At long last, we have finished the 2025 races! While they were a week late and far from ordinary, the men’s and women’s races were a unique and special occasion. Congratulations to all the teams for simply making it this far and making it around the course, and of course, congratulations to this year’s victors, CIA and SDC.

I would like to extend my most heartfelt gratitude to all the BAA members, CMU staff, students, and other friends and alumni who came together at the last minute to make this production possible. With less than a week’s notice, at least fifty-five different volunteers signed up, showed up, stepped up to make these races happen. I get teary-eyed just thinking about it. Really and truly, thank you all.

If you’ve been following along, you saw and heard our makeshift broadcast over the weekend. What you may not know is that we had over a dozen video cameras recording around the course for the entirety of this weekend’s races. Over the coming months, we will be editing this footage into full coverage of every heat that was run. If you are interested in helping with this sizeable project, please reach out to a BAA Officer.

Early next month, look out for news about BAA elections. But for now, most of us need a post-raceday nap. Once again, thank you all for your continued support.

Due to the anticipated inclement weather, the decision has been made that we will not proceed with Sunday races.

As you all know, this does unfortunately mean that the Men’s and Women’s heats will not be racing this weekend. Instead, these heats will be scheduled to race next weekend (4/12 and 4/13) during the usual rolls timeslot (prior to 9 AM). Due to time constraints, the heat schedule and race format may be modified, with details forthcoming.

We know that this is extremely frustrating for everyone, but we’d like to remind everyone that it’s times like these where the community aspect of Buggy is most important. We’d like to commend the students for their composure and poise through these unprecedented times, and we encourage everyone to do the same.

With Men’s and Women’s heats scheduled for next week, we are also in dire need of volunteers to help make Bonus Raceday 2025 happen! If you plan to be in the Pittsburgh area next weekend, please take the time to give us a hand—although it sounds cheesy, it’s the truth that we will not be able to run the rest of these heats without help from you all.

A huge thank-you for all the alumni, students, and buggy fans who turned out this weekend! Although this was not the Raceday we would’ve liked to share with everyone, we look forward to seeing the rest of those exciting races next weekend!

Due to the continuing rain, races have been cancelled for today, Saturday, April 5.

Expect a further update this afternoon about when races will next be scheduled.

Hi Buggy Fans — due to the amount of rain expected this weekend, there are adjustments to the expected schedule. Here they are as we know them at the current time (approximately midnight before the races).

Please Note: The following times are the earliest possible and subject to change due to course conditions or other factors:

• First roll of the day will be vintage buggy exhibition at 9:45.
• Timing heat 10 AM
• All Gender races to begin after that.
• Exhibitions to follow as long as time permits.

There will be no Mens or Womens Prelim Races on Friday.

The Lead Truck Auction ends tonight at 9PM. Get your bids in early and witness buggy history in the making from the best seat¹ on the course!

https://cmubuggy.org/auction

1. and the only seat that won’t get you chased off by the course marshals ↩︎

The 2025 Raceday Preview has been sent out to all of our annual and lifetime members. If its not already in your inbox, its not too late! Drop us a note after you re-up your membership status. If you expected to receive the Raceday Preview and didn’t, please let us know. We’ll be sure to get the Raceday Preview to you ASAP.

The Raceday Preview is the BAA’s signature publication for the year. With only a handful of days of rolls this semester, this year’s races are set to be an incredible test of preparation and skill. Want to know which teams are looking strong and who might surprise everyone at the finish line? We’ll get you up to speed on all the news from this year, and break it down with all the split times from Truck Weekend.

The BAA is doing more than ever to give back to the Buggy community. The Teams Committee is bustling helping teams new and old get new builds running. We’re running more events than ever before for every member of the buggy community from the curious freshman to the most seasoned alumn. Can’t make it to Pittsburgh? Join us for a Raceday Rewatch Party! We have an amazing podcast hosted by Will Weiner and produced by Rachael Schmitt with new guests every episode sharing heartwarming, dramatic, and hilarious stories from every perspective on the sport. Do you have an idea that would make buggy even more awesome? We’ve got a grant program that can help you make that happen! Did I mention that we have a new BAA mascot?

Supporting the BAA supports all of these wonderful things and more, so please renew your membership today. If you want to keep the buggy enthusiasm running for generations to come, please consider becoming a Lifetime Member by supporting our endowment.

See you on the course!

The Raceday 2025 Prelims Lead Truck Auction is now live!

There are a few notable changes from last year.

1. You absolutely must come to the BAA tent before the end of the previous heat to ride in the lead truck. There are some forms to fill out, payment to verify, and a BAA rep will give you (or your designee) a ticket that you must present to be allowed in the truck. Only the person named on the ticket will be allowed in the lead truck, and no one will not be allowed to ride in the lead truck without a ticket.
2. We are including the All Gender division in the silent auction. Depending on the outlook for Saturday, there is a chance that the All Gender division races will be rescheduled to Friday. The results of the silent auction for the All Gender division are final regardless and we will not be having a live auction for the All Gender races.
3. If a heat is canceled/rescheduled to Saturday, there will be no live auction for that heat. Whoever won the auction for the prelims heat will be the de-facto winner for what the rules lawyers will note is now a finals heat.
4. We have a mobile friendly payment option! Details will be available at the BAA tent.

Bidding will close Thursday at 9 PM. Check the auction page for more details on bidding rules and legal fine print.

Happy bidding, and best of luck to everyone for Raceday 2025!