[Allison K]

We'll have students stay in the same role for the duration of the competition, but none of them will be the same as our in season crews.

We have a small team, so we just sign up for enough offseason events that almost the entire team can serve in one of the field crew roles (driver, operator, hp) for one entire event, and a pit crew role for a different entire event.

It worked out well last year as our more reluctant/shy/timid students stayed in the same role long enough to develop confidence. Also, we don't seem to handle the chaos of rotating roles very well, so switching between events (and doing brief training beforehand) rather than rotating during works out better for us.