Robotics Education & Competition Foundation
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Battle of the Bots VRC Signature Event @ Bristol Motor Speedway (HS/MS)

Date
9-Feb-2024 - 10-Feb-2024 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-VRC-23-1497
Program
VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Event Format
In-Person
Field Control System
VEXNet Field Control
Capacity
68
Spots Open
3
Event Region
Tennessee
Max Registrations per Organization
6
Early-Bird Registration Opens
20-Oct-2023 12:00 EDT
Standard Registration Opens
3-Nov-2023 12:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
19-Jan-2024 15:00 EST
Payment Deadline
2-Feb-2024 08:00 EST
Price
$305.00

A maximum of 50% of team registrations can be from any one event region

Region Maximum % # Spots Allowed # Spots Remaining
Tennessee 50% 34 -5
This event is closed to registration because:
  • It is past the registration deadline.

General Info

This event will be held at the Bristol Motor Speedway South Building

151 Speedway Blvd, Bristol, TN 37620

We will contact you closer to the event with more details including directions, facility maps, times, and food ordering information. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please email [email protected]. Participants will be required to submit the VEX liability release form through robotevents.com or in person at the event.

Fields: 

All competition fields will be raised.

Juding:

In person physical journals will be required at this event. 

All interviews will be in person. 

Event Shirts:

Event shirts will be available for PRE- ORDER ONLY!! Orders must be received by 01-22-2024. We prefer bulk orders with one payment if at all possible. Please use this link to preorder shirts. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSds8_fgB07KzszFoQLjPt9yYOwUoFlrJuX9PpJZ-hXAPl7mgA/viewform?usp=pp_url

Lunch:

Lunch options will be available the day of the event. 

We're looking forward to a great tournament!

Event flier:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CjMsIS4TqeWNRp3fuyQFxFE0-YzSg2ie/view?usp=sharing

Live Stream:

Day One: 

 

Day Two: 

 

 

 

 


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 9-Feb-2024 - 10-Feb-2024

Venue/Location:
Bristol Motor Speedway
151 Speedway Boulevard
Bristol, Tennessee 37620
United States

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Code of Conduct

The REC Foundation considers the positive, respectful, and ethical conduct of teams to be an essential component of the competition. Participants are expected to behave in a respectful and professional manner, and to operate as student-centered teams with limited adult assistance. This includes all students, teachers, coaches, mentors, parents, and spectators associated with a team.

For more details, please refer to the REC Foundation Code of Conduct and Student-Centered Policy. If you have concerns about compliance with the Code of Conduct, please speak to the Event Partner during the event.

Agenda

Friday, Feb 9

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM         Check-in, pit area,  inspections, and practices fields open.

09:30 AM                       Opening Ceremony 

10:00 AM                       Drivers Meeting 

10:30 AM                       Skills Fields open & Qualification rounds Begin

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM      Lunch 

5:30 PM                        Pause qualifications

6:00 PM                        Venue Closes

 

Saturday, February 10th

8:00 AM                         Venue, skills, and practice fields open

8:30 AM                         Qualifications resume

12:30 PM - 1:30PM       Lunch

3:30 PM                         End qualifications (Skills closes when last match is played)

3:30 PM                         Alliance selection

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM        Elimination rounds

6:00 PM                         Awards 

7:00 PM                         End of Event

Volunteer

Volunteers are needed to host this signature event. If you are interested in filling a role please sign up using this link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0C44A4A628A3F94-bots

Order Volunteer Shirts using this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDs9EbHyFI44gAGRQBZ6B06IFYTJpEzztmM59G4-HKI27-yA/viewform

 

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of bad weather, updates will be made by email.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Refunds will only be made if the event is cancelled by the event partner (Margaret Trent). Refunds will not include the $5 processing fee assessed by Robot Events for processing.

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

Registrations will not be refunded for teams that register but choose not to come.  Registrations will not be refunded once the event closes on Robot Events.

Webcast

Day One:

https://www.youtube.com/live/BOWtbfVoRKI?si=VtiVOKCROacaxKTn

Day Two:

https://www.youtube.com/live/wUDdTT_qKms?si=o4KLE-dJI1Rm5QuK

Judging Format

All In-Person Judging - The Team Interviews and Engineering Notebooks will be judged in-person the day of the event. Teams should bring a physical copy of their notebook to submit to the judges.

 

Payment

Teams who have not paid by the payment deadline of February 2, 2024 will be moved to the waitlist.

No refunds will be provided to payments already processed.

 

Signature Event Early Bird Policy

  • All Signature Events will have a specific Early Bird Registration that is independent of all local/regional Early Bird systems
    • Each team starts the season with three (3) opportunities to register during the Signature Event Early-Bird period
      • An opportunity is taken away each time the team registers for a Signature Event, whether during the Signature Event Early-Bird period or Standard period
      • A Signature Event Early-Bird opportunity is not taken away if a team registers for a tournament hosted by their school or organization (where the team’s coach is the Event Partner)
    • Early Bird Registration will open 16 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
      • Note: Modifications to this may be made for events in August and September
    • Standard Registration will open 14 weeks before the event at 12:00PM EST
    • An Event Partner may register their own teams to their Signature Event during Signature Event Early Bird Registration no matter how many other Signature Events they are already registered for  
      • The Event Partner must be the Primary Contact for the teams they are registering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Event Flier