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| Year | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Season Information | |
| Number of teams | 151[2] |
| Number of regionals | 3[1] |
| Championship location | Epcot Center, Disney World[1] |
| FIRST Championship Awards | |
| Chairman's Award winner | Team 47 - “Chief Delphi”[3] |
| Woodie Flowers Award winner | Elizabeth Calef - Team 88[4] |
| Founder's Award winner | François Castaing & Chrysler Corporation[4] |
| Champions | Team 71 - "Team Hammond" |
Toroid Terror was the 1997 game for the FIRST Robotics Competition. This was the first year that FRC had a regional event outside its origins in New Hampshire; in addition to Manchester, regionals were held in Chicago and New Brunswick, New Jersey, as well as the championship event at a complex set up in the Epcot parking lot.[1] It was also the first year in which the scoring object was not a ball.
- ^ a b c "FIRST Competition Information" (PDF). technokats.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "2006 Annual Report" (PDF). FIRST. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2007. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC®) Game Descriptions 1992-2012" (PDF). FIRST. Archived from the original on 3 April 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ^ a b "Results from the 1997 National Championship" (PDF). technokats.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2011.