Raceday 2025

Which organization holds the record for most total racing wins in Buggy history?

• Beta Theta Pi (Beta)

• Pi Kappa Alpha (PiKA)

• SDC

• Spirit

Answer explanation

PiKA holds the record with 40 total victories, winning 29 Men's races (most recently in 2023) and 11 Women's races (most recently in 2006).

SDC is second all-time, with 26 total victories, 11 in Men's (most recently 2022), 14 in Women's (most recently 2021), and 1 in All Gender (2024).

Spirit is third all-time, with 17 total victories, 8 in Men's (most recently 1998) and 9 in Women's (most recently 2023).

Beta is 5th all-time, with 10 total victories, all in the Men's races (most recently 1979).

There has been one tie in Buggy history. Which organization tied for victory with PiKA in that race?

• Spirit

• SDC

• Sigma Nu

• Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE)

Answer explanation

Due to large crowds at the Finish Line in 1922, there was only a narrow pathway for the buggies to pass through. PiKA and SAE collided, crossing the Finish Line together "radiator to radiator", but the judges could not tell which buggy crossed the line first. So both teams were declared co-champions (and a second trophy had to be purchased for an extra $10).

Which sorority has never fielded their own Buggy team?

• Alpha Kappa Psi (AKPsi)

• Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta)

• Kappa Kappa Gamma (Kappa)

• Delta Gamma (DG)

Answer explanation

Kappa Alpha Theta has had a long history partnering with PiKA to field PiKA's Women's push teams, but they have never had their own team.

AKPsi participated in 1922, but did not complete the course.

KKG participated under its own banner from 2004-2006, with an org-best 12th place finish in Women's in 2004.

DG has participated since 2022 under its own banner, with an org-best 6th place finish in Women's in 2024.

Which team won Queen of the Hill honors in 2024?

• SDC A

• CIA A

• SDC B

• CIA B

Answer explanation

SDC B's Erin Magid earned Queen of the Hill honors, with a 21.03 second Hill 1. She was the first B team pusher to earn Queen of the Hill honors since at least 2006 (when KOTH/QOTH records begin)

Which of the following Sweepstakes positions has NOT been held by a member of the Harllee family?

• Sweepstakes Chair

• Assistant Chair

• Safety Chair

• Design Comp Chair

Answer explanation

2025 Sweepstakes Chair Elena Harllee was also the 2023 Design Competition Chair. Her father, Pete Harllee, was Sweepstakes Assistant Chair in 1994 and Sweepstakes Chair in 1995.

Who is the primary Lead Truck driver for Raceday 2025?

• John Hannon

• Holly Hippensteel

• Joanna Dickert

• Bryan Koval

Answer explanation

Holly Hippensteel (left) has been driving the Lead Truck since the early 2000s, while Joanna Dickert has been her co-pilot for over a decade. John Hannon is the Follow Truck driver, a role he has played since 2010, with Bryan Koval as his co-pilot since 2018.

Raceday 2000 nearly saw the debut of what "division" of Buggy, until the heat was cancelled due to time?

• Robotic

• Alumni

• Faculty

• All Gender

Answer explanation

The CMU Robotics Club debuted Robobuggy in 2000, intending to race in an Exhibition Heat. Unfortunately, it was cancelled as incidents earlier in the day led to the cancellation of some Exhibition Heats, and for safety reasons Robobuggy did not want to go up against human drivers.

Which organization created the first "Dynasty" in Buggy history, winning each year from 1923-1925?

• Pi Kappa Alpha (PiKA)

• Delta Tau Delta (DTD)

• Kappa Sigma (KapSig)

• Sigma Nu

Answer explanation

KapSig was the first team in Buggy history to discover the importance of wheel technology, borrowing harness racing wheels from various Pittsburgh-based owners to earn the threepeat.

The late 1940s-1950s saw DTD and ATO go on back-to-back winning streaks, setting many course records in the process. How many years in a row was a course record set by these two teams?

• 3

• 5

• 8

• 11

Answer explanation

DTD's second win in 1949 set a course record of 2:42.00. From that point through 1956, every winning buggy set a new course record, lowering the record to 2:25. That streak was snapped at 8, when ATO merely tied their own course record in 1957.

A protest over SigNu's eligibility, a vehicle breaking through the barricades, numerous crashes, and a weather cancellation of a mostly-rainless Day 2, were just some of the issues that occurred during what year, dubbed by Sweepstakes Chair Dave Kanner as "The Year of the Tainted Sweepstakes"?

• 1965

• 1975

• 1985

• 1995

Answer explanation

Sweepstakes had a rough year in 1975, which ultimately ended with a PiKA victory. But as Sweepstakes Chair Dave Kanner would ultimately say, "Hopefully, we will someday be able to look back at this and laugh at ourselves."