[fast frank]

well, on be half of team 271, i would like to say thank you to both of you, 716 and 168. we have made the important discovery that nationals are alot more fun when you do well, so we plan to do even better next year. you were great partners. together, the 3 of us had the potential to win the whole thing. i would especially like to thank the driver from 716, he got us out of a pretty big jam in that quarter final match.

also, thanks to the scouts on my team, they did an unblievable amount of work. they were up till 3am friday night organizing all of the data that they collected. i don't think any other team new the potential that you guys had, but i guess we showed them. maybe we can be luckey enough to be allied together next year.

i would also like to thank Pete Burke (the bald guy you probably met). without a doubt, he is the single most person responsible for our success. the amount of time, effort, and money this guy gave us is unbelievable. this guy is just a parent of one of our team members. over the summer we built about 5 bases/drive systems in his shop to see which would work the best. i can't wait for the party we're gonna have at his house on fire island.

well, i hope you guys like your metals and trophies, i know we do.