event #2 and EV challenge

Vincent Keene · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:09 am

ChrisSuich wrote:

The silence will be deafening.

Chris this isn't like you. I fully expect you to rig up some sort of speaker to play F1 sounds while you lap the traffic!

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:25 am

RodneyWright wrote:

Only 62 drivers signed up, come on people!

weather forecast for 70% chance of rain and T-storms on Sunday is not helping in the Dept of Enthusiasm....

OTOH, that may mean more runs per driver.

ChrisSuich · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:32 am

Vincent Keene wrote:

ChrisSuich wrote:

The silence will be deafening.

Chris this isn't like you. I fully expect you to rig up some sort of speaker to play F1 sounds while you lap the traffic!

Like this...

There is a pulse width modulation whine from the controller. I wonder if if gets into the 12V DC side.

Steven Spampinato · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:42 pm

I will make it up there early to help on Sunday, looking forward to it!

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

Just a heads up for registration: there's a STF car signed up in TIR.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:17 pm

the bmw is knock on wood finally running. we should be there at event 2 barring anything horrid.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:08 pm

ive only been there in rain anyway.. my wrx broke when i first went.. so this is revenge for me, i really hope the bmw stays together and i dont have two dnfs in two events.

ChrisSuich · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:43 pm

For anyone volunteering this weekend...

EV Challenge is a program of the non-profit organization
Carolina Electric Vehicle Coalition Inc in Raleigh, North Carolina (NC)
http://www.faqs.org/tax-exempt/NC/Carolina-Electric-Vehicle-Coalition-Inc.html

Some employers will pay for your hours volunteered.
Please consider having your hours turned into dollars for the organization.
I will.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:25 pm

I am going to hang out with a freind of mine, at advance auto in apex on the 21st. So I wont be available much for the ev challenge..

But you guys have fun, I will see you on the 22nd. :sing:

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:08 pm

we are go for launch at nccar for tomorrow, barring something wierd.

Andrew Jonell · **Joined:** Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:43 pm **Posts:** 1350

I had to leave because I didn't realize how cold it was going to be. NCCAR looks nice; just gotta wait for the weather to hold up next time.

PS: that S10 and the Fiero were cookin' it!

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:16 pm

Yeah but hte black bmw was really going fast. It needs work to be perfect again, but it will be.. we have a misfire right now, dont know where. We think because it was wet, the distributor was jumping and not firing right. Otherwise it was a great run anyway.. We need some more real big sites soon. manual steering is not so bad for autocross.. Watching a leaf at a autocross is just strange.
How about that black chevy camaro huh? he was fun to watch.

Arthur McDonald · **Joined:** Fri Aug 29, 2003 1:54 am **Posts:** 2052

My OEM-spec Pirelli P-Zero Nero M+S tires run good all day.

Thanks to everyone who helped put on this event in spite of the wet, nasty weather. I hope nobody caught pneumonia from that.

Also, the barbeque sandwiches that Simon & co served were excellent!

Jeremy Ellison · **Joined:** Fri May 13, 2011 5:01 pm **Posts:** 186

Thanks to everyone who came out despite the awful weather, and a huge thanks to everyone who stuck around and helped clean up. I don't think I've ever been at an event where course cleanup took such a short amount of time.

shawnwhipple · **Joined:** Wed Aug 20, 2003 6:28 pm **Posts:** 603

It was raining when I rolled in at 7:45 and it rained all day long. Sometimes it rained harder, sometimes it rained lighter, and sometimes it rained sideways, but it was always raining.

Despite the rain, I'd have to say the EV event went really well. All the kids I saw had big smiles on their faces and at the end of the day thats what is important. I'd have to say Rodney and the VP's deserve a big thanks for showing up in the nasty conditions and putting on a great event for the EV challenge in spite of the weather.

First thing in the morning.

The fast Fiero

Nice EV MR2

S10

I had a good time myself but my feet are still wet

Whoever is in charge of ordering the weather needs to make sure the sunshine payment is made before the event

There is one nice thing about racing in the rain on a course that loops back on itself, the 2nd time through you can see exactly where your line was on the first lap.

Shawn

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