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Originally Posted by wireties
Our drivers have a motto -"Drive it like you stole it!".
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I have been saying this for 10 years now to our drivers when they leave for matches. One of our driver requirenments to get picked is utter disregard for the safety of the robot. In 2004 our drive team smashed the robot pretty good to win the Philly regional and we spent all day Thursday at the championship rebuilding it just to be able to play again.
We don't let the drivers hang out in the pits between matches so they don't see what the pit crew goes through when we fix the robot. We fell off the bar at the Championship in 2010 and rebuilt half the drivetrain with our spares between matches without missing a beat, because we prepared for the eventualities of what could happen during that game.
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2011 Championship Finalists/Archimedes Division Championships w/ 2016 & 781
2010 Championship Winners/Newton Division Champions
Thank-you 294 & 67
2009 Newton Division Champions w/ 1507 & 121
2008 Archimedes Division Champions w/ 1124 & 1024
2007 Championship Winners/Newton Division Champions w/190, 987 & 177 The Wall of Maroon
2006 Galileo Division Champions w/ 1126 & 201
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23-02-2012, 08:52
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