Classic / Ultimate Drive Teams

[Chris Hibner]

I have to vote for 1997 Team Hammond (now 71, can't remember their number back then). How they rank compared to all time is hard to say since ever year is a different game and many other factors, but no drive team has ever out-classed the competition like they did that year.

It was 1997 that made the rest of FIRST realize that you can double your robot's productivity by having a finely tuned drive team, and this was all thanks to the way Beatty/Hammond looked like a smooth, well oiled machine and no one else came close.

[James1902]

Team 179's drivers were very fluid and fast, you would turn away for 20 seconds and the whole bottom row would be filled.

Also 1902's base driver last year (2006) was awesome Chuck took a very moderate robot and made it into a regional finalist, semifinalist, and Archamedies finalist.