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Datawiz
01-08-2018, 3:14pm
In light of my race car engine exploding, some of you expressed interest in donating to help me rebuild. I appreciate the gesture, but it's not necessary. I live and die by the adage that you have to pay to play. I will take care of my own personal cost to rebuild the Z for the 2nd time.

Having said that, this forum was incredibly supportive when Geraghty Anne was in high school on the Solar Go Kart team, and we sponsored that team for several years, and they provided some fantastic wins and results.

I'd like to do the exact same thing for her college race team now. Except, the stakes go up quite a bit in terms of exposure.


Here is a link to the home page for their team. https://www.gtms.gatech.edu/

Here is a link to the current sponsor list. https://www.gtms.gatech.edu/sponsors-1/

Here is a link to the members list https://www.gtms.gatech.edu/members/

Team's facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/gtmotorsports/


Geraghty Anne is now basically running this team, and will be doing so for the next 3.5 years. I'm going to contribute $1,000 to the collective donation in the name of Vette Barn. If anyone joins me it will be greatly appreciated and I'll be sure that GWiz has a cute side note on their site to include not only reference to the barn on their sponsor page and race car, but also to those individuals that contribute.

Please help if you are able. You can send PayPals to cellis2002 AT comcast DOT net and I will aggregate them and make one donation when we achieve something cool for the team.

Again, thanks for the kind gestures regarding my car. It's a toy, it's my responsibility. Let's make GWiz's team rock!!!

If we do this, I'll start having her take update videos of the project and we can monitor their build as they get ready for the competition in May. In the link is their facebook page, they provide updates on their progress regularly, but I still want to aggregate that here.

Current total: $3,100.

List of generous benefactors:

GentleBen
Simpleman68
VITE1
Zed16
JRD77VET
Black94lt1
Millenium Vette
Gulfcoast Autocrossers

Thanks,

Craig

Rob
01-08-2018, 3:22pm
Went ahead and had TVB like the GT race team page

:seasix:

GentleBen
01-08-2018, 3:33pm
Money sent via PP.

Datawiz
01-08-2018, 4:08pm
Money sent via PP.

Got it Ben!!! Thank you so much! GWiz blushed. :seasix:

GentleBen
01-08-2018, 5:13pm
Got it Ben!!! Thank you so much! GWiz blushed. :seasix:

What I sent is going to be less than what you are going to donate, Craig. And it is in line with what I sent when we were building the Bishop Verot High School solar challenge cart.

Too bad the FGCU stopped modification of the carts. I bet we could have shaved at least 1/3 of weight and increased horsepower by 40%.

VITE1
01-08-2018, 5:26pm
:seasix::cert:

Love you man!

Datawiz
01-08-2018, 5:38pm
This forum rocks!!!! I love you guys. Not counting my $1,000 donation, in this tiny period of time we've raised another $1,050 for GWiz's team. I am forever indebted to you guys. :cert:

Keep it coming!!!! I would love to see G take this team to a victory!!! Against 125 other colleges, including international. The Germans are MONSTERS.

GentleBen
01-08-2018, 5:58pm
Do we get a GTMS tag on our avatar?

Datawiz
01-08-2018, 6:00pm
Do we get a GTMS tag on our avatar?

Rob, can you do this???? That would be AWESOME!!!

Craig

GentleBen
01-08-2018, 6:19pm
Huh, we went from $2,050 to $1,950? I'll bet your mathematics are off. . . again.

Datawiz
01-08-2018, 6:49pm
Huh, we went from $2,050 to $1,950? I'll bet your mathematics are off. . . again.

Because I'm a moron, and my mental math was off. Prior to this post, we had 3 donors totaling $950. I can't add, because my brain is going in so many different directions....300 hour months, blown engine, giving up racquetball due to work requirements, it doesn't stop.

Your generous second donation has now put us at $1,100, plus my $1,000, and we're now at $2,100 for the team.

I'd really like to see us hit $3,500, so we're not far off. You know darn well I'll be back next year, so we don't have to eat the entire elephant in one year, but $3,500 is the fourth tier sponsorship on their site. If we hit $5k, we move to the 3rd tier, with very large logos.

VB logo will be displayed prominently, and equally with the others at that level, and GWiz has already said she'd make special arrangements when people click on that logo to have a page that thanks all donating members individually. It will also take the clicker to VB. :yesnod:

Datawiz
01-08-2018, 7:25pm
What I sent is going to be less than what you are going to donate, Craig. And it is in line with what I sent when we were building the Bishop Verot High School solar challenge cart.

Too bad the FGCU stopped modification of the carts. I bet we could have shaved at least 1/3 of weight and increased horsepower by 40%.

WEIGHT is now a MINIMUM as part of the contest. Minimum is 470 pounds, and we are currently only 4 pounds over. ;) Top speed is also regulated, and we are over that. :willy:

Datawiz
01-08-2018, 7:42pm
Do we get a GTMS tag on our avatar?

Rob has approved!!! You and the others should see it soon! :seasix:

Zed16
01-08-2018, 8:00pm
Sent via PP

Black94lt1
01-09-2018, 7:13am
Donation sent via PP

Datawiz
01-09-2018, 7:25am
Donation sent via PP

Got it!! :hurray:

Datawiz
01-10-2018, 12:50pm
Hey Ben, and other donors, check it out!

FasterTraffic
01-10-2018, 1:05pm
I can't wait to see pictures of the race team members' faces when the VB donation of toys, rice, and a cooked pig show up.

GentleBen
01-10-2018, 3:22pm
I can't wait to see pictures of the race team members' faces when the VB donation of toys, rice, and a cooked pig show up.

It'll be a change from a lot of college kids' meals of ramen and beer. Plus, the toys will remind them of home.:seasix:

Datawiz
01-15-2018, 8:55pm
Got another today. Thank you Millenium Vette! :cert:

simpleman68
01-15-2018, 9:52pm
Hey Ben, and other donors, check it out!

:cool: :cert:

Datawiz
01-15-2018, 9:55pm
My race club is putting in $700, we we made it to $3,100. :cert:

Millenium Vette
01-15-2018, 10:31pm
Got another today. Thank you Millenium Vette! :cert:

You're welcome. :seasix:

GentleBen
01-23-2018, 8:31am
Picture of the GT Race Team

Datawiz
01-23-2018, 8:37am
Picture of the GT Race Team

That's not GWiz, her name is Dani.

GentleBen
01-23-2018, 8:41am
That's not GWiz, her name is Dani.

Got confused by the sub-Utah quality photo.