{"id":3512,"date":"2015-11-17T20:07:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T00:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=3512"},"modified":"2023-09-05T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T14:19:20","slug":"rolls-report-nov-14-15-mini-raceday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2015\/11\/rolls-report-nov-14-15-mini-raceday\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls Report: Nov. 14 & 15 – Mini Raceday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This was a great weekend for buggy: fair weather, clean(er) roads, and Mini Raceday. If you are reading this post you are probably already familiar with the concept of Mini Raceday and all that it entails, but if you stumbled upon cmubuggy.org through a fluke of the internet, let us explain (because we wouldn\u2019t want this<\/em> to be the confusing post). Despite what the name implies, extra small buggies with Thumbelina-sized drivers did not zip around the course this weekend. What actually happened was that freeroll (crosswalk to Hill 3) and backhills runs were timed by Sweepstakes and others (Ed the Sweepstakes chair, Guochen ass’t chair, and Matteo a SDC mechanic). The organizations with the fastest men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams then receive bragging rights, congratulatory back slaps, and a fabulous mystery prize from Sweepstakes. This year the fastest freeroll went to PiKA, fastest men’s backhills to SDC, fastest women’s backhills to CIA, and fastest overall time to SDC. The prize has yet to be announced by Sweepstakes. Probably because they don\u2019t know what it is yet. The times are summarized in a table at the bottom of the report. In the end, the point of Mini Raceday is to simply get an official gauge of where the teams stand at this point in the year. However a lot can happen in the spring semester.<\/p>\n

\"\"Mini Raceday excitement aside, it was an all-around good weekend of rolls. Saturday 6 teams made it out; 7 if you count Robobuggy. We only had one stop on Saturday which was due to a flagging malfunction, and there were no other incidents. Sunday saw all 11 teams rolling, many with a large fleet. Obviously this was to get timing data on as many buggies\/drivers as possible, but it did slow things down a bit. Sunday was a fairly clean day. One driver had a spin at the top of the freeroll, but both driver and buggy were uninjured. Also, one SDC driver had a slight issue with one chute turn, but came to a complete stop before any collisions.<\/p>\n

In Attendance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Org<\/th>\nSaturday<\/th>\nSunday<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
AEPi<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\u00a0Kamikaze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apex<\/td>\n\u00a0Ember, Phoenix<\/td>\nEmber, Phoenix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CIA<\/td>\n\u00a0Impulse, Icarus, Ascension, Equinox<\/td>\nImpulse, Orca, Icarus, Ascension, Equinox<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fringe<\/td>\n\u00a0Balius, Bissa, Beacon<\/td>\nBalius, Bissa, Beacon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PhiDelt<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPerun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PiKA<\/td>\n\u00a0Banshee, Raptor<\/td>\nBanshee, Raptor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SDC<\/td>\n\u00a0Malice, Havoc<\/td>\nMalice, Havoc, Avarice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SigEp<\/td>\n\u00a0Kraken, Pandora<\/td>\nKraken, Barracuda, Pandora<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SigNu<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKrait<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spirit<\/td>\n\u00a0Inviscid, Zuke, Fuko<\/td>\nInviscid, Zuke, Seraph<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Robo<\/td>\n\u00a0Transistor<\/td>\nTransistor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Observations<\/strong>\u00a0(Saturday Gallery<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Sunday Gallery<\/a>)<\/p>\n