16/04/2026
Every moment quietly turns into a memory. Not on the pins, nor on the track, but later, when the GOLE is a little emptier and the familiar tables begin to belong to different people.
This year began the way most years begin. With a chassis that was still coming together, virtual presentations over the summer break, long work sessions for time immemorial that stretched without notice, and the familiar confidence that somehow, by the time it mattered, the car would be ready for reveal to a wide audience.
Somewhere along the road to eBAJA’26 at Pithmapur, and then to ATVC Season 9 at Ahmedabad, NX-15 became more than the machine we were building. It became the place where the season unfolded and a team slowly found itself again.
Quiet responsibilities without asking to be seen, and juniors who stayed back a little longer each night until it began to feel like theirs too.
Conversations around the buggy that started as instructions and ended as trust. By the time the tyres had touched the tarmac, something had already changed among us. Countless edits, templates, proof readings and banters among everything else in between. Soon, the static submissions were done for as well.
For some of us, it may be the last time standing beside as part of Nitrox in the way we had always known it. For others, it’s the first time realising that the team now rests in their hands.
The season closes here, and don’t fret, for there is light at the end of the tunnel. What comes next is already beginning, even if no one has said it out loud yet..
Perhaps, it is time for NX-15 to finally take a nap.