[Alex Golec]

Well, I'm going to give my best shot at remembering who won what. For those awards other than our own I do not recall the "official" title, but here is what I recall:

Team Spirit: - 233 Team Pink
Judge's Award #1: Rookie of the Year - 1646
Judge's Award #2: ??? - ???
Most Awesome Drivetrain - 222 Tigertrons
Driving Tomorrow's Technology - 494 Martians
Outstanding Quality - 469 Las Guerrillas

"I'm so bright I gotta wear shades" recognition: Mike (71), Bharat (25), and a couple more - this was basically recognition of outstanding/noticable/kind/positive/etc. students.

IRI Unsung FIRST Hero: Marian Passmore, Team #233
Robotics and Programming Teacher, and Team Pink mentor since 1998.

IRI Scholarships:
Scholarship #1: Rolls-Royce: ???
Scholarship #2: Allison Transmissions - Greg McCoy, 45
Scholarship #3: AndyMark: ???
Scholarship #4: IFI - Lisa Perez, 573

I'm apologize for the limited information; this is all that I have off the top of my head. (man, it was a looooong drive back from indie)

On a cultural note, Paul Copioli had a difficult time understanding the culture of Arkansas, and why the Bomb Squad (#16) sat during the wave, and then stood when asked to sit. And of course, as the announcer, he had a great deal of bias favoring the "house" alliance: 33, 233, 868. And we all knew it.
To Paul Copioli- Thanks for all the humor and liveliness!

IRI was absolutely awesome and I know my team and I had a great time. Congrats to the "house" alliance, the finalists, and award/scholarship recipients!

_Alex