[Racer26]

Interestingly enough, 1075 is actually better off this year than we have ever been before. We got a new local sponsor on board who donated a laptop and a bunch of money. We've always been a lowly funded team ($10k max). Last year was our first year doing 2 official events. This year we're doing 2, plus the offseasons we go to. Our students have always had to bear the brunt of the travel expenses though, hotels, food, and the like... This year we ran some fundraisers in the fall where the students performance in the fundraiser was directly affecting their travel costs, so there was incentive. 50% of the money they fundraised would be used to pay for their travel expenses. The other 50% would go to the team, and any leftover travel cost that they hadnt fundraised, they would have to pay.