Triton Junkyard Derby

May 10-12, 2006

This spring, sixteen student-alumni teams tested the laws of physics and mechanics in the third annual Triton Junkyard Derby, a boxcar competition, presented by the UCSD Alumni Association and the Triton Engineering Student Council (TESC).

Based on the popular show, "Junkyard Wars," on The Learning Channel, competitors scoured the UCSD junkyard with only two days to build a perfect boxcar, or anything capable of making it to the finish line!  Winner's Circle honors were awarded following round-robin style downraces on Friday, May 12 as part of the annual Sun God Festival.

Winner's Circle
Derby Champion: Team Gotham
Andrew Chan, '06
Puneet Khattar, '05
Shraddha Chaplot, '06
Daniel Leu, '06
Joseph Formanes, '06
Pit Crew:

Pauline Chang, '05, Vincent Bantigue, '05 and Justin Tse, '07

Race Champion: Mismatch
Stefanie Mah, '08
Anson Brune, '07
Mark Johnson, '05
Hayik Malkonian, '08
Josh Miller, '07

Best Crowd Support: Pepitos

Steven Bowers, '06
Christine Wengler, '07
Jason Wiese, '06
Tsukasa Toukahashi

Rodrigo Calvo-Leni, '07

Judges' Choice: The Preuss Chupacabras
Dan Rupert

Amanda Martinez

Adonna Anderson

Ricardo Vela

Cesar Cardensa

Maria Contreras

Melissa Balabau

Pit Crew:

Thein Nguyen, Raul Bernal, Pedro Adan, Abraham Fernandez, Angela Villanueva, Paul Ngugn, Ruben Valenzuela and Ryan Ashby

Best Theme:  Team Gotham