Baja SAE Oregon 2009

May 13th, 2009

At the competition, some people expressed an intrest in purchasing the Red Committee Hats, or the Dark Tan Volunteer Shirts.  Please send me an email with the quantity and sizes of the items, and I will get them ordered.  I am going to do it as one batch run to save on costs, so I will try to get it in by May 25th.

Embroidered Red Hats – $16.00/hat
Dark Tan Long-Sleeve Volunteer Shirts – $12.00/shirt

There will be a flat charge of $10.00 for shipping costs.

Fill Out an Order Form

Please fill out the attached order form, and email me here. Or press the submit via Email button in the form.

Chris Etzel
Event Chairman
2009 Baja SAE Oregon

May 12th, 2009

All,

Please check the results page for all the final results. We will also be posting notes collected from the design reports as well as the presentations. Please check back later in the week.

Results Here

Chris Etzel
Event Chairman
2009 Baja SAE Oregon

May 12th, 2009

Competitors, Spectators and Volunteers:

Jason Marr, our event Photographer has started posting the pictures he took throughout the competition on his Picasa website. Here is a link to Jason’s photo galleries. He will be adding more throughout the week, so check back often.

Jason’s Picture Gallery

Chris Etzel
Event Chairman
2009 Baja SAE Oregon

Teams,

I updated the Google Earth layout to reflect our new track changes that we talked about at the competitor meeting tonight.

Download Google Earth KMZ file here

Chris Etzel
Event Chairman
2009 Baja SAE Oregon

May 7th, 2009

The 2009 Baja SAE Organizing Committee is a fairly large one. To help with the names and faces of the committee members, we have posted our Org Chart with email contact for everyone. If you have questions, or just want to come say “Hi”, please use this reference.

Full Committee Org Chart

Chris Etzel
Event Chairman
2009 Baja SAE Oregon

May 7th, 2009

Yesterday, while finalizing the Rock Crawl, we made a few runs in our test vehicle.  This short video is not the whole course but a good representation, of what you will see.

Get the video from YouTube here.

Chris Etzel
Event Chairman
2009 Baja SAE Oregon

May 6th, 2009

Since the 1st of May, the Portland Area has experienced higher than usual rain rates for the month of May. We are on par to set a new rain record. With that being said, teams should prepare for a very muddy event. We do expect the sun to show for all three event days, but the ground is soaked.

Chris Etzel
Event Chairman
2009 Baja SAE Oregon

May 6th, 2009
Teams,

I have updated the competitor packets with a few award additions as well as compressing the file size.  You can find the file here.

Chris Etzel
Baja SAE Oregon Event Chairman

May 4th, 2009

In an effort to make more event and track information available, the Baja SAE Oregon Organizing Committee has put together a Google Earth layout.

2009 Baja SAE Course Layout

In order to view this file you will need to have the latest version of Google Earth installed on your computer. You can download Google Earth here.

If you can not view the .kmz file, please check out the captured screen shots.

Chris Etzel
2009 Baja SAE Oregon Chairman

May 3rd, 2009

Competitors,

As many of you know the weather in the Pacific Northwest is fairly unpredictable.  I have been watching the forecast to see if we will have nice sunny days like the previous events.  Currently there is a 20% chance of rain all weekend.  Please make sure you come dressed for the weather if it decides to make a turn for the worst.  A little bit of rain will add to the enjoyment, as we have many fun obstacles planned throughout the weekend.  Stay tuned to this blog, as I plan to write an entry every night.

Washougal Weather from Weather.com

See you Thursday night,

Chris Etzel
2009 Baja SAE Oregon Chairman