Mini-Raceday 2022

How did it go?

RESULTS

ALUMNI

Breakfast

Relay Race

Photos

We rolled Seraph (driven by Cynthia), Kingpin (driven by Lara), and Mapambazuko (driven by Natalie) for Mini Raceday

P.S. Peep the fairings on Seraph - Shoutouts to our mechanics!

HOW DID IT GO?

Mini-Raceday 2022 was an excellent day for SPIRIT despite only 2 rolls. We got to show our first bit of pace. A few hiccups here and there but nothing we couldn’t handle. The atmosphere of the day was incredible, with one of the largest crews popping out to rolls this semester; it was pure magic seeing everyone meld together so well. One of the biggest takeaways from this day was the sheer potential that this SPIRIT team has. With the proper training and bonding, the squad can become the best team out there. We’re so proud of this SPIRIT team already!

Sectors:

Pushers had a good day out there with PLENTY of legs to get our buggies up the hills. Push captain Om was thrilled by the spirit of the team, saying, “We were looking fast as F*** out there today. The energy today was SO nice. Imagine having this energy every single rolls, with all these people out here getting all this practice in… if we continue this… imagine Raceday.”
The drive out there could be described in one word, FAST. The drivers were pushing it to the limit, and it was evident throughout the timesheets. Our newest driver, Natalie, described Mini-Race Day as “super fun! Having a full women’s push team was a new experience for me, and I absolutely loved driving with them! The energy from everyone on the team was electric, and it was just one of those rolls when everyone was at the top of their game and supporting everyone else.”
Mechs had a couple of issues but pushed through, getting in some faster runs. Head Mech Tony wasn’t afraid of sharing his feelings about the day’s pace and energy “ We got to remind the teams that we’re legit and are gonna beat them on race day.”
Media-Design had a great day of footage and a new recruit. With mini-race day being a more significant event than usual rolls, the media team had their hands full getting as many pictures and footage as possible. Despite the pressure of the day, the head of media design, Anishwar, was still his usual relaxed and funny self, saying, “ Thank you all for doing memeable things; you’ll make it to the hype video if you keep this behavior up.”
Flaggers: A great day with the usual loads of yelling at people. Flaggers enjoyed getting to watch the pace of our buggies as they entered the chute from free rolls. Jacob said it was “Overall good times… literally.”

I’m a pusher too!!!

We had A LOT of pusher representation on mini-race day. It felt like everyone you walked into was a pusher that day. There was a comedic moment when doing introductions (for the second time) where a LONG chain of pushers introduced themselves. I mean, at that point, maybe I’m just a pusher and don’t know it yet.

Sock shoe sock shoe??

So how do you put on your socks and shoes? Chair Chloe had an exciting conversation with the pushers as they stretched. Now to preface this, you have probably only ever put on your socks and shoes in one way and assumed it was the only logical path; however, Chloe begs to differ.

RESULTS

MENS

    Place
    Team (Varies) 
    Time
  
    1st
    PiKA
    2:20.13
  
     2nd
    SPIRIT Mens 2S
    2:21.662 
  
    3rd
    SPIRIT Mens 1S
    2:24.966
  
    4th
    PiKA
     2:25.671
  
   5th 
  SDC 
  2:25.713 
  
  6th
  SigEp
    2:26.283
  
  7th
  PiKA
    2:27.060
  
  8th
  SDC
    2:28.423
  
  9th
  PiKA
    2:29.120
  
    11th
    CIA
    2:29.223
  
    12th
    CIA
    2:29.481
  
    13th
    SigEp
    2:31.481
  
    14th
    SPIRIT M1K
    2:35.159
  
    15th
    Fringe
    2:36.895
  
  16th
  Apex
  2:37.228

    17th
    SPIRIT M2K
    2:38.408
  
    18th
    CIA
    2:40.471
  
    19th
    Apex
    2:42.584
  
    20th
    Apex
    2:52.923
  
    21st
    Apex
    2:56.923
  
    22nd
    CIA
    2:57.296
  
    23rd
    SigNu
    -
  
    24th
    SigNu
    -

WOMENS

    Place
    Team (varies)
    Time
  
      1st 
      SPIRIT Womens 1 
     2:59.534
  
  2nd
    CIA
    3:02.006
  
  3rd
    SigEp
    3:14.445
  
  4th
    CIA
    3:18.019
  
  5th
    SPIRIT Womens 2
    3:19.567
  
  6th
    CIA
    3:20.120
  
  7th
    CIA
    3:23.129
  
  8th
    SigEp
    3:32.622

MIXED

    Place
    Team (varies)
    Time
  
     1st 
      Apex 
     2:42.398
  
  2nd
    Apex
    3:01.909
  
  3rd
    Fringe
    -

KING OF THE HILL

    Place
    Team (Varies)
    Time
  
     1st (King)
    SigEp - Barracuda
    16.382
  
    2nd
    PiKA
    17.104
  
    3rd
    SigEp
    17.157
  
    4th
    PiKA
    17.355
  
   5th 
  CIA 
  17.370
  
  6th
  CIA
    17.510
  
  7th
  PiKA
    17.578
  
  8th
  SPIRIT M1S
    17.628
  
  9th
  SPIRIT M2S
    17.822
  
  10th
  CIA
    17.890
  
  11th
  PiKA
    17.926
  
  12th
  Fringe
    18.191
  
  13th
  SDC
    18.228
  
  14th
  Apex
    18.767
  
  15th
  Apex
    19.070
  
  16th
  SDC
    19.968
  
  17th
  SPIRIT M2K
    20.724
  
  18th
  Apex
    21.095
  
  19th
  SPIRIT M1K
    21.605
  
  20th
  CIA
    22.160
  
  21st
  Apex
    22.247
  
  22nd
  SigNu
    -
  
  23rd
  SigNu
    -

QUEEN OF THE HILL

    Place
    Team (Varies) 
    Time
  
     1st (Queen) 
      SPIRIT W1 - Mapambazuko
     21.793
  
    2nd
    SigEp
    25.214
  
    3rd
    CIA
    26.410
  
    4th
    CIA
    28.190
  
   5th 
  SigEp 
  28.261
  
  6th
  SPIRIT W2Z
    32.599
  
  7th
  CIA
    34.890
  
  8th
  CIA
    34.944

ALUMNI

We were visited by a couple of SPIRIT buggy alumni. Tom and Joe brought valuable insights and words of encouragement, as well as some comedy. Joe even relived some of his “good old days” by getting in a push on hill 3. It’s always awesome to have alumni come by; it motivates us to step up our game.

Tom, “The energy feels good; you guys are tight and clean, so keep that up.”

Joe, “Great to see everyone out there and great efforts.”

BREAKFAST AT SPIRIT HOUSE

A special day of rolls means a special post-rolls breakfast! The team gathered at the SPIRIT House for our usual breakfast. It was a warm atmosphere, especially with everyone cramming into the little living room; the couch seated at least 6 people at one point. Once you join SRS, you don’t just join a buggy team, you become a part of a family, and that notion couldn’t have been more evident at breakfast.

Hey thats me!

Driver Jenga

Drivers are a special kind of person, and we don’t fully understand why they do what they do; who would get into a little tube and get sent down a hill just centimeters off the ground??? So let's be honest here, driver Jenga isn’t that out of the ordinary; “ This is the SRS chaos we love to see.” - Driver Natalie.

Crosswords! yes we really are nerds here

Doing a crossword while munching down on some breakfast is a classic pastime. Andrés (me!), one of our new media-design recruits, caught some of the pushers’ eyes with his crossword. What started out as just Andrés and Kay doing mini crosswords quickly turned into several more pushers, plus Rubin trying to solve a full-size crossword. We weren’t amazing, but we finished the puzzle before breakfast was over, so we took the W.

Is it Seth’s app???

In another section of SPIRIT house, some members of the team were obsessing over this app called Juggle Balls (yes, that is literally the name). And then, Seth and Maame go back and forth about whether it was Seth’s app or not cause Seth be lying, but he also makes apps for real. What do y’all think, did Seth in fact make this app? Like, he’s serious but is he REALLY serious???

RELAY RACE

Yup, we are just that crazy…crazy cool!

A little post-mini-race day relay race? Sounds like a FIRE plan! If anyone was around Gesling stadium that morning, they could probably hear us, perhaps a muffled “oh, she catching, she catching!” or “ that's interference!”... we take our relays VERY seriously.