2010 Louisville SAE Midnight Mayhem

The University of Louisville chapter of SAE will once again be holding "Midnight Mayhem" under the lights of Podium1 Motocross in Charlestown, IN on September 25th, 2010.

For those that don't know by now, this is NOT a practice day.  It is a full-on 4-hour endurance race held at night on a motocross type track.  Awards will be given to the top 3 finishers.

There will be a basic tech inspection similar to last years.  This will include things like drive-train guarding, 4-wheel lock-up, governor set, etc...  Any car from 2006-present that has a "Passed Tech" sticker from a sanctioned event is eligible for this race.

Information about registration fees will be sent out as soon as it is available to all teams interested.  Last year, we did no team registration fee and had each individual team member pay the track entry fee.  We plan on doing the same thing again this year but I will have to get back with everyone on the exact pricing.

Camping and cooking out will be allowed on the race site and there will be a social event after the race for all the teams that decide to hang around.  Hopefully, the weather will co-operate better than last year.

Also, I plan on having t-shirts available for purchase and they should be right around the $10 mark like last year.  I will post an image of the t-shirt design once it is done.

Please post in this thread or e-mail me at dillon_b12@hotmail.com if you are interested in attending.

If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask them here on the forum.  I have no problem answering them through e-mail but by answering on here more teams get the information at once.

Keep an eye on this thread for updates as they are available.

Here are a few pics from last year.












Edited by dillon_b12 - 2010-Jun-24 at 7:23pm

Originally posted by dillon_b12 The University of Louisville chapter of SAE will once again be holding "Midnight Mayhem" under the lights of Podium1 Motocross in Charlestown, IN on September 25th, 2010.

Woo big relief on the brake test! We should be able to bring our car out for some fun. Any chance of an open class, the retired but modified baja's of the past??

Just looked at our academic schedule, turns out we have finals that wednesday through saturday  Should be an interesting talk with the professors

Chris, I believe that is the plan. Everyone always complains about the lack of speed in Baja so why not make these things move a little faster?

Just walked the track this afternoon and the layout looks awesome.  The big hills are still there however there are lots of long straits to build up speed to carry into the hills and corners.  The base track length is about 1.2 miles and there are a couple areas we are considering adding onto to lengthen it out similar to last year but with better execution: hopefully fences won't jump in front of anyone during the race.

Since the track owner also runs an excavating company there might be some elements added in these expanded areas to make it feel a little more Baja and less moto.  Please feel free to offer any suggestions for what you would like to see. 

As of last week there are only going to be motos ran on Saturday morning, so Sunday is completely open.  There is the possibility of having an Auburn Style practice session (safety gear required with 4 wheeler support) until teams feel like they have to head home.

None of these new elements are official yet but if you like what you see or have any comments let us know.

Originally posted by ohmagog Ohio State will be there. First weekend after classes start and there is a home game that day but we should be able to round up some guys.

Don't you mean "THE Ohio State..."? 

Yeah yeah yeah... sorry, THE Ohio State University will be attending.

Originally posted by ErikHardy Originally posted by Bi-Brow Since the track owner also runs an excavating company there might be some elements added in these expanded areas to make it feel a little more Baja and less moto.  Please feel free to offer any suggestions for what you would like to see.  Instead of some long boring straights I'd rather see some rolling whoops, small enough where cars can hit them full out but big enough to have a nice story when things get a little sideways...

There is a rolling whoop section on one of the longer straights that will make things interesting if you hit them right.  Ask some of the Auburn guys who were at Mayhem 1 .  The longest any straight shot will be around 200 yards, however there will be a significant elevation change (34% grade according to Google Earth, which seems a little low actually) and several jumps thrown in: Podium 1 is a motocross track.

TTU and someone else were involved in a mid-air ramming on those same whoops(or maybe one of the doubles sections). 

Erik, being a moto track, very few of the jumps are suited for full throttle approaches in a Baja car.  There will plenty of crashes if drivers aren't smart.  Also, the amount of high-speed twists and turns at this track create a lot more hard racing action than your typical Baja course.  Windsor and us had a few laps at Mayhem 1 where we battled back and forth, passing each other 3-4 times.

We are also looking into throwing in a few more Baja specific sections to mix it up a little.

Originally posted by dillon_b12 TTU and someone else were involved in a mid-air ramming on those same whoops(or maybe one of the doubles sections).     There will plenty of crashes if drivers aren't smart.  We are also looking into throwing in a few more Baja specific sections to mix it up a little.

I'll have to ask some of our alumni and see who was driving at the time for us as I wasn't there.

I don't have final say but I'm not a fan of rocks either. They don't add much excitement for the amount of sh*t they tear up. Some of the organizers met Tuesday and discussed track layout. It's still up in the air what will be added. The Baja specific things I suggested are simple things like short ditch/jump combos that are pretty easily navigated but will punish over aggressive driving.

One of the other things we are going to try to do is possibly fill between one set of doubles to make nice tabletop. That should make it possible to get some serious air.

Edited by dillon_b12 - 2010-Jul-29 at 4:09am

The kettering squad is still a coin flip with attendance. The car should be ready but i'm not sure we can get there with finals being in the way

Originally posted by ErikHardy The kettering squad is still a coin flip with attendance. The car should be ready but i'm not sure we can get there with finals being in the way

University of Illinois will be there!  It'll be our first time out for Midnight Mayhem, but it looks like it will be awesome (rain or no rain).

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Kat Svoboda
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

sweeeeeeeet!  guess we should speed up our restoration of our '04 and '05 cars!

Why can't pre '06 cars race?

Originally posted by JeremyB Probably beating a feverish/dead horse... I've got a group of alumni who is now in possession of a (mostly running) '04 car. Any chance of giving it a waiver or creating a pre '06 class that doesn't race for awards?   Would make for some motivation to get it running. edit: '04 instead of '05

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Engines are to be bone stock except for the higher governor setting which we will set during tech.

One in each car and one in the pit will be fine.

Edited by dillon_b12 - 2010-Sep-16 at 3:07pm

We still some spots available and have decided to push back the registration date to Wednesday, September 22nd.

Edited by dillon_b12 - 2010-Sep-17 at 3:09pm

Hey Dillon

Edited by Rich B - 2010-Sep-19 at 9:30pm

Dillon, those shirts would have been perfect for the mudfest last year, I hope I can make it down from MI to watch some racing next weekend!