New FIRST competition structure in Michigan

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Originally Posted by Karibou

2. That's instead of the Thursday practice day. Think about it, we'd only get about 8 hours if we were at the event venue. Though I suppose that the advantage here is that we have access to our own shops, and don't have to rely on what we can bring into the pits.

Actually, you'd get 12 hours at the event on Thursday, plus an opportunity to use a competition field, something very few teams have access to.

I hope it doesn't turn out badly, but I can see all kinds of unfortunate scenarios playing out due to eliminating Thursday.