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bmlanger
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Posted: Nov/16/2010 at 1:22pm |
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Dear Baja Teams,
You are formally invited to Michigan Technological
University's Winter Baja Competition.
The competition will take place on Saturday, February 19th in
Lake Linden which is 15 minutes from the Michigan Tech campus. Two 90 minute endurance races will be held as
well as a dynamic event. It’s a great
chance to test your cars for 2011 competitions or simply get drive time.
Entrance fee this year will be $100 for the first car and
will include dinner and trophies following the event. Bring as many cars as you want; each
additional car is $50. Registration is open until February 19th;
payments must be received by then if arrangements have not been made otherwise.
There will be a $10 discount for registering earlier than February 5th.
This year we are implementing a new online payment option.
This will allow you to pay for the event online with a credit card. The system
has not been completed yet, but we expect it to be done before the end of the
year. Since the website is still under construction we don’t have the details
of all the information it will ask you for, but it will have the entrance fee
plus an additional fee for each additional car. It will also asks for the team
name, car numbers and the name and contact information of the team
captain/president. Even though we will have the online system we would still
appreciate it if you still fill out the registration form and email it back to
us. This will allow you to reserve your vehicle number(s). If you plan to pay
online please write ‘Online’ in the amount enclosed portion of the registration
form.
Restrictions
Please notify us as soon as possible if you wish to attend
this year’s event. Please inform us how
many cars your team will be bringing, an estimate of how many people you will
be bringing, and how large your trailer is so we can plan for the track and banquet.
This year looks like a great year for snow, so if you’re
even considering attending the event make hotel reservations NOW. Houghton is a popular tourist destination for
skiing and snowmobiling so hotels will be limited. There are 20 rooms at the Super 8 reserved
under MTU Baja. These rooms are only reserved until January 2nd. You can always cancel the rooms, most within
24 hours notice. Phone numbers for local
hotels are listed below.
Unfortunately, we don’t currently have an official website
for the event. Checkout last year’s Facebook page for pictures and info. We
will be keeping the page updated with information for this year’s event.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Lake-Linden-MI/Official-Winter-Baja-2010-Site/173198251652
Please e-mail us if you would like to attend and with any other question
Thank you.
Winter Baja Coordinators
Brandon Langerude Joe DeHaan
(715) 239-5248 (616) 644-3981
Local Hotels
Super 8
20 rooms
reserved under MTU Baja until Jan 2nd
1200 E.
Lakeshore Dr
Houghton,
MI 49931
906-482-2240
Best Western Franklin Square Inn
820 Sheldon
Ave
Houghton,
MI 49931
906-487-1700
Travelodge of Houghton
215 Sheldon
Ave
Houghton,
MI 49931
906-482-1400
Country Inn & Suites Hotel
919
Razorback Dr
Houghton,
MI 49931
906-487-6700
Holiday Inn Express-Houghton
1110
Century Way
Houghton,
MI 49931
906-482-1066
Ramada-Hancock
99 Navy
Street
Hancock,
MI 49930
906-482-8400
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ErikHardy
Baja Godfather Joined: Apr/12/2010 Location: Hood, Flint, MI Status: Offline Points: 939 |
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Who's all going this year?
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SDTech
Milling Master Joined: May/13/2009 Location: Rapid City, SD Status: Offline Points: 68 |
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We'll be there with 4 cars and 20 people.
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SDSMT Baja SAE
Car #'s 4 & 6 - Oregon Car # 14 - Wisconsin #4 & #79 - Western Washington 2010-2011 SDSM&T Team Lead |
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ErikHardy
Baja Godfather Joined: Apr/12/2010 Location: Hood, Flint, MI Status: Offline Points: 939 |
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thats a lot of
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MTomasko2011
Milling Master Joined: Apr/24/2009 Location: Ohio Northern Status: Offline Points: 50 |
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Just wanna say great job to the MTU guys for putting on an awesome race! I loved the dirty dozen concept. Maybe next year an even smaller portion of the track? (Gotta love that carnage!) As a separate suggestion, maybe consider hosting a race next year in Miami or somewhere on the beach. 70-80 degrees and girls in bikinis would beat the hell out of ice and girls wearing 7 layers
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Ohio Northern University
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collinskl1
Baja Godfather Joined: Jan/21/2009 Location: Saginaw, MI Status: Offline Points: 1056 |
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Glad to hear it was a good race... I wanted to drive up and spectate some wintertime motorsports for the first time since I moved up from the south, but I'm in China for work. Maybe next year
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Kyle Collins
Lipscomb University Alumni 2x Project Manager Nexteer Automotive Product Engineer, Electronic Power Steering ... and the 8th simple machine: a bigger hammer. |
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osbornal55
Bolt Sorter Joined: Mar/05/2010 Status: Offline Points: 15 |
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Had a good time for our teams first time. The rest of our team doesnt believe the story from the way home though. I like the idea of miami. |
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Rob71zilla
Welding Master Joined: Feb/09/2009 Location: Utica, NY Status: Offline Points: 324 |
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And that story would be...?
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Robbie
Former Team Captain SUNY Institute of Technology Current Engineer for Remington Arms A Redline a day keeps the carbon away. |
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osbornal55
Bolt Sorter Joined: Mar/05/2010 Status: Offline Points: 15 |
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On the way home we hit our trailer with the other vehicle. We weren't sure how to get the car home so we decided to measure the car to see if it fit in the trailer. It ended up fitting so we loaded it up on the side of the road and then finished on our way home. when we got back and were unloading everything they were giving tours to perspective students, and the tour guides kept telling the tours that we were another organization even though we had The sae stickers on the side of the trailer.
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ErikHardy
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Any story that starts like this better end well
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Minnesota
Bolt Sorter Joined: Nov/19/2009 Location: UW-Stout Status: Offline Points: 15 |
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What team are you from? It was some nasty weather driving home.
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osbornal55
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UW-Platteville. Ya it was. and it hit fast too. when we wrecked there was a lite dusting. 2 hours later when we were all loaded up there was like 4+ inches. |
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collinskl1
Baja Godfather Joined: Jan/21/2009 Location: Saginaw, MI Status: Offline Points: 1056 |
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Atleast your trailer was big enough/car was small enough to make this work! I've been to invitationals before with our rig and tools in the bed of a pickup truck. We'd have been SOL... but having a good time on the side of the road never hurt anyone
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Kyle Collins
Lipscomb University Alumni 2x Project Manager Nexteer Automotive Product Engineer, Electronic Power Steering ... and the 8th simple machine: a bigger hammer. |
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osbornal55
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Ya, it was a fun time especially when the cop looked at us as we were measuring the car and trailor to see if it would fit. |
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