CMU Buggy Raceday 2008: Mens Finals, Heat 4

PiKA A vs. Spirit A

Second to last heat of Raceday 2008. PiKA breaks the record set by SDC on Day One by 1.20 seconds.

Fastest time in Sweepstakes history to date.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Carnegie
• Mellon
• Buggy
• Sweepstakes
• Pi
• Kappa
• Alpha
• Spirit

[kalookakoo5]

@jerrybaptiste oh my. How do you find anyone to fit in the buggies? Such a small space...

[jerrybaptiste]

Yes, there's a small person inside the buggy that is driving/steering. This is a Carnegie Mellon tradition where the student organizations on campus prepare all year to design & build the buggies (we are the #1 engineering school in the world) & train/race with them around 5 "hills" on a course that runs through the campus. It's one of the largest & popular events on campus that students, faculty, and local residents participate in.

[carfreak92]

@Dopplershift : There's a small person inside the buggy steering. It's existed on the CMU campus since like 1910 or so?

[Dopplershift]

I'm sorry but I have no idea what I'm looking at, what is this sport? How is that thing being steered? Is it remote control from the trucks? How did this sport come to exist? It's so weird... What is happening here?

[chutsu]

OMG... this is sureal... I have never seen anything like this.

[lemuroid2142]

These are great.  Thanks for posting.