Joe with
Ramming Speed at BattleBots in Nov '01

Mike and Joe with Ramming Speed at BattleBots in May '01

BattleBots Season 4

11/11/01

Sunday, last day of the competition. Semi-finals, finals, and rumbles today. They bolted some new Lexan over the two panels that were damaged yesterday. Their are a number of familiar bots fighting today, as well as a few new ones. During the heavy-weight rumble one of the bots with a gas powered spinner was stuck on top of another bot near the Lexan. A camera man was right up by the Lexan filming it (I was about 6 rows up directly behind him) when the bot was hit from behind and pushed into the Lexan, resulting in a violent impact. The camera man quickly jumped back, set down the camera, and walked away in shock. The spinner cut a gash through both layers of the Lexan. I was told that the people in the front row got sprayed with a mist of molten Lexan. They again duct-tapped a piece of Lexan over the gash and continued with the fight.

Got back to the hotel, and again had drinks with the largest number of builders yet. Derek Young, Cristian Carlberg, Fuzzy Moulden, the El-Diablo team, Team Half-Life, and many others crowded the small lounge bar until early into the morning. One of the builders brought the nut they had won. Very cool. It's made of aluminum, probably about 10" across the flats, and is really tapped. The particular person that brought this one said he will probably create a bolt that will thread into the nut, just for fun. More ant-weight fights as well.

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