Sweepstakes is gearing up for another try at the first weekend of rolls, last week’s being thwarted by colder than desired temperatures.  So far, things aren’t looking too optimistic.  Last week, the 7am temperatures were 27 and 24 F which was cold enough to cancel things.  This weekend the 7am forecasts are 20 and 20 F.  Don’t worry, there is still plenty of time to improve on last year’s record-settingly late first day of rolls, March 23rd.

Update : Rolls are officially canceled for Saturday Feb 20th.  Too cold!
Update : Rolls are officially canceled for Sunday Feb 21st.  Too cold and snowy.

On the bright side, getting started a bit later probably gives teams more uninterrupted time to finish working on the new class of 2009 buggies.  So while we bide our time, lets think about what we’re likely to see on the course this year (in order of finishes in last year’s men’s races). Continue reading →

Alex Keene was kind enough to share some of the footage SDC has been collecting from their on-board camera in the last couple of weeks.  I’ve never seen video from this perspective, and I think it’s a really cool little thing to do during fall rolls.

(the action doesn’t start until 1:30 in the video)

Fall Rolls 2008 from seymour glass on Vimeo.

So once all us buggy folks appreciate the footage for it’s novelty, we’re left to ask, what is SDC collecting this footage for?

• pusher technique training?
• psych video material?
• pushbar rigidity measurements?
• pittsburgh filmmakers class project?
• flip video marketing?

No matter what the intention, thanks for sharing SDC.