[ratpack] Re: Electric car on the salt
- From: "PAUL W WATSON" <TSWATSON78@xxxxxxx>
- To: <ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:04:06 -0600
100 kph [kilometers per hour] equals 62 mph. 300 kph should be 186 mph.
p
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From: humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 7:46 PM
Subject: [ratpack] Re: Electric car on the salt
Yep, it kinda sorta did. Amazing stuff! That Brazilian car...How much is
a Brazilian...like a million? And what's 300 KPH in real numbers?
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From: "Ray Buck" <rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>>
To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 7:02:41 PM
Subject: [ratpack] Re: Electric car on the salt
Did it look sorta kinda like this?
They (the OSU team) ripped the hydrogen fuel cell stuff out and went with
newer technology lithium batteries and got their 300+ record...at 80 percent
max power. But when they decided to crank it all the way up and go for broke,
that's exactly what they got: broke. They destroyed the clutch and had to park
it. They were thinking about a 350 run. They might be back for the Shootout
in late September. We'll see what happens then.
This one was there, too:
A Brazilian stock car, bleeve it or don't. Must have a handful of money
(several, in fact) cuz they also ran at Miller's on Monday. As I understand
it, they wanted to hit 300 kph and did with room to spare. They also had a
coupla dozen paparazzi with 'em, not to mention video crews and helicopter. If
ya look up Caca Bueno, you can learn a little about the driver. Btw, that's a
Chevy. I think it's a Vectra...more or less. Had a big V8 sound to it, no
question about that.
I went out on Tuesday and came back yesterday. You'd think I woulda had
enough after almost 2 weeks there, but no, I had to go back again. After I
shoot the Concours, I'll head out again for the motorcycle-only meet called
BUB. I'll be back sooner or later.
r
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On 8/26/2010 6:17 PM, humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I just watched a video of an Ohio State University electric car that did
307 MPH on the salt. l think that's great. What next?
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