Hi Everyone! Well, the race and conference planning is fast under way and coming together great. So far we have people from the US, Canada and Mexico all planning on attending. We have several media crews planning on being to film the events, race teams and EV'ers from all over the US and the registrations keep rolling in every day. Based on the number of registered people, calls and emails, this looks like it could be one of the biggest EV races ever.
Speaking of racing, the FLEAA is honored to be the ones to announce a very special car that will be racing at the BBB. Thanks to the hard work of Bill Dube and his sponsor A123, Shawn Lawless will be racing the recently upgraded Orange Juice Dragster with the A123 battery pack out of KillaCycle for the weekend! If you are not familiar with Orange Juice in its current configuration, it is a shorten rail dragster, with 8 Zilla powered LEMCO motors, now energized by the famous A123 cells from KillaCycle. The whole dragster with motors, controller and batteries is weighing in less than 1000lbs. Shawn and his team will certainly be putting on a great show! We can't wait to see what kind of times he can post.thanks to Bill Dube and A123 for supporting Shawn's Orange Juice. The rest of the drag strip line is looking very impressive as well. Besides Orange Juice, Darin Gilbert of Bad Fish Racing, Matt Graham's Joule Injected, ProEV's Electric Imp, Miramar's Porsche 944, Brian Hall with Thunderstruck EV and numerous others will all be out there. There is also local rumor of a new S-10 with a Warp 13 and a Z2K racing! We will have close to 30 EV's competing in the competitions throughout the weekend. The road rally is looking great with numerous long range vehicles taking the line-up. More rumors of a Valence powered car from GA are surfacing as well. Saturday afternoon will bring us the first ever East Coast Scootercross and the much anticipated autocross later that day. We will see if ProEV and their Electric Imp can hold their title from last year. To add to the fun, we have invited a local road racer to bring his super-charged Acura NSX to go head-to-head with the EVs. So after the 2 hard days of racing and action, we will be winding down to a much deserved award ceremony and award banquet dinner Saturday night. There will be plenty of time to socialize and relax before the conference on Sunday. Sunday's conference promises to yield a lot of great information and discussions. The FLEAA will be providing a continental style breakfast of bagels, doughnuts and fruit with coffee Saturday morning at FAU while all the prep work is under way. There is a group breakfast being planned like were held at the 5th EVer for Sunday morning. There is a lot of hard work being put in by numerous people to bring this all together, but I would like to take a moment and thank our sponsors, who without we would not be holding such a grand event: Headlining the event this year is Vectrix, joined by AC Propulsion, Palm Beach Toyota, Suncoast EV Outfitters (SEVO), Alltrax Controllers, Hawker AeroBatteries, Coastal Tire and Auto, ThunderStruck Motors, KTA Services, and Hi-Torque Electric. We would also like to thank NEDRA for sanctioning the drag race at the Battery Beach Burnout. It is going to be a fantastic event and not one to be missed. It's not too late to plan on being here. Registration for the events and race is free, however, the FLEAA does ask that if you are going to attend and are planning on being there to please take a moment to register at the website: http://floridaeaa.org/modules/liaise/?form_id=6 This will allow us to have your pit pass (name tag) pre-printed and ready for you when you arrive. Thanks everyone, we look forward to seeing in a little over a week here is sunny south Florida! Shawn M. Waggoner FLEAA www.floridaeaa.org
