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With a disappointingly slow weekend to end March, April brought us what we have been waiting for and a small taste of what’s to come in under two weeks. There were still a few incidents, but sweepstakes picked it up over last week and was far more efficient at getting people off the course and keeping rolls on schedule. This weekend had pass tests a-plenty which, when combined with some very fast rolling buggies made for many exciting moments in the chute.
This was also the first weekend that we had every org out both days. Everyone is feeling the pressure, and there is no time left to take a day off. Drivers have been getting qualified, but there are still many that need a few rolls here and there, or haven’t yet been able to complete the pass test. It will be a scramble going into truck weekend as teams try and qualify their remaining drivers.
In Attendance
| Org | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|
| AEPi | Kamikaze | Kamikaze |
| Apex | Phoenix | Phoenix |
| CIA | Impulse, Orca, Ascension, Freyja, Quasar | Impulse, Orca, Ascension, Freyja, Quasar |
| Fringe | NBXIII, Bissa, Bedlam, Banyan | NBXIII, Bissa, Bedlam, Banyan |
| PiKA | RD2013, Chimera | RD2013, Chimera |
| ROTC | Shrek | Shrek |
| SAE | Lucy, Rubicon | Lucy, Rubicon |
| SDC | Vice, Bane, Avarice, Malice | Vice, Bane, Avarice, Malice, Rage |
| SigEp | “Dora”, Peregrine, Barracuda | Mamba, Peregrine, Barracuda |
| SigNu | Bungarus Krait | Bungarus Krait |
| Spirit | Kingpin II, Zuke, Haraka | Kingpin II, Seraph, Haraka, Fuko |
Observations (Saturday Gallery | Sunday Gallery) Continue reading
After finally starting rolls last week, Teams were getting back into the swing of things. Everyone was rolling well, but it seems like teams are getting in a semester’s worth of stops in these few weeks we have left. Despite the crashes, stops, wheel losses and other issues, most teams are still getting things done and already have a few combinations qualified for Raceday. We still have one weekend left before Truck weekend, here’s hoping teams can sort out their issues and become the lean mean racing machines they need to be.
It’s the last weekend of fall rolls and from what I can tell it was a flurry of activity both days. The teams will now have a chance to sleep in on the weekends instead of sleeping in the afternoons, and make up all those assignments they neglected. By assignments, I of course mean builds, and from what I hear, there’s the potential for several this year. Only time will tell who will come out with new buggies when.
To follow the weather, the teams decided to match the weather and showed their own version of bipolar. There were no incidents on Saturday and having forgotten my tripod for the stream, I was able to get a lot of different pictures from around the course. The continuous rolling made the frigid morning a bit more bearable. With the warm weather on Sunday, teams seemed to lose their cool and we saw a few crashes and spins.