The Boring<\/span><\/p>\nAEPi \u2013 Same old.<\/p>\n
APEX \u2013 They finally got Ember out and rolling, but not as fast as I\u2019m sure they\u2019d like.<\/p>\n
SigEp \u2013 No incidents, but no speed either. What gives?<\/p>\n
Spirit \u2013 They\u2019re still spinning, but not as much as last year. What did you buy with all that fundraising?<\/p>\n
And now \u2026 the predictions! It\u2019s time for some upsets around here. But, I\u2019m not sure we\u2019ll see any.<\/p>\n
For the women-I\u2019ve got to imagine that even spinny SDC A will be able to make the turn at the slower\u00a0women\u2019s speed, and they should easily roll into first place. PiKA A\u2019s downhill speed and good rollups\u00a0should be enough to slide them into second place, with CIA A following with their new-found speed.\u00a0SigEp A and Fringe A round out the top 5. Fringe will be frantic with their unique fleet of buggies this,\u00a0year with big potential to screw something up.<\/p>\n
The men\u2019s races may be the most interesting we\u2019ve seen in a while. It seems as through teams,\u00a0especially SDC, SigEp and Fringe, are slowing down to be cautious. I\u2019m not sure if this is because of being\u00a0short on time, or the rough conditions of the chute. Either way, I don\u2019t see anyone breaking any records\u00a0this year, despite the freshly paved downhill. If teams DO bring the speed, expect to see tons of crashing\u00a0and spinning.<\/p>\n
As much as I\u2019d love to see a new winner this year, I just don\u2019t see it happening. Malice has been SDC\u2019s\u00a0most consistent buggy, and their veteran driver should be able to make it through the turn safety. PiKA\u00a0has looked impressive this year, but their pushers have been MIA at rolls. The sheer lack of downhill\u00a0competition this year will net them third-place. SigEp A and B will split PiKA here, narrowly squeaking\u00a0ahead of Spirit A for second and fourth places.<\/p>\n
Good luck to all the teams \u2013 be safe and alert. As always, I\u2019ll see you at the races, but you won\u2019t see me!<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s:<\/strong><\/p>\n1.) SDC A<\/p>\n
2.) PiKA A<\/p>\n
3.) CIA A<\/p>\n
4.) SigEp A<\/p>\n
5.) Fringe A<\/p>\n
6.) SDC B<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s:<\/strong><\/p>\n1.) SDC A<\/p>\n
2.) SigEp A<\/p>\n
3.) PiKA A<\/p>\n
4.) SigEp B<\/p>\n
5.) Fringe A<\/p>\n
6.) CIA A<\/p>\n
7.) Spirit A<\/p>\n
8.) APEX A<\/p>\n
9.) SAE A<\/p>\n
10.) PikA B<\/p>\n
SDC<\/strong> \u2013 Your wheels are supposed to spin fast..not your buggy<\/p>\nCIA<\/strong> \u2013 Hey, there\u2019s always design comp!<\/p>\nPhiDelt<\/strong> \u2013 Haha<\/p>\nPiKA<\/strong> \u2013 Losing your hatches like you\u2019re losing your dynasty.<\/p>\nSigEp<\/strong> \u2013 Just keep swimming, just keep swimming \u2026 into third. Your marine-theme is washed up.<\/p>\nSAE<\/strong> \u2013 Your jorts make you look as crooked as your wheels<\/p>\nSpirit<\/strong> \u2013 If you spent as much time improving your buggy as you did decorating, you might have some\u00a0real decorations.<\/p>\nFringe<\/strong> \u2013 I think this will work! I think this will work! I think this will work! I think this will work! I think\u00a0this will work! I think this will work! I think this will work! I think this will work! I think this will work!<\/p>\nSigNu<\/strong> \u2013 If you rolled your buggy as well as you rolled your joints, maybe you\u2019d have a chance.<\/p>\nAPEX<\/strong> \u2013 Delamination is the least of your concerns this year.<\/p>\nAEPi<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cTeam you\u2019d most want to race with on Raceday for 500, Alex\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Compubookie is getting lazier and lazier, so lazy that they again missed the print deadline for the Tartan. After a few years of being late, the team at the Tartan doesn’t care and can’t be bothered to do anything with it. We’re not ones to censor buggy related news and he\/she\/it seems to have toned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[55,40],"class_list":["post-3291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest-buggy-stuff","tag-compubookie","tag-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8833,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/8833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}