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I like the idea of NASCAR robot racing...

I agree... it seems the team with the most motors and biggest corporations
seem to have any edge. Maybe the time had come to set limits (hello restricter plates).

I've a friend in Levle Cross that's really into NASCAR. He's told me and showed me some of the tricks the race team would try to get an edge or bend a rule to its limit. Back in his day #43 was a real threat on the track.
Some of their trick really took some smart engineering.
I could see teams trying some tricky engineering here too but maybe we're getting away from what FIRST is... the robots and the games are third...

Learning to work together as a team, making friends, and learning how to deal with deadlines , problems, and challenges should be second.

Learning how to think, how to deal with people, how to lead, and learning if you set your mind to it and apply yourself, anything is possible should be first and foremost. IMHO