Which Sponsor has the Most Successful teams?

[Eric O]

Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery

Karthik and I were having a discussion over which sponsor fields the most succussful teams perennially. It basically came down to 4 major sponsors with real claims for it.
GM: 65, 66, 67, 68, 1114, 1503 (70 and 494 are also sponsored by Chrysler, so we decided to leave them out)

NASA (only "NASA Base" teams, including all NASA grant teams would be unfair): 116, 118, 122, 233, 254, 330, 346, 348

Delphi: 45, 47, 48, 703, 868

UTC: 173-180


Which do you think can field the strongest line up?

Note: I said "most successful" not "best" for those of you who don't like to label FIRST teams as the "best".

I would say that out of all the sponsors the most successful one would not be one of these large companies. I'm thinking more of a machining company from Indiana: Beatty Machine & Manufacturing.

I mean, who can argue with this list of "Success":

Awards Won:
2006 IL Regional Finalist
2006 IL Engineering Inspiration Award
2006 MO Regional Chairman's Award
2006 MO Regional Champion
2005 IL Website Award
2005 IL Motorola Quality
2005 IL Regional Champion
2005 IN GM Industrial Design
2005 IN Regional Champion
2004 CMP Championship Winner
2004 MI Woodie Flowers Regional Award
2004 MI Motorola Quality
2004 CMP Champion - Archimedes Division
2004 IL Engineering Inspiration Award
2003 MI Regional Finalist
2003 MI
2003 MI GM Industrial Design
2002 CMP Division Champion - Newton
2002 CMP Championship Winner
2002 IL Regional Champion
2002 IL Engineering Inspiration Award
2002 MI Delphi "Driving Tomorrow's Technology"
2001 CMP #1 Seed - Newton Division
2001 IL Incredible Play of the Day
2001 IL #1 Seed
2001 IL Regional Champion
2001 MI2 GM Industrial Design
2001 MI2 Incredible Play of the Day
2001 MI2 #1 Seed
2001 MI2 Regional Champion
2001 NAT National Champions
2001 NAT Division Champion - Newton
2000 IL Xerox Creativity Award
1999 IL Regional Champion
1999 MI Regional Champion
1999 MI J&J Sportsmanship
1999 IL #1 Seed
1998 IL Xerox Creativity Award
1998 N1 Xerox Creativity Award
1997 IL Regional Champion
1997 IL #1 Seed
1997 N1 Honeywell Leadership in Control Award
1997 N1 Champions
1996 N1 #1 Seed



Do any of these sponsors have 4 National Championships? (I know the GM list has at least 3) I know you guys were talking more about the multi team sponsors, but when making a list of successful sponsors, Beatty has to be included.

If I were to pick from the lists you have there, I would have to say that the GM teams are the most consistently successful.

- Eric