It's about time that some of the "big time" racing names got into the game! Happy to see that this news is making the rounds.
-Tom On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 1:10 AM, brucedp5 <[email protected]> wrote: > > "Big Daddy" Don Garlits is a legend in drag racing > > > http://green.autoblog.com/2013/01/16/don-garlits-drives-electric-swamp-rat-37-in-preparation-of-reco/ > [image] Don Garlits drives electric Swamp Rat #37 in preparation of record > attempt > By Domenick Yoney Jan 16 2013 > > [image > > http://www.blogcdn.com/green.autoblog.com/media/2013/01/swamp-rat-37-shakedown-628.jpg > lawless ev racing > > > video > http://youtube.com/watch?v=OySTN8YmU_A > SW-37 Blast #1 > lawlessind Dec 18, 2012 > ] > > "Big Daddy" Don Garlits is a legend in drag racing. Over the decades he's > set a lot of records, and was the first to break hit 200 miles per hour in > the quarter-mile (and the eighth-mile, for that matter). Now, at the tender > age of 81, he's getting ready to do it again. This time, in an electric > dragster. > > Lawless EV Racing, the guys behind the world's quickest electric > motorcycle, > have put together Swamp Rat #37 for Mr Garlits with the express purpose of > warping down the track in six seconds at speeds in excess of 200 mph.The > elongated machine depends on three Zilla controllers to send 1500 kW – the > equivalent of 2012 horsepower – from the custom High Tech Systems battery > pack to the General Electric series DC motor. > > The project arose after Big Daddy's previous electric dragster experience – > some match races in cars with golf cart-like performance – had left him > with > the impression that EVs are slow. With a little preliminary testing under > his belt, Garlits now knows this is not the case. > > Scroll on down for video of one test run, along with footage of that match > race that provided the impetus for this project. You can see other, > slightly > clearer, clips here and here. Though the wick wasn't turned up all the way > and the vehicle was still incomplete, this latest Swamp Rat seemed to tear > up the first 60 feet of asphalt faster than any EV that's come before it. > We > are looking to seeing the what this latest Swamp Rat will do once it's > ready > to play for keepsies. > [© 2013 AOL All rights reserved] > > > > > For all EVLN posts use: > > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date > > Here are today's archive-only EV posts: > > EVLN: Angkor EV wants to reduce Asian oil reliance r:300km ts:60kph > EVLN: Indian PM Asks Auto Industry to Adopt Electric Technology Fast > EVLN: Unhappy warm-climate Leaf-owners > Nissan's lack of a fix > EVLN: Strange half-homemade China nEV must corner like a racecar! > + > EVLN: Future Engineers turning old clunkers into racing EVs > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Big-Daddy-s-Swamp-Rat-37-EV-Racer-built-by-Lawless-tp4660694.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA ( > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > -- Remember, it is not that the glass is half empty, in reality, the glass is merely twice the size that it needs to be! -TNT'82 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130119/07e155b4/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
