{"id":7506,"date":"2021-04-30T03:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/?p=7506"},"modified":"2021-10-09T09:40:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T14:40:10","slug":"april-showers-bring-may-raceday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmubuggy.org\/news\/2021\/04\/april-showers-bring-may-raceday\/","title":{"rendered":"April Showers Bring…May Raceday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We\u2019ve made it to (Mini-)Raceday!  COVID has dealt a number of blows to Buggy over the past year, but Sweepstakes worked incredibly hard to get buggies back on the course this Spring and now it\u2019s time to crown a champion.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the first time in 50 years, Raceday returns to its roots; the month of May. We\u2019ll be live-streaming Mini-Raceday on both Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2, beginning at ~6:15AM ET.  You can watch along at http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/BuggyLive2021<\/a>, and of course, the Discord<\/a> is always open for alumni and students to watch and talk together (and based on past experience, there might even be additional camera angles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Of course, much like everything else this past year, this won\u2019t be a traditional Raceday.  COVID safety measures are still in place, which means that alumni should not attend in person. <\/strong>There won\u2019t be any crowds, and the teams themselves are limited in personnel and attendance.  In total, 7 organizations will be competing in both Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s races in a \u201ctime trial\u201d-style of racing.  Only 1 buggy will be on the course at a time.  Each Men\u2019s team and each Women\u2019s team will receive 2 individually timed rolls, and the best of those two times will be the team\u2019s official time.  In the event a team doesn\u2019t finish or has a disqualification in one of their runs, then the other run will determine the team\u2019s official time.  However, certain event-based DQs, such as noncompliance with COVID safety measures, will result in a full team DQ and no official time will be recorded for that team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The normal cmuTV and WRCT broadcast teams won\u2019t be out on\nthe course, but that doesn\u2019t mean we\u2019ll be without commentary.  Representatives from CMU\u2019s SLICE office will\nbe on-site to announce the races and keep those of us at home informed of what\u2019s\ngoing on at the corner of Tech & Frew. \nAnd of course, alumni, students and parents in the Discord will almost\ncertainly provide some commentary of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday, May 1<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Saturday will begin with a normal session of Rolls from ~6:15-7:45AM.  3 teams \u2013 Apex, CIA, and PiKA<\/strong> \u2013 will be in attendance during the regular rolls session.  At 7:45AM, Apex and CIA will pack up and go home to prepare for Sunday.  In their place, Spirit<\/strong> will attend and will collect their official times from 7:45-8:45AM.  PiKA will remain on the course at that time but will not<\/em> have their times recorded on Saturday.  Instead, they will collect additional practice rolls in preparation for their timed runs on Sunday (keeping them in the order will also give Spirit a breather between races).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, May 2<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Sweepstakes will be timing heats all morning, beginning at ~6:15AM.  6 teams \u2013 Apex, CIA, Fringe, PiKA, SDC, and SigEp<\/strong> \u2013 will be in attendance, and each of them will be competing for the grand prize (along with Spirit\u2019s times from Saturday).  Each team will have their Women\u2019s push team go first, one at a time, until the roll order has been completed.  Once the order has been completed, then each Women\u2019s team will push a second time.  Once all of the Women\u2019s teams have gone, those pushers will leave and be replaced by the Men\u2019s teams (and for certain teams, buggies and drivers will be swapped as well).  The process will then repeat for the Men\u2019s teams.  Each roll will be 5-6 minutes gun-to-gun.  The roll order (which is based on the heat selection order) will be as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n