pic: HOT Team Wheels

[Clark Gilbert]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Call me jealous if you want but I think that is just plain absurd. Money can be spent for so many better things than that. Do you know how many teams you could start with that kind of money? Or how about some scholarships? I know HOT 67 may not have control over what their sponsor gives them but outlandish spending, to me, doesn't seem like one of the ideals of FIRST.

I don't disagree that a trailer for your stuff is a nice thing to have and of course you need a vehicle to pull it around but the same purpose could have been served with much fewer dollars spent.

I seriously doubt they actually paid for the H2 with team money. If it's anything like TechnoKats have been, they are on "permanent loan" to the team. Since its GM they probably have dozens of these things just sitting around. I noticed this year the TechnoKats have a new trailer and a new truck which I'm sure they didn't use team money to buy. Chances are the school took back the bigger trailer and traded, and the truck (since it's a Chevy) was once a test vehicle that's no longer in use....


This is all just a guess, but its' probably pretty close to being true.