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Robby Unruh 18-04-2011 07:56

How far does your team drive?
 
I'm just curious how long most teams drive to go to their regional competitions. The closest one to us is Boilermaker regional, nearly a 4 hour drive. This year though, we went to Cleveland, a 6 hour drive. Is it me, or does FIRST seem to neglect the whole eastern midwest/northern south (if I may use such words...). But the Knoxville addition this year was a great move, kudos for that.

BACONDUDE1902 18-04-2011 08:04

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
We drive to Florida regional every year and its about 30minutes drive. :)

cpeister 18-04-2011 08:24

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
We drive to Waterloo and GTR which are 2 and 3 hour drives on a school bus. This year we went to Buckeye for the first time and were on the bus for around 9 hours, but a coach this time. Part of that 9 hours was waiting at the border to get all of our stuff cleared.

We will be driving to St Louis on a coach. The bus company is projecting an 18 hour drive, including stops, but we think we can make it in a little less than that. We will be leaving Tuesday evening and arriving Wednesday afternoon.

timytamy 18-04-2011 08:31

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
Well our closest regional is a Hawaii, it's a bit hard for us to drive 8000km (5000 miles) across the pacific...

BrendanB 18-04-2011 09:05

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Robby Unruh (Post 1053972)
I'm just curious how long most teams drive to go to their regional competitions. The closest one to us is Boilermaker regional, nearly a 4 hour drive. This year though, we went to Cleveland, a 6 hour drive. Is it me, or does FIRST seem to neglect the whole eastern midwest/northern south (if I may use such words...). But the Knoxville addition this year was a great move, kudos for that.

It depends on concentration of FIRST team where they put their regionals. Unless your region has a sudden growth in a lot of teams you may just have to travel. :o

I drive 15 mins to our home regional of GSR with Boston and WPI about an hours drive away.

Andrew Lawrence 18-04-2011 09:22

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
SVR is about 20 minutes from our school! One of our mentors lives so close he rides his bike there!

Jon Stratis 18-04-2011 09:28

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
In the past, we've driven to St Louis and Kansas City (each about a 9 hour drive). With the introduction of the Lake Superior Regional, however, we now only go 2.5 hours :). Of course, 10,000 Lakes and North Star are only about 20 minutes away!

Chris is me 18-04-2011 09:59

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
WPI and Connecticut are a little over 2 hours away from us. Someone told me once that CT was closer, but I still don't understand the geography here very well.

I'm hoping for an RPI Regional someday. I'd love to just roll out of bed and go.

Josh Drake 18-04-2011 10:03

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
We went 4 hours to Palmetto and 5 hours to North Carolina. Now it's 12 hours to St. Louis! Peachtree is the closest at 1.5 hours.

Dancin103 18-04-2011 10:10

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
We are 1.5 hours from the Philly regional. When we went to the Jersey regional we were 1 hour from there. We have gone to the Chesapeake regional before and that is 4 hours. We have driven to Championships in Atlanta and that was a 14 hour drive. We also drove to Florida once for Championships, that was about 18 to 20 hours on a bus.

Robby Unruh 18-04-2011 10:13

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
My family takes yearly trips to Disney World, and we always drive, so I'm use to whole thing about sitting still for 18-20 hours... but with FRC, it's like 10 florida drives just to get from Dayton to Cleveland. I guess it's just the anticipation. :p

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I long for the day I can drive from my home to the competiton in <1 hour. It'd be awesome to get a good night's sleep in your own bed before competing.

Alex Dinsmoor 18-04-2011 10:38

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
We have drove in the past 4 years...
4 hours for Traverse City
40 minutes for Detroit
1 hour for Kettering
1.2 hours for MSC/GLR
6 hours for Boilermaker
14 hours for Atlanta

And those aren't even the closest competitions to us.

Within an hour of our school is...
Troy: 10 Minutes
Waterford: <20 Minutes
Livonia: 50 Minutes
Ann Arbor: Around an Hour

And of course St. Louis is a nice 9 hour drive, but we aren't going this year.

big1boom 18-04-2011 10:44

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
We are doing 40 minutes to Midwest, 2 hours to Wisconsin, and 5 hours to St. Louis this year. (Wednesday crew is driving, everyone else is taking Amtrak)

Furthest we have done is 8 hours for 10k lakes.

yarden.saa 18-04-2011 10:49

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
40 minutes bus to Israel regional

Alan Anderson 18-04-2011 11:51

Re: How far does your team drive?
 
In recent years our drives have included ~1 hour to Boilermaker (West Lafayette, IN), ~3.5 hours to Chicago, ~5.5 hours to St. Louis, ~9 hours to Toronto, and 12+ hours to Washington, DC. The Boilermaker Regional is close enough that we make the trip there and back each day.


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