It’s Prelims! Here’s your list of Friday events

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Good morning Buggy fans, it’s the day we’ve been waiting for! Your handy-dandy event list is below.

Preliminary Races & Lead Truck Rides: 8am-12:30pm

Where: Buggy Course! Tech-Schenley-Frew and online from cmuTV.

The 99th anniversary of the races kicks off at 8am EST! Join us live on the buggy course, or online via https://cmubuggy.org/live

Tag your posts with #buggy99

History Of Buggy: Showcasing Reunion Years: 1:30-3pm

Where: Midway Reunion Tent

Come relive the excitement of Buggy with Buggy Alumni Association archivist and guru Tom Wood (E 1974), featuring Reunion years 1969, 1994, 2009, 2014 and 2018. Vintage buggies on display.

Buggy Recap & In-Person Finals Auction: 7pm-10pm

Where: Hough’s Taproom, 563 Greenfield Ave

Missed your chance to ride in the truck for Prelims? Join the Buggy Alumni Association at Hough’s Taproom for some spirited discussions about the preliminary races and bid in-person for the live Lead Truck Auction! The Pens at Islanders game will also be on if you want a great place to keep up on Playoff Hockey.

Ramping up to Races… BAA Thursday Events

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Raceday is tomorrow! Here’s a list of what is happening today.

Sweepstakes Design Showcase: 12pm-2pm

Where: Weigand Gymnasium, CUC

Come view the current and latest buggy designs and talk with the teams. Plus, kids 12 and under can build and race their own LEGO® buggy on our custom-built track!

BAA Student & Alumni Panel: 12:30-1:30pm

Where: The stage at Design Showcase

Join us for a rousing panel discussion comparing stories between students and alumni.

The panelists this year are Tom Felmley, Linna Griffin, Annie Black, Adam McCue, Duane Delaney, and Hunter Rideout. The moderator will be BAA office Jeremy Tuttle.

BAA Welcome Back: 7pm-9pm

Where: Fuel and Fuddle, 212 Oakland Ave

Join the BAA for a casual “welcome back to Pittsburgh” event to kick-start the weekend. Reminisce at Fuel & Fuddle in Oakland about buggy days and debate who will be the lead contenders this year. Head to the basement of Fuddle to join us!

It’s Buggy Time! BAA Wednesday Carnival Events

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WRCT Pre-Broadcast: 7-8pm!

Where: Your radio or Computer

Tune in to hear current students and alumni share their predictions for this year’s races, listen locally on 88.3 fm or online via wrct.org.

We will be keeping an eye on as many of our social medias and chats as possible, so send us your questions, share your thoughts and we’ll respond on air!

Speakers are: Adam McCue, Will Weiner, Jasio Santillan, and Willie Clark!

Lead Truck Auction Prelims Closes! 11pm EDT

Where: https://www.32auctions.com/baa2019

Make sure you get your bid in before auctions close. It’s the chance to watch your favorite heat, feel the wind in your hair, and hear “SIT DOWN” because you’re not allowed to stand up in the back of the truck but we know you all try anyway!

It’s Raceday Preview Time!

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The preview is getting its final polish and we’re about ready to send it out. Here’s a taste of the sweet goodness that will be arriving in inboxes soon:

 

However, if you want to get this tasty insider information, with spotter’s guide, rosters, predictions, etc, you must be a paying member of the Buggy Alumni Association!

CHECK YOUR STATUS HERE

If you’re not on the list and want think you should be, or want to fix your mistake of not donating, send your receipt email from CMU showing your donation and designation to join@cmubuggy.org and we’ll get you added. If your name has a double asterisk (**) after it, it means we got your donation, but we don’t have your email info! Please email us your preferred address at join@cmubuggy.org.

After you’ve got your membership sorted out and taken a look at the heat selections, head over to this year’s lead truck auction!

2019 Lead Truck Auction IS NOW OPEN

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The 2019 Lead Truck Auction is now open for bidding!  As a reminder, online bidding closes Wednesday at 11pm ET.  Bidding on the Finals heats begins online, with the leading bidders having the option of which heat to apply their leading bid to – That leading bid will then become the starting bid for the selected heat during our Live Auction on Friday Night.  Full information can be found here (UPDATE: THE PENS TAKE ON THE ISLANDERS IN NY FOR GAME 2 ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AND THE GAME WILL BE ON DURING THE EVENT!)

So go on and bid now, and tell all of your friends and family that will be at Carnival this year (the auction is open to the public; you don’t need to be a BAA member to win)!  Help support the BAA and our sponsorship of Raceday 2019!

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2019 Lead Truck Auction Details (AND A CHANGE TO THE FINALS HEATS)

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The BAA is once again holding our lead truck auction this year!  It’s the one chance you (or a, parent, a spouse, a friend, or any buggy fanatic in your life) have of being right in the middle of the action on Raceday. You’ll sit in the back of the lead truck for whatever race(s) you can win!  Proceeds help with all the costs of putting on such a spectacular Raceday, including the BAA’s sponsorship and various broadcast and other improvements.

The auction will go live on Monday morning (and don’t worry, we’ll post about it here).  Most things are the same as last year (and a description of how it works is below), but first we wanted to highlight the main change this year, and explain how it’s going to work.

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Introducing the Alumni Showcase Panelists

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Are you excited for next week yet? We sure are and we can’t wait for you all to join for the 99th year of Buggy! One of our favorite events, the Alumni Panel will be back again at the Buggy Design Showcase on Thursday April 11 at 12:30 in Weigand Gym! Our VP, Jeremy Tuttle will again be moderating our band of alumni fools and here’s who’ll be on stage sharing their stories:

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Up for Reelection – Meet the Webmaster

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Aside from the previous three members who are finishing their second and final terms, our head of the web is up for continuing into his second term and just needs your vote of confidence to keep fixing, updating, and modernizing our beloved home on the net. Since this is the final position that must be voted on this year, let’s lay out the election schedule ahead of us.

  • Nomination Period Closes: April 15 @ 11pm EDT
  • Elections Ballots Open: April 19th 29th tentative
  • Elections Ballots Close & Announcements: May 4th

If you believe Buggy is a sport that should continue, please consider being a part of the team that makes it happen. The BAA operates solely on the generosity of the alumni and the few who donate their time for a couple years to keep things running. If you are interested in any of these roles, would like to challenge someone’s position, or know someone who would fit the role, nominate by clicking the button below!

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Introducing your 2019 Raceday Broadcasters *UPDATED*

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In lieu of a rolls report this week due to the wet weather, let’s continue the Raceday HYPE and introduce the people you’ll be primarily hearing from this Carnival. BUT! before we introduce all of our amazing broadcasters for this year, a quick plug that we are still in need of some volunteers to help us with a few of the necessary Raceday operations. In particular, we need people to help identify and transcribe finish line times. The only requirement is that you be at the finish-line tent during the finishes. If you can spare a few races during the mornings, we would be incredibly grateful and have some physical gifts in return for your service.

This year, if you’d like to try and see what being a commentator is like, you can have your chance during the Exhibition races! Swing by the BAA Tent at the top of the hill and we’ll get you a spot!

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Check Your Membership

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Hey Buggy Alumni!  It’s your friendly neighborhood BAA Treasurer here.  Can you believe we’re LESS THAN 2 WEEKS AWAY from Raceday 2019?  Me neither!  As you know, The BAA sends out our Annual Raceday Preview to all members before Raceday.  Since those previews will be going out next week, now is the perfect time to make sure you’re a member for the 2018-2019 season!  Below is a link where you can check your status.  There are 4 possibilities:

1) You are on the list with NO asterisks – You’re all set to receive your preview

2) You are on the list WITH asterisks next to your last name (**) – You’re a member, but we don’t have your email address!  Send us an email at join@cmubuggy.org and let us know where to send your Raceday Preview.

3) You are NOT on the list but have already donated this year – If you think there’s an error and we’re missing you, forward your donation receipt to join@cmubuggy.org and we’ll make sure to update our list and get you your Raceday Preview.

4) You are NOT on the list and have NOT already donated this year – Now’s the perfect time!  A $10 donation makes you a full BAA member for the season, which gets you access to the Raceday Preview, but we accept donations of all sizes, small or large!  Your donation goes to support the BAA’s activities throughout the year, but most importantly they help support Raceday itself!  You can DONATE HERE (or, if you use CMU’s own “Give” page, make sure to select “View All Funds”, then “Other” all the way down at the bottom of the page, and then type in “Buggy Alumni Association”).  Once you get your receipt, forward it to join@cmubuggy.org and we’ll add you to the list of members!

You can check your status here, or feel free to reach out to us at join@cmubuggy.org if you have any questions or concerns. And get ready for all the things that the BAA has planned for Buggy’s 99th Anniversary, including our annual Lead Truck Auction, with details to come later this week.