{"id":2139,"date":"2012-04-16T14:52:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T18:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=2139"},"modified":"2023-09-02T08:41:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T13:41:49","slug":"truck-weekend-mini-report-and-raceday-hype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2012\/04\/truck-weekend-mini-report-and-raceday-hype\/","title":{"rendered":"Truck weekend mini-report and Raceday hype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Apr-14\/i-P7CsvGj\/0\/a779f940\/Th\/DSC_2502-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>If you&#8217;re a member you should have found our legendary Members-only Raceday Preview in your inbox by now. \u00a0Enjoy it. \u00a0If you didn&#8217;t get a copy, you should know that it&#8217;s not too late. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/membership\">Join up<\/a>, forward us the gift receipt to join@cmubuggy, and we&#8217;ll hook you up pronto. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/membership#roster\">If you thought you were a member<\/a>, maybe we don&#8217;t have your email or have it wrong or something, let us know. \u00a0Lots of people plan on joining while they&#8217;re on campus, but we&#8217;ve \u00a0got some serious ground to cover to match last year&#8217;s membership total, so don&#8217;t be shy.<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0Lead Truck Auction<\/h4>\n<p>Can you believe this is our 4th time putting on the lead truck auction? \u00a0It seems like just the other day that we announced the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2009\/04\/lead-truck-auction-2009\/\">first iteration of our biggest fundraiser of the year<\/a>. \u00a0It continues to be a fan favorite, so we&#8217;re back at it again. \u00a0If you haven&#8217;t ridden in the lead truck before, you should definitely get in the mix and snap up a heat you like the looks of. \u00a0If you&#8217;re a veteran, you know that it&#8217;s a great way to mix up your raceday experience. \u00a0 Bidding starts tomorrow morning at 9am and will run for 36 hours until 9pm Wednesday. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/auction\">Full description of the rules can be found on the auction page<\/a>. \u00a0We&#8217;ve got a new version of our home-grown auction software this year. \u00a0We hope you like it! (and that it doesn&#8217;t break!).<\/p>\n<h4>Truck weekend<!--more--><\/h4>\n<p>Truck weekend was a fun one. \u00a0Two days in the books, with a valiant effort on Sunday to reject the notion that buggies are scared of a little rain. \u00a0All 11 orgs were in attendance, so we&#8217;ll skip that part and hit some highlights from the weekend.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Apr-14\/i-rPSvNgh\/0\/6e77c943\/Th\/DSCF2314-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Fringe&#8217;s new buggy Bissa was looking closer to finished with a coat of primer on, but must have missed something more basic in the prep because something caused the buggy to stop steering just after the chute flag. \u00a0She ended up rejecting the chute turn entirely and passed between the end of the bales and the barricades that block off the bridge. \u00a0There was no impact at all, but spy shots posted on cmubuggy revealed a wheel sans tire on the left side. \u00a0Bissa was back out on Sunday rolling well, so damage was either minor or quickly repaired.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Apr-5\/i-8rTFvjJ\/0\/64c6b0bd\/Th\/DSC_2687-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>When I first saw the roads at 7am on Sunday, I didn&#8217;t think there was any way rolls would happen. \u00a0The rain passed early in the evening, but the air was humid and things weren&#8217;t drying too quickly. \u00a0Sweepstakes kept the faith and the teams enthusiastically backed the committee up entertaining themselves at hill 1 and sending crews to the chute with saw dust, brooms, leaf blowers, and moxy. \u00a0Around 8, the pavement was definitely still not dry, but it was deemed dry enough. \u00a0Spirit and SDC were the first two rolls and as standard tryke teams always getting attention for their close-to-spinning style, I thought for sure we were moments from some real fireworks. \u00a0Drivers got a real feel for their steering as they slid through the turn, often making 2 or three corrections, but for the most part they kicked ass. \u00a0SN got credit for the only spin of the day and it was a well controlled affair coming to a clean 180 right in the middle of the road. \u00a0Afterwards, Mike the driver got out and helped put his own buggy in the trunk.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Apr-14\/i-GHVxJgS\/0\/d60b3928\/Th\/DSCF2056-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>I tried to keep an eye on which buggies teams were giving to their A teams while we tested the timing system on Saturday. \u00a0Fringe seems to be sticking with Bonsai, and PiKA was running Raptor as A-team with its new tiny wheels. \u00a0SDC might be making a switch, rolling Bane (2011) with their biggest looking dudes after Malice (2009) was A team last year.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Apr-5\/i-59fHKGh\/0\/0864b6f9\/Th\/DSCF2131-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>I think that there are way fewer cases of borderline qualification this year compared to recent years. \u00a0As far as I know, AEPi&#8217;s second buggy, Zephyrus, is the only buggy attempting to qualify that came up short, and only by a couple of rolls. \u00a0Everyone got their pass tests in and the weather held when it needed to.<\/li>\n<li>PiKA wasn&#8217;t being shy about checking the temperature of their new small wheels on Raptor with an infrared thermometer before and after their rolls. \u00a0Nothing wrong with a little heat on the wheels, that&#8217;s for sure, and I&#8217;m always a fan of good data collection.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2011-2012\/Spring-Rolls-Apr-14\/i-tWLVgFG\/0\/4d6be69f\/Th\/DSC_2475-Th.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>SAE&#8217;s reverse-tryke-ification of Rubicon is definitely a conversational favorite around the course, but it seems to be a fun buggy to operate too. \u00a0The driver and mechanics treat it like a invincible big brother, loading in in the 1-2 transition moments before the roll, riding on top of the buggy back down the hill, anything goes! \u00a0So far it&#8217;s been slower than I expected for a reasonable looking design with solid implementation on xootrs, but they&#8217;ll figure that out in due time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Heat Selection<\/h4>\n<p>Heats were selected on Sunday night and\u00a0Raceday 2012 starts with a 16 heat schedule featuring 11 orgs and \u00a048 teams (27 mens, 21 womens) which is a\u00a0remarkably\u00a0stable number considering how much turmoil there has been in the ranks. \u00a0Last year we had \u00a049 (29 mens, 20 womens), and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/history\/raceday\/2003\">10 years ago we had 47<\/a>. \u00a0With six D teams this year (including a first ever two for the women) we are seeing a bit of a trend towards more teams from fewer orgs, but nothing too dramatic.<br \/>\n<div class=\"iframe-wrapper\">\n  <iframe src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/pub?key=0AuJqrzitvsWSdE1HbXlNY1djVm9UNjZ5d3ZXYTJNU2c&#038;single=true&#038;gid=0&#038;output=html&#038;widget=true\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"height:425px;width:375px;\">Please upgrade your browser<\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Other pre-raceday thrills<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetartan.org\/2012\/4\/16\/sports\/compubookie2012\">Compubookie came out this morning in the Tartan<\/a> as tradition requires. \u00a0Check it out here if you&#8217;re into buggy commentary by someone who can only be bothered to fill you in once a year :).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AY2DFVdNou4\">cmuTV published a raceday promo video<\/a> that went pretty viral on facebook over the weekend, racking up over 1,100 views in less than 2 days. \u00a0If you haven&#8217;t caught it yet, now&#8217;s your chance to get psyched and watch buggy with a dramatic soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Game of Buggy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AY2DFVdNou4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a member you should have found our legendary Members-only Raceday Preview in your inbox by now. \u00a0Enjoy it. \u00a0If you didn&#8217;t get a copy, you should know that it&#8217;s not too late. \u00a0Join up, forward us the gift receipt to join@cmubuggy, and we&#8217;ll hook you up pronto. \u00a0If you thought you were a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest-buggy-stuff","category-rolls-reports","category-sweepstakes-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2139"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9169,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2139\/revisions\/9169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}