Calling all United States Members - Potential Meet Up?
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Central coast of CA (San Luis Obispo county).
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I currently have a stockish Mini SE. You can find me at autocross events. I'd get smoked on a drag strip.P.S.Mangelsdorf wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:24 pm Question for those in the southeast:
If there was an EV specific drag racing event (likely 1 day only) somewhere in the Carolinas, would you attend? Would you bring a car to compete?
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What if there was a class for low power and/or front wheel drive EVs? So you'd run against Leafs and Bolts, not Teslas and Lucids?
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Is there such a thing as EV bracket racing?
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That is a good question, with a complicated answer. To be brief and not hijack my own thread:
- The National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA) created classes, rules, and recording keeping 25 years ago. Their safety rules were adopted by NHRA/IHRA/Loring Timing Assoc. but NHRA has recently re-written their safety rules.
- NHRA has an EV specific class, but since it falls under their "Street Legal" program, it is only for recent production cars.
- All EVs can compete in NHRA/IHRA/WDRA Sportsman bracket racing series, essentially the points series at your local track.
Are there currently classes in any race series that have pre-set indexes for EVs like NHRA Stock and Super Stock? No.
Are NEDRA's class divisions at all relevant today? In my opinion, No.
I've talked with a few friends and acquaintances about setting up some sort of EV gathering/race if there was enough interest. My thought is that to create such an event would require new heads-up classes that make more sense than NEDRAs and could better accommodate modern conversions and production EVs, or just running it like a traditional non-class bracket race where drivers select their own dial-in.
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I'll likely be in South East Michigan late July/early August likely until early September if anyone is interested in meeting up for a drink...
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Count me in for the Spec LEAF racing class