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Who is Team Vignette?


"Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, we will stand by each other, however it blow." - Simon Dach (1605-1659)

"It isn't much good having anything exciting like floods, if you can't share them with somebody." - Winnie the Pooh


Team Vignette in the only Eco-Challenge team ever to hail from Austin, TX, and is comprised of professionals with full time careers:

  • Marcy Beard is an Electrical Engineer, and our team captain.
  • John Beard is a Financial Planner, and Marcy's husband.
  • Kip Fiebig is a Software Engineer, and Marcy's brother.
  • Jason Mittman is a Marketing and Business Development Director.
Our team is pretty unique, as far as Adventure Race teams go. We're very close-knit: We all live in Austin, and we train together on a weekly basis. Marcy and John are married, and Marcy and Kip are siblings. The fact that we're so close comes in handy, as it's important to actually like your teammates when you've been racing for days on little sleep!

Another thing that makes our team stand out is that we always seem to have an upbeat attitude, no matter what the race conditions are. We genuinely enjoy overcoming challenging obstacles, and seldom find ourselves getting frustrated in any situation. While out team is very serious about performing our best, we're also serious about having fun in the process!

Historical note: Our team also has a former member, Darran Wells. After competing with Team Vignette in the 2000 Eco-Challenge, Darran moved out of Austin to Colorado. He has since found a new lucky team to race with, Team ARgear.com. Team Vignette wishes Darran and Team ARgear.com the best of luck in all their future racing adventures!




















Marcy | John | Kip | Jason

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