Rolls Report: March 29 – Sub-Zero Mornings

The weekend started on a sour note as Saturday got cancelled on account of snow early in the morning. Fortuantely, someone still got use of the roads as the crash test SURG project was able to test their setup by running a weighted mock buggy into the haybales at speed. There was no data gathered, but the results were still spectacular. Sunday was frigid, but lacked snow allowing teams to roll.  Many drivers seemed to be having trouble with sun glare going up the backhills. Teams have only one regular weekend left before Truck to get the rolls they need. We can only assume that there will be several more exemptions than normal this year, the only hope being that it doesn’t also cause an increase in incidents.

In Attendance (Qualified with at least one driver)

Org Saturday
AEPi Kamikaze
Apex Ember, Phoenix
CIA Equinox, Icarus, Orca, Impulse, Ascension
Fringe NBXV, Bissa
PhiDelt Perun
PiKA Banshee, Raptor
SDC Vice, Bane, Avarice, Malice
SigEp Kraken, Barracuda, Pandora
SigNu Bungarus Krait
Spirit Inviscid, Seraph

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Rolls Report: March 21 – Finally First Freerolls

Finally able to kick off the year, all teams were out on Saturday for the first Day of Spring rolls. After weeks and weeks of cold and icy roads, the weather finally cooperated long enough for Saturday. For some reason there were no permits for Sunday, so even though the weather was nice enough, teams were forced to sleep in and/or stay warm. As it happened, this Saturday was also Greek Sing which made it even more impressive to see the teams (including the frats) in mostly full force. Clearly the teams understand what needs to get done in this extremely short lead-up to Raceday.

In Attendance (New buggies)

Org Saturday
AEPi Kamikaze
Apex Ember, Phoenix
CIA Equinox, Icarus, Orca, Ascension
Fringe X1, Beacon, Bissa
PiKA Banshee
SAE Lucy
SDC Vice, Bane, Malice, Rage
SigEp Kraken, Barracuda, Pandora
SigNu Bungarus Krait
Spirit Inviscid, Kingpin II, Zuke
Robo Singularity

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