Welcome to the EVents page. Upcoming car shows, races, and various media publication releases are posted here. Past shows and such are posted by year.
You can email Plasma Boy here:
jw@plasmaboyracing.com
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A feature story about White Zombie will appear in ESPN magazine, available on news stands the first week of December '07.
August 25th '07 'Street Warriorz'...Racing starts Saturday night from 4:00 until midnight. This EVent is all about street legal cars running 1/4 mile races - perfect for White Zombie, the world's quickest street legal electric car! In addition to the races, there is also a car audio competition and other fun attractions.
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August 22nd '07 at PIR 'King of the Track 1/8 mile drags'...Racing starts Wednesday night from 4:00 until 10:00 pm.
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August 17-18 '07 'NEDRA 10th Anniverary Nationals'...Racing starts Friday night from 6:00 until midnight. Saturday morning we will once again, meet up at the Village Inn restaurant at 10301 NE Stark St. (corner of NE 103nd Ave & Stark St.) for the 'Electric Breakfast' & show & tell car show from 9:00 - 12:00 noon. Afterwards all are welcome to hang with the EV racers at the Wayland EV Juice bar for a bit of crazy wrenching-repairing-prepping of the electrics for Saturday night's racing action...same time, same place (PIR 6:00 at the gates). This year's races will have big media coverage! Several new electric racing machines will be debuting at these races as well.
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July 13-14 '07 'Wayland Invitational III'...The races begin Friday night at 5:30 - 6:00 depending on when PIR opens the gates to the track and run until midnight. Saturday morning we all meet up at the Village Inn restaurant at 10301 NE Stark St. (corner of NE 103nd Ave & Stark St.) for the 'Electric Breakfast' & show & tell car show from 9:00 - 12:00 noon. Afterwards all are welcome to hang with the EV racers at the Wayland EV Juice bar for a bit of crazy wrenching-repairing-prepping of the electrics for Saturday night's racing action...same time, same place (PIR 5:30 at the gates). This year's races are the best ever, with Bill Dube and his racing team coming to Portland with Killacycle, the world's quickest electric vehicle. Powered by A123 Systems lithium Ion batteries. Bill is loaning his spare bike pack for use in White Zombie. Bill and his team are shooting for the 7s, while the 700 lbs. lighter lithium powered Zombie shoots for low 11s!
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June 29th 2007 at PIR...White Zombie races at PIR in the Les Schwab Street Drags
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May '07 'Car and Driver'...White Zombie and the NEDRA electric drags will be featured in the May issue with a 4 page spread in the world's largest automotive magazine
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March 18th 2007... White Zombie will be running for the first time this year on its new more powerful battery pack, at PIR Sunday afternoon. The new twin pack of Genesis batteries (2 X 360V) can output 1500 amps, but will be limited to 1000 amps for the Saturday night runs to break the pack in. With less voltage sag than the previous pack, low 12s - high 11s are possible.
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March 2nd thru March 4th 2007 'Portland Roadster Show'...The newest version of White Zombie was on display and highlighted at the show's entrance at this high profile hotrod show. Pictures from the show are up at the 'Photos' page.
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February 7th 2007 'Northwest Z' club meeting...White Zombie on display at the Wilsonville, OR Izzy's Pizza place where the monthly Z Car club holds their meetings. Plasma Boy and driver Tim Brehm are the scheduled guest speakers.
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White Zombie will be on display at the 7-12-06 Portland, Oregon debut of 'Who Killed the Electric Car?' at the Hollywood Theater, from 6:00 - 9:00 pm, Wednesday night.
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Plasma Boy himself will be at the wheel of White Zombie Friday night, 6-30-06 at PIR in Portland, Oregon, racing in the late Night Drags series. Come join the fun as we try to push White Zombie into the 11s. Gates open at 5:00 pm.
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John, Tim Brehm, and driver Jeffery Bywater will be racing Father Time and Tom True's triple motor Datsun 280ZX at the Portland International Raceway (PIR) Wednesday, 8-10-05 in the 1/8 mile drag. The three man team has been tweaking the car for 1/4 mile racing, but Wednesdays are the night to test and tune launches. Running at 168V with a fresh pack of Exide Orbitals, it should be strong! Gates open at 4:00 and close at 10:00 pm.
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Blue Meanie will be on display at the Fred Meyer corporate barbecue / car show Friday,
8-12-05 at Fred Meyer's corporate offices in Portland, Oregon, along side vintage muscle
cars, classic hot rods, and anything else 'cool'. The show is not open to the public, but
hundreds of Fred Meyer employees will get a chance to see a hi pro street EV up close.
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White Zombie and the Silver Bullet will both be racing at the first 'Wayland Invitational' street legal electric drag race to be held Friday night, 9-2-05 at the Portland International Raceway (PIR). The EVent is timed to go with the big Woodburn Electric Drag Races scheduled 2 days later on Sunday. PIR is open for all street legal vehicles on Friday and Saturday nights, so this is a 'join the crowd' type of race where EVs will get to mix it up with muscle cars and quick rice burners...what fun! Gates open at 7:00 pm and racing goes to 1:00 am.
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Don't miss John and the White Zombie racing at the Nedra 2005 Nationals at Woodburn Dragstrip Sep 4th!