On 21 March 2018 at 15:10, EVDL Administrator via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > On 21 Mar 2018 at 10:47, Paul Compton via EV wrote:
> Clare had a lot of EV work > going back in the day. She was active in (a founder of maybe?) WE'RE-IT, > the Women's Electric Racing Team. WE'RE-IT competed in EV track racing > events, including the Phoenix APS Electrics. > I'm pretty sure that another EVDL member of that era, Mary Ann Chapman, was > also a WE'RE-IT member. I was a WE'RE-IT team member in 1996 (special dispensation; no surgery required) and Mary Ann was the driver that year. >From 1997 to 1999, Mike Slominski and I effectively ran the car. John Wayland hooked us up with some Optima batteries and we ran under the Optimal Performance banner. For the last year we borrowed a Zilla controller and ran at 288v nominal, but with current to the ADC 9" motor limited to 200amp peak. We topped 135mph in testing on the runways at Alameda and were giving the National Auto Sports Association cars a run for their money in raw speed and lap times. We took an easy third place in the 12 lap short race despite our speed being severely limited by an overheating controller. Running the coolant through a box full of ice solved that problem. A throttle safety microswitch failure took us out of the 25 lap race, which was a real shame because with our new higher top speed we could tuck up under the rear spoiler of the AC Propulsion powered Z28 and run down the fast straight with barely any throttle. Richard Hatfield was our driver/sponsor that year and the performance achieved helped inspire him to quit the financial industry and found first Alliance Renewable Energy and then Lightning Motorcycles. -- Paul Compton www.morini-mania.co.uk www.paulcompton.co.uk (YouTube channel) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
