Wayland’s Words

Hello to All,

The above title now seems at odds, as I finally get this part 2 post out. The timing for it sucks. By now, everyone knows that another EVent has come and gone (Wayland Invitational III) and I should be writing about ‘it’ instead. Oh well…chalk it up to being over-the-top busy the past three weeks, chalk it up to just being plain wrung-out from all the ups and downs of putting on a major racing EVent, chalk it up to being worn-down from weeks of constant media attention more fitting of a visiting Hollywood super star than some Greek geek playing around with his electric car. On the other hand, to fully appreciate the July 13th & 14th weekend’s track numbers you really need to know the build-up to the Wayland Invitational III, which our racing from June 29th was very much part of.

Anyway, here it is at last, part 2:

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Hello to All,

childreypa@drmm.net wrote:

I always thought that sitting batteries on a concrete garage floor would suck out the charge. If it were true, wouldn’t direct contact with the ground do the same?…but is the concrete myth even true?

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Hello to All,

As usual, there’s a Wayland story here, so go get that cup of coffee and maybe a nice cinnamon melt, kick off those shoes, relax, and enjoy!

All I can say, is WOW! Finally, we’ve broken into the 11s that have eluded us for now for the past two years….and yes, we drove it to and from the track! As Rod Wilde posted, Tim Brehm drove White Zombie into the 11s twice, with the fourth run the best ET at 11.948 @ 109.75 mph, and the fifth and final run an 11.960 @ 110.14 mph. Remember when we were trying to be the first street legal EV to crack 100 mph in the 1/4 mile? Geesh, now we’re flying up to 110 mph!

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Hello everyone,
After many hours of work on the car to get ready for racing, Friday finally came. It had been raining off and on all day with downpours in the afternoon. It was starting to look like the anti-EV vortex was back. I arrived at Wayland’s around 4:00 pm to find the shop full of cameras and crew interviewing Wayland. Between the weather and the distractions it wasn’t looking good for racing.

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