{"id":7124,"date":"2020-04-16T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=7124"},"modified":"2025-09-01T09:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:47:15","slug":"100-years-of-buggy-history-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2020\/04\/100-years-of-buggy-history-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Years of Buggy History &#8211; 2014"},"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><em><strong>Before we start, it&#8217;s Carnival Weekend!<\/strong>  And even though we can&#8217;t all meet in person for Raceday 2020 this year, Sweepstakes and the BAA have put together a VIRTUAL RACEDAY 2020!  Virtual Raceday 2020 will run from noon-3:30pm ET, and will include Race Showcases (including some videos that you&#8217;ve never seen before), Live Commentary from all of your favorite broadcasters, an Alumni Panel, Live Trivia (with prizes!), Class of 2020 Recognition, Interactive Content, and plenty more!  So join us on Saturday at Noon ET in our <a href=\"https:\/\/cmu.zoom.us\/j\/91610341394\">Zoom webinar here<\/a>, or in our live simulcast at <a href=\"http:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/live\">cmubuggy.org\/live<\/a>.<\/em>  <em>And if history is more your thing (and if you&#8217;re reading this, maybe it is), Tom Wood will be giving his annual History of Buggy presentation on Sunday at noon ET as part of Virtual Carnival 2020.  You can <a href=\"https:\/\/cmu.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_C31VSCDwRhyhzdjVvo2Qmw%20\">register for his presentation here<\/a>, or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/cmu.is\/carnival\">cmu.is\/carnival<\/a> for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>One more reminder:  Along with these 2010s posts, we&#8217;re also doing a Raceday Rewatch, so you can join us at this link on Friday at 5pm ET (or rewatch it on your own later): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uv68WO78CwI\">2014 Rewatch<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, the 100 Years of Buggy History series focuses on 2014.    It&#8217;s the 100th anniversary of Carnival!  But a scary crash cast a pall over Raceday, while poor road conditions and wet weather led to tons of craziness on the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2014<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Raceday<\/span>: Prelims on Friday, April 11 at 9:30am*; Finals on Saturday, April 12 at 8:00am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sweepstakes Committee<\/span>: Lars Wander (Chair); Melisa Yepes (Ass. Chair); David A. Power (Safety); Connor Hayes (Design)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Men\u2019s Results<\/span>: (1) SDC A &#8211; Malice (<strong>2:04.47<\/strong>); (2) SigEp A \u2013 Kraken (<strong>2:14.61<\/strong>); (3) Fringe A &#8211; Bissa (<strong>2:17.01<\/strong>); (4) SigEp B &#8211; Barracuda (<strong>2:17.32<\/strong>); (5) Spirit A \u2013 Seraph (<strong>2:18.12<\/strong>); (6) PiKA B &#8211; Chimera (<strong>2:25.47<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Women\u2019s Results<\/span>: (1) SDC A &#8211; Malice (<strong>2:33.45<\/strong>); (2) Fringe A &#8211; Bissa (<strong>2:42.62<\/strong>);(3) SDC B &#8211; Vice (<strong>2:49.45<\/strong>); (4) CIA A &#8211; Icarus (<strong>2:50.66<\/strong>); (5) SigEp A &#8211; Kraken (<strong>2:52.75<\/strong>); (6) PiKA A &#8211; Chimera (<strong>2:55.46<\/strong>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Design Comp<\/span>: (1) CIA &#8211; Icarus; (2) Fringe &#8211; Bissa; (3) CIA &#8211; Impulse*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Other Awards<\/span>: (People\u2019s Choice) Spirit &#8211; Seraph; (Chairman\u2019s Choice) CIA; (Spirit of Buggy) Fringe; (T-Shirt) Spirit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weather<\/span>: Rain, 55-57 Degrees on Friday; Foggy early, then cloudy, 37-64 on Saturday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Raceday Video Playlist<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLCSO71HhvyTykdG5VNSLb4YrKisV55yiy\">2014 Race Playlist<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prediction Score: 34\/55 Men\u2019s, 27\/45 Women\u2019s (Compubookie); 30\/55 Men&#8217;s, 20\/52 Women&#8217;s (Ben Matzke)<\/p>\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>Bad Crash Mars Raceday<\/strong>.&nbsp; Raceday 2014 had a number of moments that in a normal year could have been the longest lasting legacy for the year.&nbsp; Unfortunately, a bad crash during the Women\u2019s heats on Saturday overshadowed all of them.&nbsp; The final Women\u2019s heat of the day was Heat 7, which put SDC A\u2019s Malice, CIA B\u2019s Impulse, and Fringe C\u2019s Banyan against each other.&nbsp; SDC A was the heavy favorite in the race and they didn\u2019t disappoint, earning the win in 2:33.45.&nbsp; They were also so far ahead of Fringe C (in 2<sup>nd<\/sup>) and CIA B (in 3<sup>rd<\/sup>) that the other two buggies could only occasionally be seen in the picture-in-picture on the broadcast.&nbsp; It also meant that the Chute camera was following SDC up to Hill 3 as Fringe\u2019s Banyan made its turn into the Chute.&nbsp; Unfortunately, either due to the slightly wet roads, a mechanical failure, or a mistimed turn, the Fringe buggy completely missed the turn into the Chute.&nbsp; The buggy began to turn, but not until it was already past the entrance to Frew Street.&nbsp; Haybales, which lined the Chute on both the inside and the outside, did not extend all the way down to the bridge.&nbsp; But Banyan kept rolling and trying to turn.&nbsp; The buggy smashed nose-first into the un-haybaled curb at near-full speed.&nbsp; The windshield came off, the front hatch cracked in half (with the front 5 inches of Banyan absorbing some of the blow and \u201ccrumpling\u201d), and worst of all, all three harness attachment points in the buggy failed, throwing the driver forward.&nbsp; The impact fractured one of the driver\u2019s vertebrae, and she was immediately taken to the hospital.&nbsp; Thankfully, she was discharged the following day and made a full recovery.&nbsp; But the crash was one of the scariest moments on the course in the past 30 years, and the incident led to expanded haybales in the Chute, new rules around harnesses, and a SURG-funded study into Buggy safety.<\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070951-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070951-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070951-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070951-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The aftermath of Banyan&#8217;s crash, which would ultimately send the driver to the hospital and lead to a new focus on harness safety.  (Photo courtesy of Bryan Arsham)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>100<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of Spring Carnival<\/strong>. Spring Carnival, then called Campus Week, began in 1914, making 2014 the 100<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of the full Spring Carnival event.&nbsp; Because of that, there was additional pomp and circumstance around Carnival, and some of that carried over to Raceday.&nbsp; GoDaddy, once of the sponsors of Raceday 2014, brought Danica Patrick\u2019s GoDaddy NASCAR vehicle for display during Raceday, and a ribbon cutting ceremony was added to the start of Raceday.&nbsp; Accompanied by CMU alum Daniel Gilman (DC \u201904), former CMU student and PiKA brother, Mayor Bill Peduto, came to cut the ribbon.&nbsp; Early rain delayed the opening ceremonies to 9:30am to give the roads a chance to dry.&nbsp; And the rain held off enough to cut the ribbon!&nbsp; But almost immediately after Mayor Peduto cut the ribbon, the skies opened up and rain began to fall again, forcing Sweepstakes to cancel the first day of racing, pushing Raceday 2014 to yet another 1 day affair. <\/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>Saturday Delayed by Weather As Well<\/strong>.&nbsp; It\u2019s unusual to fog to roll into Pittsburgh after the sun comes up, as it usually burns off early in the morning.&nbsp; But that wasn\u2019t the case in 2014.&nbsp; Races were delayed by 30 minutes on Saturday while&nbsp; Sweepstakes waited for the fog to clear enough to improve driver visibility and help dry the roads from Friday\u2019s rain. <\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070912.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070912-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070912-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070912-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1070912-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raceday 2014 was delayed on Saturday by 30 minutes in order to give the fog time to dissipate and improve driver visibility (photo courtesy of Bryan Arsham)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Rain Causes Problems Both On and Off the Course<\/strong>.&nbsp; Rain didn\u2019t only cause problems on Raceday.&nbsp; A rainstorm in early Fall 2013 caused a pipe to burst in Fringe\u2019s buggy room, flooding the room.&nbsp; The flood damaged a number of materials, as well as one of the Fringe buggies.&nbsp; Fringe had to request, and was granted, a special allocation of $2,580 from Student Senate to replace the damaged materials and repair the buggy. <\/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>Road Conditions Deteriorate<\/strong>. &nbsp;Wet weather throughout the Spring, resulting in a \u201cWinter that never ends\u201d, limited the number of rolls that teams could get leading up to Raceday.&nbsp; But thanks to the road conditions, more practice was most definitely needed.&nbsp; The freeroll, and particularly the lead-in to the Chute, was in about about as bad as a road can be. The road was so dangerous, in fact, that during rolls, Sweepstakes put out cones to warn drivers, essentially making the Buggy course an obstacle course.&nbsp; Given the conditions that the roads were in, it\u2019s not much of a surprise that (most) times on Raceday were slow, and enough teams earned DNFs and DQs that only 3* buggies actually qualified for Design Competition prizes.<\/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\/2013-2014\/Spring-Rolls-March-1\/i-mbNcD3s\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2013-2014\/Spring-Rolls-March-1\/i-mbNcD3s\/0\/8febd35b\/S\/DSC05137-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This photo, from rolls on March 1, shows how bad the road conditions in the freeroll had gotten by 2014 (from the BAA Gallery, uploaded by Ben Matzke)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Robobuggy Returns<\/strong>.&nbsp; Due to weather back in 2011, AEPi was unable to get Robobuggy to roll autonomously on Raceday.&nbsp; And once the brothers who worked on that project left the house, AEPi decided to store Robobuggy in the place where AEPi tends to store some of its buggies \u2013 the dumpster.&nbsp; Thankfully, it was discovered and rescued.&nbsp; The buggy returned to the CMU Robotics Club, and Roboclub decided to try and finally become the first team to actually roll Robobuggy autonomously on Raceday.&nbsp; They debuted their new version of the buggy during CMU\u2019s Build18 Engineering Festival.&nbsp; The buggy that debuted was a remote-controlled version, but the ultimate goal was to make it fully autonomous. <\/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>Lucy On The Ground With Pushbars<\/strong>.&nbsp; The Buggy community was excited to see SAE roll out their first new buggy in around 15 years with they brought out Lucy (named for the previous driver of Rubicon).&nbsp; But the buggy wasn\u2019t perfect.&nbsp; The wheels on the front of the buggy had a fairly significant negative camber, leading to a number of jokes on the broadcast.&nbsp; And the pushbar handle the buggy used on Raceday was the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> pushbar handle that Lucy had.&nbsp; The first broke off 2 weeks before Raceday, when one of their pushers tripped while pushing.&nbsp; The pusher grabbed down to help break his fall, and the force snapped the pushbar handle in half. <\/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\/2013-2014\/Spring-Rolls-April-6\/i-qDM5fjH\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2013-2014\/Spring-Rolls-April-6\/i-qDM5fjH\/0\/64f7eeb3\/S\/DSC06658-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SAE decided to build their new buggy, Lucy, so that the front wheels were NOT parallel (from the BAA Gallery; uploaded by Ben Matzke)<\/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>Bolt\u2019s Configuration<\/strong>.&nbsp; Bolt was Fringe\u2019s first attempt to shift away from the wheel problems that they had had with Zero Error wheels from 2012.&nbsp; But after the falling out between Fringe and Zero Error, Fringe was having trouble finding an alternative wheel supplier.&nbsp; So they ran some tests on an alternative \u2013 an inline speed skating wheel \u2013 and found that the wheels were comparable to what they were using.&nbsp; These wheels were smaller, so Fringe built Bolt to roll on the smaller wheels.&nbsp; But it wasn\u2019t just smaller wheels that made Bolt unique.&nbsp; The back \u201cwheel\u201d was actually <em>two<\/em> wheels, in a single row, at slightly different heights, such that only the lower wheel would be on the ground.&nbsp; Officially, this was done to help with the road conditions; the idea was that if the back of the buggy hit a pothole, there would still be 3 wheels on the ground.&nbsp; Unofficially, per Connor Hayes (passing along the information from another source), it was designed to move the rear wheel forward or backwards to optimize the weight balance for different drivers.&nbsp; When the designer realized that two wheels could be put on the back in Fringe decided to troll people.&nbsp; Then Fringe set it like that at Design Comp and Sweepstakes informed them that &nbsp;\u201cit has to roll like that or it\u2019s DQ\u2019d as per the bylaws\u201d leaving Fringe to &#8220;look stupid&#8221;.<\/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\/2013-2014\/Raceday-Prelims-and-Finals-Apr-11-12\/i-tMxVG67\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2013-2014\/Raceday-Prelims-and-Finals-Apr-11-12\/i-tMxVG67\/0\/38139803\/S\/GAG_1281-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:201px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Take a look at the back wheel<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">s<\/span> of Fringe&#8217;s Bolt in 2014.  It is rolling a white wheel on the ground, with a slightly smaller green wheel slightly elevated off the ground (from the BAA Gallery; uploaded by Guillermo Gomez).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New Buggies of 2014<\/strong>.  Lucy and Bolt weren&#8217;t the only new buggies to hit the course.  CIA took flight with a new, identifiable shell design, releasing Icarus upon the course.  They took their learnings of a standard trike from Impulse in 2013 and tried to improve on it,  attempting to reduce surface area to reduce weight.  That attempt succeeded, as Icarus is CIA&#8217;s lightest buggy to date.  In addition, the buggy was built to allow for two different wheel sizes on the back wheels &#8211; 6&#8243; and 10&#8243; wheels.  Spirit debuted a slightly shorter, slightly less pointy design than their prior builds with Zenith.  Lastly, Apex completed its second career build and officially began a naming theme, rolling out their new buggy Ember.   <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ember\u2019s Away<\/strong>.&nbsp; Unfortunately, even though Ember was new and had been rolling throughout the semester, it had to be scratched from Raceday at the last minute.&nbsp; This was due to some unfortunate decisions made during the build process.  Per Apex co-founder Connor Hayes, Apex used a pan and shell construction method for Ember, where the bottom of the buggy has a thicker foam core and the rounded upper portion uses a nomex core.  Apex used a rohacell core material for the bottom foam core that was very low density, but it was too weak to handle the loads.  As Apex was loading the truck for Raceday, the head mechanic noticed the rear wheel of the buggy could move up and down nearly an inch each way.  This was caused by the core material around the rear wheel mount\/hardpoints failing, which ruined the structural rigidity of the buggy.  In an abundance of caution, Apex made the last minute decision not to roll Ember, whcih was the buggy listed on the roster for Apex&#8217;s A team.  This left Apex with 1 buggy, Phoenix, but 2 push teams.  Due to some scheduling conflicts, Apex had not listed their A team pushers as their B team alternates.  Because of this, Apex was left with just their Men\u2019s B team, pushing Phoenix.&nbsp; After a full morning of fighting between Apex and Sweepstakes, Sweepstakes agreed to allow a vote &#8211; if the majority of Chairmen voted in favor, Apex would be permitted to scratch their B team and roll their A team in the B team&#8217;s heat with Phoenix.  Only 1 organization voted against: PiKA.  However, since PiKA A was scheduled to run in the same heat as Apex B, Sweepstakes gave PiKA an absolute veto power.  Since PiKA was opposed to Apex running its A team, the Apex A team was not permitted to roll, leaving Apex with just their B team on Raceday.  To give Apex\u2019s A team pushers a chance to push, Sweepstakes put Apex A in the exhibition timing heat, where they were able to push Phoenix.&nbsp; Their time was around a 2:20.77, which would have been good for 6th place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Compubookie Trouble<\/strong>.&nbsp; Compubookie got into <em>major<\/em> hot water in 2014 with his one-liners called \u201cThe Field\u201d.&nbsp; Always straddling the line between crude and inappropriate, his 2014 comments on AEPi, Fringe, and Spirit easily crossed the line.&nbsp; This led to a permanent change in the Compubookie process, as the Tartan Editorial Board printed an apology for the comments the following week, and 2014 would be the last year that Compubookie would be printed in the Tartan (it would shift to the cmubuggy.org site for future years).&nbsp; But the article had more than just offensive one-liners; it also had predictions, and he did pretty well on those.&nbsp; On the Women\u2019s side, he noted that SDC and Fringe both had fast pushers to back up fast buggies (but SDC was on a different level), while predicting SigEp as the dark horse.&nbsp; predicted (1) SDC A, (2) Fringe A, (3) CIA A, (4) SDC B, (5) PiKA A, and (6) SigEp A.&nbsp; On the Men\u2019s side, he felt that this would be the start of CIA\u2019s rise into the A-team level of racing, beating all of the backup B and C teams, but they were still a step behind the top teams. Meanwhile, Spirit had fast pushers, but he expected some driver issues to hold them back. &nbsp;He went with (1) SDC A, (2) SigEp A, (3) Fringe A, (4) PiKA A, (5) SDC B, (6) Spirit A, (7) CIA A, (8) Fringe B, (9) PiKA B, and (10) SDC C.  Ben Matzke also gave his predictions in the Raceday Preview, though he left off letter designations unless it was a second or third team (I have filled in the letters below, but for points purposes above, &#8220;PiKA&#8221; was given credit when PiKA B was in the Top 6).  On the Women&#8217;s side, his Top 8 was (1) SDC A, (2) Spirit A, (3) PiKA A, (4) SigEp A, (5) SDC B, (6) Fringe A, (7) CIA A, and (8) SDC C.  On the Men&#8217;s side, his Top 10 was (1) SDC A, (2) SigEp A, (3) PiKA A, (4) SDC B, (5) Spirit A, (6) Fringe A, (7) Apex A, (8) CIA A, (9) SigNu A, and (10) SAE A.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>An Unbelieveable Blowout<\/strong>.&nbsp; By 2014, SDC had already proven that they were a Buggy superpower.&nbsp; But 2014 was a chance for SDC to prove that they were the <em>only<\/em> Buggy superpower.&nbsp; On the Women\u2019s side, with 1 day of racing, SDC had 2 of the only 3 teams to break 2:50, and their 9 second victory over SigEp was the largest margin of victory on the Women\u2019s side since 2004.&nbsp; But those stats were nothing compared to the Men\u2019s division.&nbsp; SDC\u2019s Men\u2019s A team rolled a 2:04.47, which at that point was the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> fastest race in history.&nbsp; Meanwhile, second place was SigEp A, who finished in 2:14.61.&nbsp; That 10.14 second gap was the largest margin of victory on the Men\u2019s side since 1958!&nbsp; This may have been a combination of a strong year for SDC, a weak year for the field, and poor road conditions that led to a number of DNFs and a focus on safe driving over speed.&nbsp; But it showed that SDC was officially playing a different game than everyone else, as there were 2 different races going on: SDC A vs. the Course Record, with everyone else battling for 2<sup>nd<\/sup> 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>A Gap Between the Top and the Bottom. <\/strong>&nbsp;Unfortunately for SDC, while their A team showed their dominance, the Men\u2019s B and C teams showed that in some years, it\u2019s all or nothing.&nbsp; SDC Men\u2019s B, pushing Vice, was an unfortunate victim of the poor course conditions, as the buggy clipped a pothole in the Chute that sheared off one of its wheels, and while spinning out a second wheel went flying.&nbsp; Meanwhile, SDC Men\u2019s C\u2019s Psychosis just slightly oversteered the Chute and couldn\u2019t save her turn, spinning out and landing the team another DNF.&nbsp; <\/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\/2013-2014\/Raceday-Prelims-and-Finals-Apr-11-12\/i-SCKm6XJ\/A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos.smugmug.com\/2013-2014\/Raceday-Prelims-and-Finals-Apr-11-12\/i-SCKm6XJ\/0\/7787ce4a\/S\/2014-04-12%2010_51_19-2-S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SDC&#8217;s Vice didn&#8217;t have the best Raceday in 2014, as poor road conditions lead to the buggy losing both of its back wheels during the Men&#8217;s heats (from the BAA Gallery; uploaded by Mizel Djukic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Design Confusion<\/strong>.  The poor results from Raceday made for one of the more confusing Design Competitions in years.  During the Awards Ceremony, it had been determined that only 2 of the 7 entrants had actually qualified to win a design trophy by finishing in the top third of times &#8211; CIA&#8217;s Icarus and Fringe&#8217;s Bissa.  However, a few days (or weeks) after the Awards Ceremony had been completed, a recount had been performed and thanks to a couple of late DQ&#8217;s, CIA&#8217;s Impulse suddenly found itself eligible.  Therefore, it earned the 3rd place trophy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Notable Women\u2019s Heats<\/strong>.&nbsp; Below are some of the more notable heats from the Women\u2019s racing:<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h6OdV1vrKak\">Women\u2019s Heat 3<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; Thanks to a mechanically-induced 3:26 back in 2012 and a lack of teams comparing Hill 1 times during Heat Selection, Women\u2019s Heat 3 ended up pairing CIA A\u2019s Icarus in Lane 1 against PiKA A\u2019s Chimera in Lane 2, with SDC D\u2019s Avarice rounding out the heat.&nbsp; PiKA got up the front hills first, but PiKA and CIA were pretty even as they entered the freeroll.&nbsp; CIA\u2019s driver was forced to swerve at the shove to avoid making contact, but as the two buggies crossed the street, the PiKA buggy squeezed CIA against the curb on the Flagstaff side of the street.&nbsp; CIA\u2019s back right wheel, and possibly the front right of the buggy, made contact with the curb, slowing Icarus down significantly.&nbsp; But the PiKA buggy wasn\u2019t rolling all that well, and CIA was able to regain on PiKA later in the freeroll, while SDC was travelling faster than both.&nbsp; As they turned into the Chute, PiKA led, but took a conservatively wide line in the roll up to Hill 3 and CIA took the inside path, passing PiKA.&nbsp; CIA then moved outside a bit, cutting off PiKA.&nbsp; Meanwhile, SDC\u2019s Avarice, which had the most speed of the 3 buggies, was able to pass <em>both<\/em> PiKA and CIA on the outside on the roll up to Hill 3.&nbsp; CIA passed SDC back once they got to the pushers (an A team vs. a D team), and PiKA passed SDC when they reached the Hill 3-4 transition, but CIA was able to keep the lead in the Heat and take the win, finishing 4<sup>th<\/sup> overall.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xgdbOlBg5us\">Women\u2019s Heat 4<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 SigEp A\u2019s Kraken in Lane 1 went up against Fringe B\u2019s \u201c4-wheeler\u201d Bolt in Lane 3.&nbsp; The race itself wasn\u2019t super exciting once the teams hit the freeroll, though Fringe actually had the lead through Hill 1 and was only narrowly behind SigEp going into the freeroll.&nbsp; But a poor Hill 2 shove didn\u2019t help SigEp, and the race revealed some potential issues with Kraken, as the buggy seemed to be wobbling somewhat significantly throughout the freeroll.&nbsp; But the race was still enough for SigEp to earn a top 5 finish. <\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VWWi0X7NJrI\">Women\u2019s Heat 5<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 SDC B\u2019s Vice easily won the heat against Spirit B\u2019s Seraph and Apex B\u2019s Phoenix.&nbsp; The excitement came from the two trailing buggies. Spirit was second going into the freeroll and made a clean Chute turn, but lost speed somewhere.&nbsp; Meanwhile, Apex\u2019s Phoenix carried a ton of speed into the Chute and, after taking a <em>very<\/em> wide line and nearly hitting the outer haybales, Apex caught up and passed Spirit on the roll up to Hill 3.&nbsp; Apex pulled away from Spirit on Hill 3, but Spirit caught back up on Hill 4 and as they hit the Hill 4-5 transition, the two buggies were even.&nbsp; Apex had the faster Hill 5 though, and they pulled away to win.<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cP72BXdumxw\">Women\u2019s Heat 6<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Fringe A\u2019s Bissa won the race without issue, but the Hill 3 pusher got blown away by the buggy, potentially costing Fringe some time.&nbsp; Meanwhile, AEPi A\u2019s Kamikaze made it into the freeroll second, ahead of SigEp B\u2019s Barracuda, but Barracuda passed Kamikaze around the Stop Sign and pulled way ahead from there.&nbsp; Adding further insult, AEPi was DQ\u2019d for a spot safety failure\u2026for the second year in a row.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=owGPnU1uYsE\">Women\u2019s Heat 7<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; As noted above, this heat is most notable for Fringe C\u2019s Banyan crashing in the Chute, though it\u2019s not visible on camera.&nbsp; But this heat is also notable as it\u2019s the winning heat, with SDC A\u2019s Malice crushing the field. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Notable Men\u2019s Heats<\/strong>.&nbsp; While the Women\u2019s heats only had 1 bad crash, the Men\u2019s heats were marred with significantly more incidents, though none resulted in serious injuries, in what ended up as one of the most exciting years on the Men\u2019s side on a heat-by-heat basis (less so from the leaderboard).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ug84Z7vs_KE\">Men\u2019s Heat 1<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; Spirit B\u2019s Zenith beat SDC C\u2019s Psychosis up the front hills, but this was bad for both teams.&nbsp; Spirit B\u2019s Hill 1 pusher appears to have been inexperienced (at least coming out of Lane 2), as he kept pushing the buggy to the end of the crosswalk at the intersection of Tech and Frew Streets.&nbsp; Unfortunately for him, the Hill 1-2 transition zone ends before the <em>start<\/em> of the crosswalk in Lane 2, and Spirit was DQ\u2019d for a Hill 1-2 Transition Violation.&nbsp; Meanwhile, SDC\u2019s Psychosis completed a pass of Zenith just before the buggies reached the Stop Sign.&nbsp; But that effort may have thrown the driver off, because she appeared to overturn slightly in the Chute, causing Psychosis to spin out and earning the team a DNF.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DGyIBlB90eM\">Men\u2019s Heat 2<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp; Andy Bordick predicted a heat of bumper cars between CIA A\u2019s Icarus, SigNu A\u2019s Bungarus Krait, and SigEp B\u2019s Barracuda, and he wasn\u2019t wrong.&nbsp; CIA went into the freeroll first, but the three buggies were fairly close and CIA was the slowest of the 3 buggies.&nbsp; SigEp, who was 2<sup>nd<\/sup> into the freeroll, had completed its pass of CIA as the two buggies crossed the street at Westinghouse Pond.&nbsp; Then SigNu came up and passed CIA just before the Stop Sign.&nbsp; But the drama didn\u2019t end there.&nbsp; SigEp\u2019s Barracuda kept its lead, but as SigNu turned into the Chute, the buggy spun, doing a 360 before even entering the Chute.&nbsp; The buggy rolled backwards down the hill, tapping the outer haybales, and CIA was able to avoid the spin, keeping its line inside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0mpSYYLZmaQ\">Men\u2019s Heat 3<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; It was a rough heat for Fringe B\u2019s Bolt, SDC D\u2019s Avance, and SigEp D\u2019s Pandora.&nbsp; SigEp\u2019s Hill 1 pusher, presumably one of a number of mechanics on the team, wore a mask and hat to push, but after a couple of pushs, he realized they were too much of a hindrance and threw them to the side of the road.&nbsp; On the front end, Fringe went into the freeroll first, but SDC caught up and the buggies were very close in the freeroll.&nbsp; SDC stayed particularly wide of Fringe as they reached the Stop Sign, which made for an awkward angle into the Transition Flag where the two buggies were angled towards each other.&nbsp; Fringe got to the transition flag first, and based on the buggy positioning, Avarice was pinned inside towards the curb.&nbsp; Just past the transition flag, Avarice\u2019s back left wheel hit the curb, slowing her down briefly.&nbsp; But SDC\u2019s driver still felt she could catch Bolt, and as they turned into the Chute, SDC took an inside line and successfully passed Fringe, who took a wider line.&nbsp; Fringe caught back up and the two buggies were neck-and-neck up the back hills, with Fringe pulling away to win at the end.&nbsp; Unfortunately, Bolt\u2019s brakes weren\u2019t working properly and they failed drops, earning a DQ.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Men\u2019s Heat 4<\/strong>.&nbsp; The heat itself wasn\u2019t all that interesting, but it\u2019s notable because SigEp C\u2019s Mamba continued what, to that point, had become a bit of a SigEp tradition and failed drops, earning a DQ.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xte3EjFpGzQ\">Men\u2019s Heat 5<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Originally the heat was supposed to have 3 buggies, but Fringe C was forced to scratch due to Banyan\u2019s crash in the Women\u2019s heats.&nbsp; That left just SDC B\u2019s Vice and SAE B\u2019s Rubicon.&nbsp; As noted above, the heat didn\u2019t go well for SDC B, as Vice hit a pothole in the Chute and lost a wheel, causing a spin that then peeled off a second wheel.&nbsp; Rubicon seemed to be having problems of its own though and tricked down to the Chute Flag at tortoise speed, where the driver was given a brake flag and the buggy stopped.&nbsp; SAE was granted a reroll, where Rubicon continued to roll painfully slow but, ironically, SAE was DQ\u2019d for failing drops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rctCyDJgTr4\">Men\u2019s Heat 6<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; More carnage came from Heat 6, as PiKA A\u2019s Banshee took on AEPi A\u2019s Kamikaze and, officially, Apex B\u2019s Phoenix.&nbsp; But Phoenix never made it out to the starting line for the race, likely due to a timing issue from SDC\u2019s spin in the prior heat (the follow truck wasn\u2019t even down at the starting line until there were 30 seconds left until the race).&nbsp; Apex was granted a reroll.&nbsp; AEPi would also receive a reroll, as a result of a PiKA organizational failure.&nbsp; Banshee was flying down the freeroll with the fastest Stop Sign time to that point.&nbsp; But as she reached the Chute flagging area, a PiKA flagger was nowhere to be seen.&nbsp; My assumption is that the PiKA driver then guessed where to turn.&nbsp; But she started the turn too late and was carrying far too much speed to make it, resulting in the left side of the buggy slamming into the outer haybales.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U9KtpKLhrtQ\">Men\u2019s Heat 7<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; SigEp A\u2019s Kraken put together a solid effort, finishing 2<sup>nd<\/sup> overall.&nbsp; But both Spirit C\u2019s Kingpin and SAE A\u2019s Lucy had trouble in the back. SAE went into the freeroll just ahead of Spirit, setting up some excitement in the Chute. Spirit\u2019s driver thought that she would be able to pass, but could never quite get there, and got caught in between passing and settling back in the Chute.&nbsp; As a result, Spirit spun out, possibly to avoid hitting SAE.&nbsp; SAE ended up being DQ\u2019d for Pusher Interference somewhere on the course, though I\u2019m not sure exactly where it happened (it\u2019s possible it was after the Hill 2 shove), and Spirit was granted a reroll.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rudNWx-czDQ\">Men\u2019s Heat 8<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Once again, Fringe A\u2019s Bissa was the clear winner of the heat with no issues.&nbsp; The same can\u2019t be said for second place.&nbsp; CIA B\u2019s Impulse and Spirit D\u2019s Mapambazuko were even as the two buggies went into the freeroll.&nbsp; The two buggies <em>may<\/em> have made contact as they were shoved into the freeroll together.&nbsp; CIA was forced to swerve afterwards, but CIA stayed behind throughout the rest of the freeroll.&nbsp; CIA B was able to pass Spirit D once they got to Hill 4, showing the difference in push teams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0WlbEorj7T8\">Men\u2019s Heat 9<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Since the other 8 heats were included, we may as well throw this one in the group as well.&nbsp; The excitement in this race was just in the time, as SDC A\u2019s Malice won Raceday 2014 with the then-third fastest time of all time, going up against PiKA B\u2019s Chimera.&nbsp; SDC A\u2019s Hill 1 pusher Eric Dissinger also took home King of the Hill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YrC9-B_56jc\">Reroll 2<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 CIA Men\u2019s B easily won the heat, but AEPi Men\u2019s A was the disappointing team of the heat, as they were nearly passed by PiKA <em>Women\u2019s<\/em> A\u2019s Chimera in the Chute.&nbsp; Thankfully for this writer, the AEPi men stayed ahead of the PiKA women\u2019s team.&nbsp; However, based on the video, AEPi clearly missed the pushbar as Kamikaze crossed the finish line, and then possibly failed drops, though AEPi was given a second chance at drops and passed.&nbsp; However, even though it\u2019s obvious from the video that AEPi should have been DQ\u2019d, officially they were not, earning their second best placing ever of 12<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EqnYYI0l-VM\">Reroll 3<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 The final heat of Raceday 2014 may have been the most exciting of all the heats.&nbsp; PiKA B\u2019s Chimera was in Lane 1, CIA A\u2019s Icarus was in Lane 2, and Apex B\u2019s Phoenix was in Lane 3.&nbsp; CIA and PiKA went up the front hills together, and even though it looked like PiKA could have had the lead going into the freeroll, the Hill 2 pusher appeared to hold back a bit in order to give the buggy a larger shove.&nbsp; In a near carbon copy of these two buggies from Women\u2019s Heat 3, PiKA had a narrow edge on CIA and squeezed CIA against the curb at the start of the freeroll, causing the left side of Icarus to rub against the curb for a somewhat sustained period of time.&nbsp; This sapped all of CIA\u2019s speed, allowing Apex\u2019s Phoenix to pass Icarus as the two buggies made the Chute turn.&nbsp; The back hills then got crazy.&nbsp; Apex started to gain on PiKA, with Apex nipping at PiKA\u2019s heels the entire way from Hill 3 to the finish line.&nbsp; CIA, after having lost significant speed in the freeroll, continued to close the gap between them and the top 2 teams on Hills 3 and 4, then came absolutely flying on Hill 5 and caught up to Apex, with a photo finish that went to CIA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Exhibition Roundup \u2013 2014<\/strong>.&nbsp; The rainout on Friday, plus the delay on Saturday, meant that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ql5wjv4QPlU\">only Exhibition Heat was the timing heat<\/a>.&nbsp; But to make sure teams got a chance to compete, there were 3 teams in the heat \u2013 SDC E pushing Psychosis, Apex A pushing Phoenix (as discussed above), and Fringe D pushing Banyan.&nbsp; Apex won the heat in a 2:20.77.&nbsp; Fringe, meanwhile, waiting a few seconds at the start of the race in order to make sure that they were sufficiently separated from SDC.&nbsp; SDC, whose Hill 1 pusher pushed <em>down<\/em> instead of <em>out<\/em> at the start and caused Psychosis to do a pretty significant wheelie, finished in 2:32.77, and Fringe set a 2:49.95 (including the 3 second delay at the start).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cmubuggy.smugmug.com\/2013-2014\">2014 Photos<\/a><\/strong>.  Below are a few photos other than those in the BAA 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\/34658\/original\/scitech-build18-kate-08.jpg \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetartan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/34658\/original\/scitech-build18-kate-08.jpg \" alt=\"\" style=\"width:202px;height:301px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2014 &#8211; Robobuggy on display during Build18 (from the 01-20-2014 Tartan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetartan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/35080\/original\/sports-buggy-alanV-03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetartan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/35080\/original\/sports-buggy-alanV-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:198px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2014 &#8211; Spirit A&#8217;s Seraph is transitioned from Hill 3 pusher Isaiah Edmonds to Hill 4 pusher Wesley Jones (from the 04-14-2014 Tartan).  Note that the Tartan incorrectly labels this a SigEp buggy.<\/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 is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetartan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/35078\/original\/sports-buggy-abhinav-02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetartan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/35078\/original\/sports-buggy-abhinav-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:300px;height:199px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2014 &#8211; Beginning of the Freeroll in Reroll #1, with Spirit Men&#8217;s C&#8217;s Kingpin leading, SAE Men&#8217;s B&#8217;s Rubicon 2nd, and CIA Women&#8217;s A&#8217;s Icarus 3rd (from the 04-14-2014 Tartan)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thetartan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/35079\/original\/sports-buggy-alanV-06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thetartan-assets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/35079\/original\/sports-buggy-alanV-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:202px;height:300px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">2014 &#8211; SAE Men&#8217;s B&#8217;s Rubicon is transitioned from Hill 1 pusher Kerolos Mikaeil to Hill 2 pusher Max Queenan (from the 04-14-2014 Tartan).<\/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 Before we start, it&#8217;s Carnival Weekend! 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