rage
SigEp Barracuda, Pandora
Spirit Seraph, Fuko, Haraka

Observations (Saturday gallery) Continue reading