http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports A Chronicle of Blazer Motorsports' Quest to Dominate the Competition. Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:30:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en here are some pictures so you can get an idea of what went on at the competition! I did these pictures a little bit of a different way since there were so many of them! I'll be trying to put up some video soon so check back later to see ... http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/04/22/pictures-from-competition/ Sorry I did not get to post during competition this weekend. I would had but our hotel didn't have wireless and there was so little time it felt like!! So here's what happened at competition and I'll get some pictures up and let you know soon what the final results ... http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/04/20/competition-update/ So much to do and so little time!!! When hasn't it been that way though this year with the car?? lol. So today the car has been sent off to be painted so we'll get it back in time to put it together and load it up on the trailer ... http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/04/13/3-days-till-competition/ Here's what's on the back of our T-shirts this year. Enjoy! You might be on UAB’s Baja team if:   1.      You are on a first name basis with every restaurant, machine shop, and auto parts store owner within a five mile radius. 2.      You have nightmares where the machinery is chasing you 3.      You ... http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/04/05/our-t-shirt/ Here's the article that was written about us in the Birmingham News. Check it out! http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/1237796149220200.xml&coll=2 Only 22 more days until compeition!!! http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/03/25/birmingham-news-2/ Forgot to say...Birmingham News came during Spring Break while we were working to write a story on us and take some pictures. Here's a link to their website where you can view the pictures and be on the look out for the story in the News sometime soon! http://photos.al.com/gallery/4461/Blazer%20Motorsports http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/03/20/birmingham-news/ So while everyone else at UAB was enjoying some time off from school....we were enjoying the lovely weather cooped up in the shop working on the car. It was nice to not have to worry about those bothersome time consuming classes for a week but that meant 9am - 10 ... http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/03/20/our-spring-break/ [caption id="attachment_73" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Alex McConathy, Captain - Jr. in Mechanical Engineering"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_74" align="alignright" width="290" caption="David Sexton (aka"Father Time") - Jr. in Materials Engineering"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_72" align="alignleft" width="198" caption="Thomas Moland - Jr. in Mechanical Engineering"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_75" align="alignleft" width="144" caption="Aaron Knepper - Jr. in Mechanical Engineering"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_76" align="alignleft" width="124" caption="Scott Mayfield - ... http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/03/02/meet-the-team/ Here's some more pictures from our weekend working in the shop. They wouldn't all fit in the last post. Enjoy! David working on the seat Alex demostrating the seat in the car Mock up of the rear of the car Aaron and Thomas working at the welding table Alex using the mill to machine the ... http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/02/22/more-pictures/ Or in other words....our weekend! It's amazing how much got done this weekend on the car. We are finally checking things off our schedule and it feels great! Here's some updates on what has been completed: Seat! Way to go David and David (or Father Time) on getting the seat completed ... http://blogs.uab.edu/blazermotorsports/2009/02/21/productive-effective-in-achieving-specified-results/