Category: General Interest Buggy Stuff

Raceday Previews are being Distributed!

Posted on April 8, 2014 | by ben | 129 Comments

Hey everybody,

It’s that joyous time of year when the Raceday Preview actually comes out for all of our dues paying members. Sadly we know of a few members who have paid dues but we unfortunately do not have their email to send the Raceday Preview to.

If you paid your dues, and didn’t receive your Preview, please email news@cmubuggy.org and we will get it to you as soon as possible!

If you haven’t paid dues, but would like one, please check out cmubuggy.org/join for ways that you can obtain said Preview and email us when you’re done.

Happy reading, and we look forward to seeing you all at the Design Competition in TWO DAYS!

12 HOURS REMAIN!

Posted on April 6, 2014 | by ben | 2 Comments

That’s right, there’s only 12 hours left in the Lead Truck auction. We just broke the $750 barrier which is awesome, but not anywhere close to our best. Remember, share this with anyone and everyone, we don’t want to have anyone realize too late that they could have won a spot in the lead truck!

Also, by this point Truck weekend is over and we here at the BAA are working hard on the Members only preview. The Raceday Preview is still set to come out Monday. We know our lists are incomplete, so if you have paid your dues, but don’t get your preview right away, don’t fret! Just shoot us an email saying when or how you donated (via our site, or by registering for the Luncheon) and we’ll get that preview sent right to you!

Current Roll Counts

Posted on April 4, 2014 | by ben | 8 Comments

So I’ve been getting some questions about which drivers are qualified, who’s close ect. Going into truck weekend, I feel like you guys should know who got their act together, who’ll just barely make it in under the wire, and who might be looking for some forgiveness. Right now, there are 4 orgs that seem like they’ve been prepared for this, and several that are very very close.

Surprisingly, only a couple teams are in danger of needing forgiveness. My recommendation to teams at this point would be to work as quickly and efficiently as possible at rolls and to focus on pass tests. Continue reading →

Of Auctions and Potholes

Posted on April 2, 2014 | by ben | 7 Comments

With all the things that are going on, this is feeling like a double post kinda day. I’m trying to spread them out as much as possible, but sometimes there’s just something you need to get off your chest. Continue reading →

Auction is Live at 9am!

Posted on April 2, 2014 | by ben

So I know I said the Auction would be up last night, but because of the 24hr swap time allotted to teams, we had to push things back of it, so APRIL FOOLS! Anyway, we will be running from 9am today to 9pm Sunday. This will give us a full 5 days of auctioning so get out there and bet! Also, we’re expanding this auction to the parents as well, so be ready for a little more competition than usual! Continue reading →

Auction mini-post – Heat Selections and chute vids

Posted on April 1, 2014 | by ben | 5 Comments

Heat selections happened last night and went pretty smoothly. No one was wondering about hill 1 times at all, so either everyone has done some fantastic scouting, or we will have some very interesting hill 2 races. The big shenanigan of the night was PiKA attempting to run 3 men’s teams with only Banshee and Chimera. By removing that, a whole heat was removed and the whole thing had to be redone, not that it made much of a difference in the end.

Sweepstakes is allowing 24 hrs for teams to make any swaps as they need them. Because of that we will be launching the Auction tonight when heats become final. In the mean time, enjoy these videos from Rolls a couple weekends ago. Continue reading →

Raceday News – Auction and other stuff

Posted on March 27, 2014 | by ben

Tired of hearing from us yet? Well TOO BAD, I’ve got more Raceday info hot off the presses (from tuesday night) and it’s coming your way. There will be plenty more posts coming out as we continue to get closer and closer to Raceday. Be sure to help us spread the word and tell all your buggy friends about this site if they want to stay informed about what’s being planned for Carnival’s 100th. Continue reading →

Raceday News – BAA room block in Hampton Inn

Posted on March 25, 2014 | by ben

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So I really meant to get this out sooner, but I just got the last of the info today, sorry if it’s too late for you.

If you’re coming into Pittsburgh for the races this year, the Hampton Inn is generously holding 15 rooms for BAA people in a mix of doubles and singles rooms at the $119 rate. Continue reading →

Pothole talk from the Mayor

Posted on March 13, 2014 | by ben | 8 Comments

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Yesterday on WESA, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto talked about the transportation system in the city which included a segment on potholes and repairs in addition to the whole public transit talk. The most relevant info is in the first 7 minutes or so.

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Carnival Plans – Raceday

Posted on March 8, 2014 | by ben | 11 Comments

The same group that is working on the updates to design comp has also been doing some tinkering with Raceday. And for those of you that are worried, no we are not changing the rules, we wouldn’t touch that with an eleven foot pole, but we hope some of the flow will be improved a bit this year (pending the usual weathery culprits of course).

As the buggy fanatics that we know you are, we feel like you deserve to know as much as we do. A lot got covered in the last meeting, so this is a meaty post. If you need to, wait till you’re more hungry, or take in a bit now and take the rest home in a doggy bag to eat later.
Of course, we’re still a few weeks out, so nearly all of this is potentially subject to change.