What an amazing Raceday! It was an amazing year of solid races, incredibly close times and some unexpected upsets. On top of how close the races were, this has probably been one of the safest years of races in recent history. Before we get into the awards, we want to give a huge thank you to the sweepstakes team this year. Elon, Haliey, and John were a pleasure to work with throughout the year and particularly as we worked out the details for Raceday itself.

If you missed the Races, you can still catch them on CMUtv and they are well worth the watch, or re-watch, or re-re-watch. Commentary this year was again fantastic thanks to the return of Andy Bordick and Will Weiner who were joined this year by Connor Hayes of Apex fame. CMUtv also did a great job capturing the races this year continuing their great use of the picture-in-picture display and also adding a scrolling ticker to the bottom of the screen so you never had to wait more than a minute for the times you wanted to see. Thanks also to WRCT for getting the audio feed to the chute fixed for the second day.

Now without further ado, here are the awards that were presented after everything was said and done. Continue reading →

Over the next 2 hours, there are two big things happening that you won’t want to miss, both of which you can join from the comfort of your home/office/computer.

At 7pm EST, we will be live on WRCT telling you all about Raceday with some special guests who can tell us the inside scoop about some of the goings on. You can stream it live from your computer at WRCT.org or if you are in Pittsburgh, you can listen in at 88.3 fm.

At 8pm EST, the 2015 Lead Truck Auction will be ending. If you haven’t yet bid on your favorite heat, you are running out of time! There are still one or two heats left that have NO bids on them and are just waiting for some lucky winner to win a super cheap ride in the Lead Truck. Check out the auction Now!

We can’t wait to See you all very soon!

It’s what you’ve all been waiting for, the 2015 Raceday preview is out and ready for your hungry eyes. Using CMU’s donation tracking list, we have sent out the preview to those people who were ahead of the game. Unfortunately, it seems we’ve been caught in some spam blockers, particularly if you have a cmu email address on file with the Alumni Association. We are working around the issue, so if you know you should be getting one, please be patient.

Those of you that made your contribution more recently were not on our list and we will be sending yours out shortly!  Continue reading →

Now is your chance to bid on the heats you would like to see most. Follow this link to start bidding!

Remember to read all the details on our auction page so you understand the limitations. Also remember to keep in mind some of the changes that were made for this year’s auction.

Check out the heats and bid on the best ones!

Here is the third and final installment where we introduce to you our last two panelists who will be on stage Friday after the races at 2pm. They will be asked questions by our moderator and then also open for questions from you in the audience. So if you’ve ever wanted to ask a question of someone you see here, be sure to show up!

Below we hear from our current student panelists as they tell us a bit about themselves. Some of these names you might recognize, but unless you’re a current student or very recent grad, you probably are not familiar. Continue reading →

As we hope you are all excited for, our Annual Lead Truck Auction is back this year and we think it will run smoother than ever! This will probably be one of the more thrilling Racedays in recent history, so you won’t want to miss out on a chance to see the whole race this year.

There are a couple significant changes we are making this year that we want to make sure you know before things get underway. If you have any questions, be sure to email us or comment below, we want to address as much as we can before the Auction. Continue reading →

Now that Carnival is just on the horizon, it’s time to let you guys in on what we’ve been cooking up for you. In this first installment, we introduce to you our first three panelists who will be on stage Friday after the races at 2pm. They will be asked questions by our moderator and then also open for questions from you in the audience. So if you’ve ever wanted to ask a question of someone you see here, be sure to show up!

Below we hear from our more experienced panelists as they tell us a bit about themselves. Some of these names you might recognize from other events and even right here on cmubuggy.

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