Memorial Baja

Come one come all...

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:58:17 -0230

After beating their brains out all night the team managed to get the car into the main lobby of the engineering building. Come out and have a look!

Some Event Stuff

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:19:05 -0230

Check out the latest pictures and videos from the Rochester event.

The Results are In

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:27:05 -0230

Everybody's back from the competition in Rochester, New York and they did splendid! 77 teams descended on the Rochester Institute of Technology facility to the 2010 SAE Mini-Baja Competition, and among them, for the first time, was Memorial Baja. Our boys and girls garnered the praise of the judges during the first day at tech inspection, who, realizing this was their first car, were flabbergasted. They went on to have a hard time in the hill climb due to a clutch maladjustment only to rise to the occasion in the water event, in which they placed first, beating the closest time around the watery race course by an astounding seven seconds! The suspension test knocked out a lot of teams, and almost our driver (Rocky) too, physically, but the buggy stayed strong and muscled over rows of giant logs! The team went on to pass the remaining battery of tests set forth by SAE one after another until finally completing the four hour endurance race with only minor repairs. In culmination, they brought home a win in the floating trial, the Rookie Award (and were lauded on by the event coordinators during it's presentation on stage), and a final 25th out of 77 overall! It was an outstanding effort and an outstanding result for any team, let alone a first year one.

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:33:50 -0230

You can now follow Memorial Baja on Twitter. Hear about all the team's exploits on their way down to, at, and up from the competition in Rochester, New York!

And they're off...

Mon, 7 Jun 2010 12:32:41 -0230

The Memorial Baja team left at 7 this morning for Rochester!

Heaps of New Video

Thu, 3 Jun 2010 15:41:29 -0230

On the eve of the grand journey to Rochester I present to you, the buggy. There's also a little treat from Baja's own Aaron Bolt at the end of the post.

Updated Sponsors

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:45:29 -0230

Have a look are the updated Sponsorship page. We are eternally grateful for your sincere support. It's cliché, but this really would never have happened without you. We look forward to doing everyone involved proud in Rochester, New York next week!

Oh, by the way...

Thu, 27 May 2010 10:23:41 -0230

...it runs (52 km/hr!) as of a week ago AND floats as of yesterday in fact! We were just all to caught up in excitement to post an update. Stay tuned for those soon though!

By week's end...

Thu, 20 May 2010 14:35:43 -0230

...the machine will move!

Updates Galore

Tue, 11 May 2010 12:43:43 -0230

The frame is being welded as I type. In the meantime here is a flood of new pictures from before it left.

Many Hands Make Light Work

Mon, 3 May 2010 10:59:34 -0230

Winter work terms being over mark the return of some old recruits.