Rolls Report September 12: New Year, News Flash, Flash Floods

Posted on | by James Wong | Leave a Comment on Rolls Report September 12: New Year, News Flash, Flash Floods

Welcome back everyone to another year of buggy! I’m James, your rolls reporter, here to bring you all the news from the course served with a big helping of buggy-typical whimsy.

Unfortunately, Pittsburgh is not quite out of its flash-flood season. We had some light rain in the middle of rolls, though, not enough to scratch for the rest of the day. There were only a handful of drops on my reporting notebook (yes, physical notes to ensure my complete thoughts cannot be used to train a buggy AI to replace me). The teams were quite efficient with the time they had, getting through the rolls order 5 times; however, afternoon rains on Saturday was enough to cancel rolls for Sunday.

TeamSaturday
ApexSolaris, Molotov, Scorch
CIAStarling, Emperor, Goldfinch
FringeBermuda, Baltic
RobobuggyShort Circuit, NAND
SDCParanoia, Lust
SpiritSeraph, Inviscid

Photos: Saturday (Upload)

The passing of time and fresh students in the sport always begs the question, what has changed about buggy? What has stayed the same? In this rolls report we bring some rapid-fire highlights.

SDC’s Lust by the transition flag
The result of the brief sprinkle on Saturday
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100+ Years of Buggy History – 2023

Posted on | by Bryan Arsham | Leave a Comment on 100+ Years of Buggy History – 2023

Table of Contents: Intro & 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 & 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023

It’s September, and you know what that means…it’s time for another 100+ Years of Buggy History article. This year, we look back on 2023. We’re finally back on the tracks after COVID knocked us off, with a full year of Rolls with decent weather and 2 full days of racing! And not only are we back on the tracks, but we’re expanding them, with the first new competitive division since 1979! Of course, you can’t have the good without the bad, and Raceday 2023 ended up being particularly controversial, as one organization got into trouble with the school, one team saw their victory erased, and one team’s winning streak would come to an end…a month before Raceday.

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2026 BAA Election Results

Posted on | by Sam Connor

The voting form has closed and votes have been tallied, and we are happy to announce the overwhelming elections of every candidate who was up for their position to the BAA board for the 2026-2028 election period!

Congratulations to:
– Vice President – Lewis Rockwell
– Treasurer – Guillermo Gomez
– Broadcast Chair – Mark Estes
– Communications Chair – Cynthia Xu
– Rolls Reporter – James Wong
– Teams Liaison – Diya Nuxoll

In addition, we have also received interested candidates for our open events chair position, which will be announced in the coming weeks.

Thank you again for everyone who ran in the elections and those who voted this year! The BAA greatly appreciates your support and participation.

Elections have begun!

Posted on | by Jeremy Tuttle

Elections have opened! Please vote now:

cmubuggy.org/vote

It’s once again that time of year: time to make your voice heard for BAA officer and committee chair elections!

Voting will be open from Friday, May 15th through Friday, May 22nd. Only current BAA members may vote, so make sure to check your membership status to ensure your vote is eligible! Each race requires 25 votes to be finalized, so every vote counts. If you do not see your name on the member roll and believe this is an error, please contact Jeremy and Sam with your latest donation receipt. If you have not renewed your membership this school year, you have until May 22nd to do so.

All of our races are uncontested this cycle. The candidates are as follows:

Vice President – Lewis Rockwell
Treasurer – Guillermo Gomez
Broadcast Chair – Mark Estes
Communications Chair – Cynthia Xu
Rolls Reporter – James Wong
Teams Liaison – Diya Nuxoll

Candidate statements can be found in the ballot form.

Thank you for your continued support for the buggy community!

BAA Board Nominations Open

Posted on | by Jeremy Tuttle

This year, we are holding regular elections for Vice President, Treasurer, Broadcast Chair, Rolls Reporter, Teams Liaison, and Communications Chair. Our current VP Lewis, Comms Chair Cynthia, and Teams Liaison Diya are all running for reelection. We thank our outgoing Treasurer Wade, Broadcast Chair Matt, and Rolls Reporter Dan for their service! We will are also looking at a vacancy in the role of Events Chair, where James has served well for the last two years. That role is for one year only, and is appointed by the BAA Board, though we are taking indications of interest in the nominations form.

Please nominate any eligible candidates who you think would do a good job. In particular, we need candidates for Broadcast Chair and Events Chair.

Nominees will have until May 12th to accept their nomination. This year’s election administrators are Jeremy Tuttle and Sam Connor and can be contacted through the BAA Discord. Nominees are invited to contact the current election administrators and current board members if they have questions about the duties of a position.

The BAA board holds monthly meetings throughout the year, with increased frequency around Carnival. As an officer, attendance is not mandatory at every meeting so long as you continue to make an effort to support the mission and projects of the BAA and ensure that the duties of your position are fulfilled.

BAA election procedures and eligibility requirements are described in the Bylaws and Constitution.

Free Membership for New Grads!

Posted on | by Jeremy Tuttle

Now that Raceday 2026 is in the books, we’d like to extend our annual offer to new graduates: one year of free BAA membership! If you’re interested, please sign up at https://cmubuggy.org/seniors. And for anyone else hoping to vote in our upcoming elections who hasn’t renewed their membership yet this year, be sure to do so as soon as possible! Thank you all for your continued support, and welcome new alumni to your Buggy Alumni Association.

Looking Back on Raceday 2026: Results, Photos, and More!

Posted on | by Jeremy Tuttle

We hope that everyone enjoyed a fantastic, sunny Raceday 2026 ☀️🏁!

Firstly, we’d like to shout out all of our wonderful volunteers. Whether it be timing, tabling, commentating, or anything in between, you all were an integral part of making Raceday 2026 happen. We hope that each one of you knows how much the BAA and the buggy community as a whole appreciate your time and dedication.

Full Raceday 2026 results are now up on our website, and a full recording of the awards ceremony (both Buggy and Booth) can be found on our YouTube channel! We’d like to extend a huge congratulations to all of our trophy- and award-winners this year 🏆. Our YouTube channel also has the full Raceday 2026 livestreams. Stay tuned in to our Instagram, Facebook page and our YouTube channel for more photos and videos of individual heats, which will be published once they’ve been processed!

Raceday 2026 photos have also been uploaded to our photo gallery 📸! If you took photos at Raceday and would like to contribute to our gallery, please refer to the links publicized in our Discord (Join our discord!) or contact data (at) cmubuggy.org.

Once again, thank you to everyone—students, alumni, volunteers, parents, and fans alike—for your continued support of Buggy. We hope that you all enjoyed Raceday 2026 as much as we did and that you all are just as excited as us for the next year of Buggy!

Prelims Lead Truck Auction is LIVE!

Posted on | by Jeremy Tuttle

The Raceday 2026 Prelims Lead Truck Auction is now live! Please read the terms on the auction site, especially the bold print, to ensure you are able to claim your hard-fought lead truck seat. Auctions close at 9PM Thursday, so be sure to distract your friends at our Happy Hour at Cappy’s so you can outbid them.

The auction for Finals seats, including the All-Gender races, will take place live and in-person, immediately following the History of Buggy, at 5PM Friday at the CUC brown chairs.

Get the 2026 Raceday Preview

Posted on | by Wade Gordon

Raceday 2026 is right around the corner! Active BAA members will receive the 2026 Raceday Preview in their email soon! Please see our membership page to check your status as an active member of the Buggy Alumni Association. If you need to renew your membership, please do send us a membership update request, and we’ll be sure to get the Raceday Preview to you ASAP once its released. If keeping up with annual dues is a hassle, consider becoming a Golden Goose Lifetime Member, and your donation will help keep the buggy enthusiasm running for generations!

Supporting the Buggy Alumni Association is a great way to support the greater buggy community. We have teams of dedicated volunteers documenting the history of the sport, facilitating the raceday broadcast, hosting events for students, friends, family, and alumni year round, and connecting students with resources to help keep their team on the course.

The teams committee has a new revision of The Essential Build Book. This is a major rework thanks to DG’s feedback while building their first buggy, Banta! This year, teams received financial support from the BAA to fund safety improvements, bringing older buggies up to modern safety standards.

From our history and website committees, we’ve published the earliest known Raceday video – the Finals of Raceday 1930! We have updated our database for 1930 and added photos of each of the 8 buggies that competed that year to our gallery. Our plans to post more historical Racedays to YouTube continues. Those who attend Carnival this year will get a special sneak peek – If you’re back for your 35th Reunion (Class of ’91) or you were in CIA 50 years ago (1976), make sure to stop by Buggy Showcase (or find the BAA with a laptop) and you’ll get to watch your Raceday, in preparation for Raceday 2026.

We continue to expand our Buggy photo gallery, with over 41,000 photos and videos of buggy from the past 126 years now on our site. And the (daunting) task of tagging and captioning all of those photos for easy viewing reference presses on. We’ve continued to update our database with more race information from the 1980s-1990s, trying to make it as complete as possible (including rosters).

Safe travels! Get hyped! We’ll see you on the course!