[Mike Gray]

I have known the Chief and Bees to be nothing but helpful, friendly, and gracious. They are also tough competitors. Please don't confuse good, solid, aggressive competitiors with cheaters.

Despite his being quite busy, Jim Zontag spent time explaining the powertrain and position control scheme on their machine. Both teams are great competitors who are more than willing to help other teams get better too.

Please don't bash another team for cheating unless you have solid evidence, and the alleged cheating is detrimental to the program. I'm sure that Jim and Joe noticed the illegal van door motors and extra drill transmissions on some machines, but neither made an issue of it.

Both teams have class. Please recognize that, and find something positive to say. You don't need to look very hard.