Well, far be it from me to put a damper on your accomplishment (many congrats, by the way!) but, seriously dude, where have you been? It's fairly common knowledge that if you plan to be in the top-5 at the ARRC it's pretty, um, well, "optimistic" to make travel plans to go home the same day...
Hell, when I won ITA in '06 I spent easily 5-6 hours in tech, and I brought my engine home in small boxes...
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