{"id":6980,"date":"2020-03-26T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=6980"},"modified":"2025-09-01T09:47:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:47:45","slug":"100-years-of-buggy-history-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/03\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Years of Buggy History &#8211; 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Table of Contents<\/span><\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/09\/100-years-of-buggy-history-intro-and-1920\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Intro &amp; 1920<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/09\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1921-1923\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1921-1923<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/10\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1924-1927\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1924-1927<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/10\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1928-193\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1928-1932<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/10\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1933-1935\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1933-1935<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/10\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1936-1939\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1936-1939<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/11\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1940-1945\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1940-1945<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/11\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1946-1949\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1946-1949<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/11\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1950-1953\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1950-1953<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/11\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1954-1956\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1954-1956<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/11\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1957-1959\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1957-1959<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/12\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1960-1963\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1960-1963<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/12\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1964-1966\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1964-1966<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/12\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1967-1969\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1967-1969<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2019\/12\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1970-1973\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1970-1973<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/01\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1974-1976\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1974-1976<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/01\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1977-1979\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">1977-1979<\/span><\/a>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/01\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1980-1983\/\">1980-1983<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/01\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1984-1986\/\">1984-1986<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/01\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1987-1989\/\">1987-1989<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/02\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1990-1993\/\">1990-1993<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/02\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1994-1996\/\">1994-1996<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/02\/100-years-of-buggy-history-1997-1999\/\">1997-1999<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/02\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2000-2003\/\">2000-2003<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/03\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2004-2006\/\">2004-2006<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/03\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2007-2009\/\">2007-2009<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/03\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2010\/\">2010<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/03\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2011\/\">2011<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/04\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2012\/\">2012<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/04\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2013\/\">2013<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/04\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2014\/\">2014<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/04\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2015\/\">2015<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/04\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2016\/\">2016<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/05\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2017\/\">2017<\/a><\/span>; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/05\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2018\/\">2018<\/a><\/span>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/05\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2019\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2019<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/05\/100-years-of-buggy-history-recap-and-2020\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Recap &amp; 2020<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2024\/09\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2021\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2021<\/span><\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2025\/09\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2022\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11205\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2022<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, the 100 Years of Buggy History Series hones in on 2011.  2011 unfortunately brought with it a large buggy exodus.  But 2011 also had an incredibly surprising battle at the top between the defending champion and the would-have-been defending champion, and all it took to win was the fastest recorded freeroll in history. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2011<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Raceday<\/span>: Prelims on Friday, April 15 at 8:00am; Finals on Saturday, April 16 at 8:00am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sweepstakes Committee<\/span>: Chris Shellhammer (Chair); Janice Chen (Ass. Chair); Fritz Langford (Safety); Rachel Johnson (Design)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Men\u2019s Results<\/span>: (1) Fringe A &#8211; Bonsai (<strong>2:05.08<\/strong>); (2) SDC A &#8211; Malice (<strong>2:06.19<\/strong>); (3) SDC B &#8211; Bane (<strong>2:09.67<\/strong>); (4) SDC C &#8211; Avarice (<strong>2:15.22<\/strong>); (5) Spirit A \u2013 Zulu Machafuko (<strong>2:16.53<\/strong>); (6) Spirit B &#8211; Seraph (<strong>2:17.74<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Women\u2019s Results<\/span>: (1) SDC A &#8211; Malice (<strong>2:34.96<\/strong>); (2) Fringe A &#8211; Bonsai (<strong>2:35.08<\/strong>);(3) PiKA A &#8211; Chimera (<strong>2:41.12<\/strong>); (4) SDC B &#8211; Bane (<strong>2:42.03<\/strong>); (5) SigEp A &#8211; Mamba (<strong>2:50.90<\/strong>); (6) SDC C &#8211; Avarice (<strong>2:54.36<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Design Comp<\/span>: (1) CIA &#8211; Ascension; (2) Fringe &#8211; Bonsai; (3) Fringe &#8211; Borealis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Other Awards<\/span>: (People\u2019s Choice) Spirit &#8211; Mapambazuko; (Chairman\u2019s Choice) KapSig; (Spirit of Buggy) CIA; (T-Shirt) Fringe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weather<\/span>: Partly Cloudy, 46-61 Degrees on Friday; Rain, 50-54 on Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Buggy Book<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/files\/buggybooks\/buggybook_2011.pdf\">2011 Buggy Book Link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Raceday Video Playlist<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL38B96A81C477E753\">2011 Race Playlist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prediction Score<\/span>: 23\/55 Men\u2019s, 36\/45 Women\u2019s (Compubookie)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SDC Returns<\/strong>.  In a bit of a controversial decision, following SDC&#8217;s Fire Safety Violation in 2010, Sweepstakes reinstated the team in full for 2011.  The precedent for reinstatement had been set the year prior with Beta, and SDC&#8217;s argument was a little stronger as the DQ decision was of a more questionable nature.  And the reinstatement enabled SDC to pick up right where they left off&#8230;duking it out at the top of the leaderboard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Introducing Robobuggy<\/strong>.&nbsp; In 2010, AEPi brother Nate Barshay decided to enter the Mobot competition and won.&nbsp; Having completed that in his first year at CMU, he set his sights on something bigger.&nbsp; He and brother Alex Klarfeld discovered that in the early 2000s, the School of Computer Science had briefly attempted to build a robotic buggy.&nbsp; The buggy itself still existed, so Nate and Alex decided to see if they could be the first to build an autonomous driving buggy.&nbsp; Rolling pre-dawn at rolls, the two collected data and tried to get the buggy set up to drive itself, using advanced technology (including, if I remember correctly, a modified Xbox Kinect).&nbsp; By the end of the semester, they had completed an autonomous roll during practices, and had planned to perform the first ever autonomous roll as the first exhibition on the Saturday of Raceday.&nbsp; Unfortunately, Saturday got rained out, and the roll never happened.&nbsp; But if you want to read about what they were doing, <a href=\"http:\/\/robobuggy.blogspot.com\/\">here is a link to their blogspot<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>KapSig Comes Back<\/strong>.&nbsp; In 2011, KapSig tried Buggy again.&nbsp; And to do it, they surprised everyone by producing their own buggy!&nbsp; The normal process is to borrow or purchase an older buggy, but KapSig went the more difficult route and it worked, making it to Raceday.&nbsp; Their silver buggy was named Apache.&nbsp; Unfortunately, this was a 1 year attempt, as KapSig dropped out of Buggy again for 2012.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New Buggies.&nbsp; <\/strong>Robobuggy and Apache weren&#8217;t the only new buggies on the course in 2011.  A couple of turning-point buggies made their debut.  The leader of the pack came from Fringe, who managed to figure out the perfect combination of buggy features as they rolled out their new buggy, Bonsai.  Meanwhile, CIA took the leap from &#8220;trying new things&#8221; to &#8220;building a legitimately good buggy&#8221; with their 3rd monocoque design, Ascension.  SDC rolled out yet another fast buggy, Bane.&nbsp; SigEp tried something slightly different (which didn&#8217;t really work out) with their new buggy, Mamba.&nbsp; PiKA also debuted a new buggy, Raptor.  And Spirit built a brand new buggy for the first time since building Seraph in 2004, rolling out Mapambazuko (Zuke).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mamba&#8217;s Secret<\/strong>.  A fun fact about Mamba came out during the Raceday 2014 broadcast, courtesy of Anthony Pacella.  Reportedly, if you were to turn over SigEp&#8217;s new buggy Mamba and look at the bottom, the bolts on the bottom spell out something about their Buggy Chair, Bryan Bleda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>PhiKap Leaves<\/strong>.&nbsp; PhiKap was heavily ramping up in 2010, as they brought out 2 teams with plans to expand to 3 in the coming years. Unfortunately, that plan got put to a screeching halt.&nbsp; Some (according to Sam Swift) \u201cill-advised, college guy type antics\u201d in the Spring was one straw too many for CMU, and the fraternity was suspended for the start of the 2010-2011 school year.&nbsp; We don\u2019t have an official source on why the fraternity was kicked off campus, but at least one report involved chickens.&nbsp; The PhiKap departure continued a trend of the shrinking of the fraternity system at CMU, resulting in a number of longstanding Buggy teams being wiped out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Last Pioneer<\/strong>.&nbsp; Pioneers was formed back in 1987, but by 2011 the organization had been dwindling.&nbsp; It barely had enough people to support a team, leading to Pioneers sharing support staff (such as follow cars and flaggers) with other teams.&nbsp; But they still had a driver, 5 pushers, and at least 1 mechanic, the bare minimum for a buggy team. &nbsp;Unfortunately, this would be the last time that they would have those people&#8230;and a buggy.  At some point (either Truck Weekend or Raceday, it&#8217;s a little unclear), as their buggy Chaos crossed the finish line, the catchers (see a note on their importance below) grabbed the pushbar and cracked the mount.  It may have been repaired, but 2011 would be Pioneers&#8217; last year on campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A Return To Wood<\/strong>.  Back in the early days of Buggy, many buggies were made out of wood.  That had mostly changed by World War II.  But in 2011, wood made a comeback.  AEPi&#8217;s Zephyrus had a pushbar failure on the first day of rolls in 2011, causing the metal pushbar that had been fished out of a dumpster to return to be thrown back in.  AEPi decided to get more technologically advanced, and built a new pushbar out of composite materials.  Unfortunately, they didn&#8217;t do a great job, and the new pushbar broke in half during capes.  So the fraternity decided to go old-school.  They went out and bought a 2&#215;4 and attached it to the buggy.  The 2&#215;4 worked, and what was initially going to be a short-term solution ended up lasting much longer than planned (much like Zephyrus itself).  Wood would make an even bigger comeback a little later.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-10\/i-h3Dxx45\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-10\/i-h3Dxx45\/0\/00b07052\/S\/P1030109-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:225px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">AEPi&#8217;s structural pushbar makes it maiden voyage during Fall rolls (from the BAA Gallery; courtesy of Bryan Arsham).  Also attached?  One of AEPi&#8217;s &#8220;structural monkeys&#8221;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Predictions<\/strong>.&nbsp; Compubookie predicted a number of crashes on Raceday, thanks to the condition of the Chute.&nbsp; On the Women\u2019s side, he predicted a close race at the top between PiKA, Fringe, and SDC, but called for SDC to once again win.&nbsp; His Top 6 were (1) SDC A, (2) Fringe A, (3) PiKA A, (4) SDC B, (5) SDC C,&nbsp; and (6) Fringe B.&nbsp; On the Men\u2019s side, he again called for a tight top 3, but this time between SDC A, Fringe, and SDC B, predicting that SDC B would be the first B team to crack 2:07.&nbsp; His Top 10 were (1) SDC A, (2) Fringe A, (3) SDC B, (4) PiKA A, (5) SigEp A, (6) SDC C, (7) Spirit A, (8) Fringe B, (9) CIA A, and (10) PiKA B.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Fall Crashes<\/strong>.&nbsp; The September 27, 2010 Tartan includes a Crime &amp; Incident Report involving Buggy.&nbsp; On September 19, \u201ca buggy crashed into a row of haybales in the Chute on the Buggy free-roll course.&nbsp; The driver was extracted from the buggy safely and evaluated by Carnegie Mellon EMS.&nbsp; The student was given an ice park and treated for minor injuries.\u201d&nbsp; It must have been a slow week at the Tartan, as this doesn\u2019t really seem like it was worthy of making the C&amp;I.  But based on the Rolls Report, our guess that this was a crash involving Fringe&#8217;s Blizzard, where the impact of hitting the outer haybales was hard enough to knock the front hatch off and cause some scratches to the new driver.  Another hard one came on October 16, as per the Rolls Report, Fringe&#8217;s Borealis had something go wrong about halfway through the Chute turn, sending the buggy hard into the outer haybales, pushing 2 bales aside and hitting the curb (resulting in a cracked windshield).  The driver was in some pain, but reportedly it was shoulder pain caused by the buggy harness doing its job and keeping her in place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Pothole Problems<\/strong>.  The condition of the Chute, both entrance and exit, had begun to deteriorate by 2011, leading to a number of issues throughout the course of the year.  On the first weekend of rolls in the fall, CIA&#8217;s Firebird hit a pothole at a critical part of its turn and ended up in the inner haybales.  On October 9, SDC&#8217;s Addiction made it into the Chute cleanly, but as she was rolling up to Hill 3, she hit a pothole that sheared the wheel, including the stub, clean off the buggy (that pothole was filled in for the next morning&#8217;s rolls).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-9\/i-KQffBbk\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-9\/i-KQffBbk\/0\/4fafa408\/S\/P1030073-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:225px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tough to make it up to Hill 3 when you&#8217;re missing a wheel (the pothole was pretty deep, and there&#8217;s a photo in the October 9, 2010 gallery) (from the BAA Gallery, courtesy of Bryan Arsham)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bicycles Beware<\/strong>.  On October 10, CIA&#8217;s Firebird had a close call with a biker.  Per the Rolls Report, the biker came on to the course from the Westinghouse Pond area and merged obliviously right in front of the buggy. &nbsp;The driver braked some, but when the bike rider heard something behind him he slowed down and got more in the way, causing the driver to end up against the curb as she came to a stop. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-10\/i-MgrT6XT\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-10\/i-MgrT6XT\/0\/9031c91e\/S\/Biker%20close-S.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:177px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A camera attached to CIA&#8217;s Firebird was kind enough to catch this biker who decided to test out whether he was faster than a buggy (from the BAA Gallery, uploaded by Sam Swift)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Mini-Raceday Wrapup<\/strong>.  SDC avenged their 2010 DQ with a 2011 Mini-Raceday title on the Men&#8217;s side, while the women of Fringe earned themselves the Mini-Raceday title on the women&#8217;s side.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Importance of Catchers<\/strong>.  Catching the buggy is an underrated role on the course (usually handled by mechanics and team leaders), but it&#8217;s a necessary one.  However, if you&#8217;re a new group you might not realize its importance.  SigNu made it back out to the course for the first time of the school year in March, but with a team full of newcomers.  On their first roll, the driver had an issue going the wrong way about the monument, but the scarier moment came at the finish line.  The two mechanics set up to catch decided to leave and head back to their tent before the buggy arrived.  The Hill 5 pusher came running full speed and gave the buggy a shove to cross the finish line, which sent the buggy careening towards the PiKA and CIA buggies waiting to roll.  Thankfully, the Hill 5 pusher was able to catch up to the buggy and drag his feet along the ground to slow it down before the buggy made contact with the other teams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Push Practice Hiccup<\/strong>.  Push Practice was set to start at the beginning of March, but things hit a snag.  The City of Pittsburgh decided to take a closer look at their late night road closing permits, and they didn&#8217;t exactly like the idea of &#8220;semi-closed&#8221; roads, where students are the ones controlling the coming and going of cars.  But after a two week holdup, the City finally agreed to grant the permits and push practices were back on.  The compromise was that CMU police and insurance would vouch for the safety of push practice, and some new barricading and safety policies were put in place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Speed Bumps<\/strong>.&nbsp; The November 15, 2010 Tartan reported that a discussion around the Pittsburgh Regional Parks Master Plan for calming traffic in Schenley Park included the possible addition of speed bumps to the park, particularly around the intersection between Schenley Drive and Panther Hollow Bridge.&nbsp; The plan officially included an ornamental roundabout, but some individuals called for speed bumps instead.&nbsp; If speed bumps were installed, the buggy designed would need to be reconsidered from a safety perspective.  Thankfully, the plan chose a different route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>End of a Designasty<\/strong>.&nbsp; Fringe had won Design Competition every year since 1999, setting a record with 11 straight victories and deterring others from competing.&nbsp; The run became known as the Fringe Designasty.&nbsp; That Designasty fell in 2011, as CIA\u2019s 3<sup>rd<\/sup> attempt at a monocoque buggy, Ascension, turned the tables and picked up the surprise Design Competition victory.&nbsp; But that win was only possible thanks to CIA sneaking into the Men\u2019s Finals, finishing 10<sup>th<\/sup> and cracking the Top 10 for the first time since 2005.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bad Weather Sets In<\/strong>.&nbsp; The Class of 2010 never had to deal with weather on Raceday, as for 4 straight years, Sweepstakes was able to get 2 full days of racing in.&nbsp; Unfortunately, that streak ended in 2011 (and a whole different streak began).&nbsp; Rain rolled in on Saturday, causing the Finals to be cancelled and making Raceday a 1 day affair for the first time since 2006. And even though the rain didn\u2019t fall on Friday, it wasn\u2019t the most pleasant Raceday, as it was cold and windy<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Notable Women\u2019s Heats<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m7vn65gLWI0\">Heat 2<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 PiKA C\u2019s Knightfall and Fringe B\u2019s Borealis battled up the front hills in Lanes 2 and 3.&nbsp; PiKA had the lead on Hill 1 and a bad transition by Fringe let PiKA increase that lead, but Fringe\u2019s buggy rolled faster and Borealis was able to pass Knightfall at the Stop Sign.&nbsp; PiKA caught back up on Hill 3, pulling even at the 3-4 transition, but Hill 4 is the Hill that separates the good from the great, and Fringe B was able to pull away on Hill 4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ggGBwF5ZodE\">Heat 3<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ggGBwF5ZodE\"> <\/a>\u2013 Spirit\u2019s woes continued, as Spirit A\u2019s Haraka spun in the chute as the lead buggy, coming to rest towards the inner haybales.&nbsp; SDC didn\u2019t get a brake flag in time and came into the Chute, where the driver had a major swerve, though it\u2019s unclear based on her outside line if the swerve was to avoid hitting Spirit on the inside or to avoid hitting the outer haybales.&nbsp; CIA B\u2019s Freyja also came through the Chute cleanly.&nbsp; We\u2019re not sure why, but neither team rerolled.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lzREhBK2Cc8\">Heat 4<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 SigEp B\u2019s Peregrine didn\u2019t make it out to the starting line in time, as the team didn\u2019t put the buggy down until the countdown got to 3 seconds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XLGBIAn8DgQ\">Heat 5<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 AEPi A\u2019s Kamikaze didn\u2019t have a chance to make the Finals, but even if they did, they wouldn\u2019t have been able to because the Hill 5 pusher seemed to decide that she didn\u2019t want to hold on to the pushbar.&nbsp; The pusher was right next to the buggy but just didn\u2019t have her hand on the bar as the buggy crossed the finish line, resulting in a pushbar DQ.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cCW_c2my8AE\">Heat 7<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 The final Women\u2019s heat was between SDC A\u2019s Malice, PiKA B\u2019s Zeus, and SigEp A\u2019s Mamba.&nbsp; SigEp A appears to have twitched right at the start, and that twitch was enough for the starter to declare a false start.&nbsp; But the pushers didn\u2019t realize that there was a false start, as the horn was barely audible.&nbsp; So all 3 teams pushed the entire race, before they were informed that they would need to rerun the entire heat.&nbsp; SDC A\u2019s initial time was 5 seconds clear of the field, but in the reroll they didn\u2019t perform nearly as well, making it the closest Women\u2019s race in history, with just 0.11 seconds separating SDC A and Fringe A.&nbsp; But the time was still good enough, and SDC went home with the Women&#8217;s trophy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Men\u2019s Notable Heats<\/strong>.&nbsp; The Men\u2019s heats were the opposite of the Women\u2019s, as they were full of carnage.&nbsp; In total, 11 of 29 teams were either DQ\u2019d or earned a DNF.<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tD0M1FQn5PY\">Heat 1<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 CIA D broke out their suits to push Renaissance against Spirit B\u2019s Seraph and SigEp D\u2019s Pandora.&nbsp; Spirit\u2019s Hill 3 pusher made things interesting with a leaping transition to make sure he got rid of the buggy before crossing the line.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6cnbSC-DrsE\">Heat 2<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 A very tight battle ensued up the front hills between Fringe B\u2019s Borealis in Lane 1, PiKA D\u2019s Knightfall in Lane 2, and SigEp C\u2019s Peregrine in Lane 3.&nbsp; Fringe went into the freeroll in front, followed by SigEp and then PiKA.&nbsp; But PiKA got a bigger shove than SigEp, and PiKA was able to pass SigEp as they crossed over at Westinghouse Pond.&nbsp; But something appears to have gone wrong with Knightfall as they hit the patch in the Chute, and SigEp carried more speed, allowing SigEp to pass back as they rolled up to Hill 3, squeezing in just barely inside of PiKA.&nbsp; The real sign of mechanical issues, however, came on Hill 5, as PiKA, now in 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, stopped on the Hill and did not finish the race.  It turns out that one of Knightfall&#8217;s tires had completely fallen off the wheel somewhere earlier on the course (it was a little impressive that the buggy made it as far as it did), as the aluminum-on-pavement combination didn&#8217;t mix very well.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xplckq7k1rE\">Heat 3<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 SDC C\u2019s Avarice led the race into the freeroll, but it was tight between them, Spirit C\u2019s Mapambazuko in Lane 2 and SAE A\u2019s Rubicon in Lane 3.&nbsp; As SDC pulled away in the freeroll, the trouble was behind them.&nbsp; Spirit continued their unfortunate stretch of spins in the Chute, as they took a wide line and lost control, spinning out.&nbsp; This left SAE in a bind, as Spirit\u2019s buggy came to rest perpendicular against the outer bales.&nbsp; SAE\u2019s line took Rubicon towards the outer half of the Chute as well, and with the Spirit buggy laying there, SAE&#8217;s driver had no other choice than to angle into the outer bales, essentially taking a direct hit into the bales.&nbsp; The driver was OK, however, and SAE was granted a reroll, which was going well until they blew one of their pneumatic tires on Hill 5.&nbsp; <\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dziyyfZ-Oiw\">Heat 4<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 PiKA B\u2019s Chimera, in Lane 1, and Spirit D\u2019s Haraka, in Lane 3, were neck-and-neck up Hill 1, before PiKA pulled away on Hill 2.&nbsp; All the while, CIA B\u2019s Firebird trailed.&nbsp; That all changed in the Chute.&nbsp; The PiKA driver seemed to wait a little too long to make her turn, resulting in a deep line that didn\u2019t have much of a chance of making it through cleanly.&nbsp; The PiKA driver <em>almost<\/em> made the turn, with the buggy grazing the outer haybales and bouncing off of them, coming to rest in the middle of the Chute.&nbsp; Spirit, coming through next, was forced to react to PiKA\u2019s buggy in the middle of the Chute, and therefore turned a little too far to the inside, spinning out and tapping the inner bales, causing the buggy to do a 180 and come to rest against the inner bales.&nbsp; But CIA never got a brake flag and kept coming.&nbsp; Somehow, Firebird \u2013 with pushbar down \u2013 threaded the needle perfectly, weaving between the Spirit and PiKA buggies and making it cleanly through the Chute.&nbsp; The pushbar then properly deployed, making it one of the better roles that Firebird had in its career.&nbsp; Both Spirit D and CIA B would be granted a reroll, which was far less eventful.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sF6zS3i2aR8\">Heat 5<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 AEPi B\u2019s Zephyrus suffered the fate that AEPi buggies often have, as the team couldn\u2019t get the buggy to the starting line until the countdown got to 1, resulting in a 5 second DQ.&nbsp; In addition to that, Fringe C\u2019s Hill 5 pusher gave one last shove <em>way <\/em>too late on the Hill and wasn\u2019t able to catch up to Blizzard, resulting in a Pushbar DQ.&nbsp; That left SDC B\u2019s Bane as the only buggy to clock an official time in the heat.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0Ky8rBVm2TY\">Heat 7<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Spirit A\u2019s Hill 2 pusher Ben Antoine made the crowd erupt, as he did his traditional somersault after the shove and then saluted his buggy Zulu Machafuko as it began its freeroll.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mJ0WlBxI5dA\">Heat 8<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 PiKA A\u2019s Raptor was DQ\u2019d for&nbsp;a questionable 5 second DQ, as the front carrier for PiKA\u2019s buggy tried to get a little too cute and waited until the countdown got to \u201c5\u201d before he ran off (the other two ran off at \u201c8\u201d).&nbsp; PiKA Buggy Chair Keshav Raghavan told the Tartan that he understood the DQ, but suggested that in the future, there should be some discretion for Sweepstakes and that the intent shouldn\u2019t be to DQ a team. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hw59U-WQezQ\">Heat 9<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Heat 9 was the Heat of the Day, as it featured one of the best rolls in the history of Buggy, as well what the Tartan referred to as a \u201cparticularly bad crash\u201d.&nbsp; The leading buggy in the heat was Fringe A\u2019s Bonsai, and the freeroll is widely considered to be one of, if not THE, greatest freeroll of all time.&nbsp; Clockers on the course clocked Bonsai\u2019s freeroll time at 49 seconds, the first time that a buggy had ever been clocked at a sub-50 second freeroll (the buggy also went sub-50 top the Stop Sign, another impressive feat, though that one was repeated by SDC A&#8217;s Malice in the next heat).&nbsp; Meanwhile, the crash came with the second buggy in the heat, SigNu A\u2019s Bungarus Krait (though the Tartan erroneously called it a crash between SigNu and AEPi\u2019s Kamikaze).&nbsp; Krait made an early Chute turn and made a hard impact with the inner haybales right at the entrance to the Chute.&nbsp; The impact spun the buggy around, causing it to gently roll across the Chute towards the outer haybales, where some SigNu alums grabbed the buggy to pull it out of the way of AEPi A\u2019s Kamikaze, which was turning into the Chute.&nbsp; However, AEPi saw the spin and applied the brakes, coming to a stop and getting a reroll at the end of the day.&nbsp; The races were delayed for roughly 45 minutes, as the SigNu driver was checked by EMS and eventually transported to the hospital.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lPNzxVMQiYE\">Heat 10<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The final scheduled heat of the day was exciting both for the time and for the battle in the back.&nbsp; SDC A\u2019s Malice had a time to beat of 2:05.08, and they too put up a sub-50 second Stop Sign time.&nbsp; The only question at the end was whether their time was faster than Fringe\u2019s, but it ended up falling just short.&nbsp; Meanwhile, the battle for second in the heat was between CIA A\u2019s Ascension and SigEp B\u2019s Mamba.&nbsp; SigEp led up Hill 1, but CIA caught up on Hill 2 and took the lead in the freeroll.&nbsp; The CIA Hill 2 pusher was nearly tripped from behind by SigEp.&nbsp; SigEp ultimately had the better shove and Mamba was traveling faster, and SigEp passed CIA as they crossed the street opposite Westinghouse Pond.  But all 3 times ended up in the Top 10 overall.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Exhibition Roundup \u2013 2011<\/strong>.&nbsp; As noted above, rain on Saturday meant no Exhibitions.&nbsp; Sadly, it also meant no Robobuggy (you\u2019d think that Robobuggy could still roll in the rain, but Sweepstakes didn\u2019t even bother setting up for races because there was no chance that they could happen). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\">2011 Photos<\/a><\/strong>.  Here are photos other than those in the BAA Gallery (and some select ones FROM the gallery):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetartan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/32240\/original\/buggy_kristenseverson_dsc_0355.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetartan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/32240\/original\/buggy_kristenseverson_dsc_0355.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:200px;height:301px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; A CIA Men&#8217;s B pusher pushes Firebird up the back hills (from the 04-18-2011 Tartan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-10\/i-mfxXbms\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-10\/i-mfxXbms\/0\/a8fe8c18\/S\/rolls_2010_10_10-11-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; SigEp&#8217;s Pandora &#8220;loses&#8221; its front hatch on the back hills on October 10, though it stayed attached throughout the roll.  Is this a DQ? (from the BAA Gallery; uploaded by hvincent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-30\/i-TXhgwgH\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-30\/i-TXhgwgH\/0\/7c9a0391\/S\/DSC_6490-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; Halloween 2010 brought some costumes to the course, including CIA&#8217;s&#8230;princess? pushing Renaissance up Hill 3 (from the BAA Gallery; uploaded by Sam Swift)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-30\/i-qjcznQd\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Oct-30\/i-qjcznQd\/0\/ca5ed3f7\/S\/DSC_6567-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; The Phantom of the Back Hills pushes PiKA&#8217;s Zeus over Halloween weekend (from the BAA Gallery; uploaded by Sam Swift)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Raceday\/i-JR5SQGB\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Raceday\/i-JR5SQGB\/0\/f5afc5e1\/S\/IMG_1169a-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; The first in a series of photos detailing the now-famous &#8220;Spirit Hill 2 Flip&#8221; on Raceday (from the BAA Gallery, uploaded by ms01814)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-19\/i-r2DKtMD\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-19\/i-r2DKtMD\/0\/69d4ae55\/S\/DSC_8559-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; SigEp&#8217;s Mamba heads for a squirrel during spring rolls, but the squirrel gets away (from the BAA Gallery; uploaded by Sam Swift)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-18\/i-Qjg4Qrj\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Sept-18\/i-Qjg4Qrj\/0\/0eeb1469\/S\/DSC_6002-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; PiKA&#8217;s gotta hide those secrets somehow (from the BAA Gallery; uploaded by Sam Swift)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Nov-13\/i-Fg98rpK\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Fall-Rolls-Nov-13\/i-Fg98rpK\/0\/70b5a9e8\/S\/DSC_6754-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; CIA&#8217;s Renaissance, or should I say &#8220;Pimp My Buggy&#8221;, came out with a speaker system equipped for Mini-Raceday (from the BAA Gallery, uploaded by Sam Swift).  Songs included &#8220;Move bitch, get out the way&#8221; as CIA walked past SDC to get to the top of Hill 2.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-19\/i-NvSQKZt\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Spring-Rolls-Mar-19\/i-NvSQKZt\/0\/f3849bfb\/S\/DSC_8514-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; PiKA went from prohibiting all photos to posing for the cameras pretty quickly, especially after this spin by Chimera during Spring rolls (from the BAA Gallery, uploaded by Sam Swift)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Spring-Rolls-Apr-9\/i-M45MxTf\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2010-2011\/Spring-Rolls-Apr-9\/i-M45MxTf\/0\/c2a871c9\/S\/100_0163-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:225px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2011 &#8211; It was a rough truck weekend for SAE, as Rubicon destroyed one of its last remaining pneumatic wheels.  The dearth of remaining wheels would lead to a big change next year (from the BAA Gallery; uploaded by colugodriver)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents: Intro &amp; 1920; 1921-1923; 1924-1927; 1928-1932; 1933-1935; 1936-1939; 1940-1945; 1946-1949; 1950-1953; 1954-1956; 1957-1959; 1960-1963; 1964-1966; 1967-1969; 1970-1973; 1974-1976; 1977-1979; 1980-1983; 1984-1986; 1987-1989; 1990-1993; 1994-1996; 1997-1999; 2000-2003; 2004-2006; 2007-2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; Recap &amp; 2020; 2021; 2022 This week, the 100 Years of Buggy History Series [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":7028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20,21],"class_list":["post-6980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-interest-buggy-stuff","tag-100-years-of-buggy","tag-history"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6980"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11251,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980\/revisions\/11251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}