{"id":3992,"date":"2017-04-11T19:40:47","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T23:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=3992"},"modified":"2023-09-03T07:09:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T12:09:17","slug":"rolls-report-april-8-9-rapidly-approaching-raceday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2017\/04\/rolls-report-april-8-9-rapidly-approaching-raceday\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolls Report: April 8 & 9 – Rapidly approaching Raceday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Can you believe it, Buggy fans? Raceday 2017 is a mere week away! Much like our buggies, time seems to be speeding up as we approach the pinnacle of buggy-lover activities.\u00a0Every org but one was out and getting in those last few rolls before Truck Weekend. Though, it seems that several teams are waiting on their duct tape orders to arrive. Ethan G (report writer and radioman extraordinaire) amassed quite the collection of hatches and various buggy bits that came loose in the chute.<\/p>\n

If you arrived at rolls before 6:30 on Saturday, you\u2019d have seen about 100 vehicles on the course as EMS borrowed our closed roads to do some training for their drivers. <\/span>Rolls scheduled to start earlier this weekend were delayed on Saturday by course works and confusion on the roads as we scrambled to get the flaggers to their positions before their buggies were rolling. There was a little chaos and many teams were not prepared as Sweepstakes called for first roll.
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\"\" Triple Buggy Spin –\u00a0<\/b>The major incident on the course this weekend occurred Sunday during\u00a0a joint PhiDelt and Apex Roll. After passing Panther Hollow bridge and the transition flaggers the driver of the lead PhiDelt buggy felt, or heard something that upset her enough to put on the brakes. After applying the brakes the buggy went into a spin and came to a stop in the middle of the roadway. Unfortunately they were being closely followed by 2 Apex buggies \u2018Ember\u2019 and \u2018Kyle\u2019. Upon seeing stop flags Ember applied the brakes and pulled left, spinning around and coming to a stop against the sidewalk. \u2018Kyle\u2019 seeing this attempted to steer to a wide right of the pileup and applied the brakes as she headed towards the monument. \u2018Kyle\u2019 at this point also spun around and came to a stop leaving 3 buggies facing the wrong direction just upstream of the monument. EMS cleared all the drivers for be pushed through but this very unexpected turn of events results in a significant rolls slow-down.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Attendance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Org<\/th>\nSaturday<\/th>\nSunday<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Apex<\/td>\n\u00a0Phoenix<\/td>\nKyle, Ember<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CIA<\/td>\n\u00a0Orca, Tempest, Emperor<\/td>\nOrca, Impulse, Emperor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fringe<\/td>\n\u00a0Bolt,\u00a0Bissa, Beacon, NB17, Boson<\/td>\nBoson, Bolt, NB17, Beacon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PhiDelt<\/td>\nEmily<\/td>\nEmily<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PiKA<\/td>\n\u00a0Banshee, Cliodhna<\/td>\nBanshee, Cliodhna, Raptor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SAE<\/td>\n\u00a0Lucy<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SDC<\/td>\n\u00a0Malice, Havoc, Bane, Avarice, Rage<\/td>\nMalice, Havoc, Bane Avarice, Rage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SigEp<\/td>\n\u00a0Kraken, Barracuda, Beyonce<\/td>\nKraken, Barracuda, Beyonce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spirit<\/td>\n\u00a0Inviscid, Zuke, King Pin<\/td>\nInviscid, Zuke, King Pin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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