Raceday Previews are being Distributed!

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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!

Rolls Report: April 5 & 6 – Truck Weekend

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As usual, this report is going to be a bit trimmed down from what’s been coming out so far this year. If you want to get the full report make sure you join up and become a member to get this year’s Raceday Preview. Due to some technical difficulties, the Preview is going to be a little delayed and should hopefully get out by tomorrow if not earlier, so you still have a chance to be first in line for all of the juicy details.

Truck weekend went surprisingly smoothly, thanks to some organizations cutting back on how many teams they will have on raceday. Several drivers managed to pickup their last few rolls and/or pass tests to qualify, but as usual, there are some stragglers who will probably be seeking forgiveness.

Qualified

Key: Qualified with at least one driver | Short on Rolls | Missing Pass Test

Org Buggies
AEPi Kamikaze
Apex Ember, Phoenix
CIA Icarus, Impulse, Orca
Fringe Bolt, Beacon, Bissa, Banyan
PiKA Banshee, Chimera
SAE Lucy, Rubicon
SDC Vice, Malice, Psychosis, Avarice
SigEp Kraken, Mamba, Barracuda, Pandora
SigNu Bungarus Krait
Spirit Zenith, Kingpin II, Zuke, Seraph, Haraka

Observations (Saturday Gallery | Sunday Gallery) Continue reading →

12 HOURS REMAIN!

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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

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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 →

Auction is Live at 9am!

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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

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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 →

Rolls Report: March 29 – Last Regular Rolls

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We’ve come to the last weekend before Truck. Heat selections are tonight, which means tomorrow the auction is planned to launch tomorrow! Once it’s up, be sure to share it with all the people who might be attending the races.

The orange cones make the chute look like a slalom course, but it looks like the line that most teams use is actually free of potholes. The potholes don’t leave much margin for error though, and the penalty for missing your line is big. The fastest buggies don’t have much margin for error anyway, so this shouldn’t be a big additional complication for their drivers. Chute passes are likely impossible without hitting something, though. Word on the street is that some of the potholes might be getting filled in, more on that later this week.

I unfortunately couldn’t make it to rolls on Saturday while working an event down at Cal U, but thankfully Shafeeq was able to take some notes, and Lou Conley managed to take pictures, so many thanks go out to them for filling in.

In Attendance 

Org Saturday
AEPi Kamikaze
Apex Ember, Phoenix
CIA Icarus, Impulse, Orca
Fringe NBXIV, Bissa
PiKA Banshee, Chimera
NROTC -Not Racing-
SAE Rubicon
SDC Vice, Bane, Avarice, Malice, Psychosis
SigEp Mamba, Barracuda, Pandora
SigNu Bungarus Krait
Spirit Zenith, Kingpin II, Zuke, Haraka, Seraph

Observations (Saturday Gallery) Continue reading →

Raceday News – Auction and other stuff

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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 →