Thread: Electrathon - A Different Kind of "Hotrod"

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I have been remiss in my reporting again. I have been racing periodically but have neglected to record my results. After the Mulberry Dash Races I missed the next two. I didn't go to Kirkland Ranch Academy in December because I was busy elsewhere. Then I skipped the January race at Mulberry because it was unseasonably cold, and I had just gotten over a bout of flu. Finally, on March 1st, Jerry Bristow and I went to the annual Engineering Expo race at USF Tampa. In the first race I ran my batteries down prematurely trying to keep pace with Rodney Schreck. He was experimenting with a different (bigger) motor and he was turning consistent fast laps. I finally dropped out with about 5 minutes left on the clock; my car had depleted the batteries until I was going about walking speed. Jerry drove the second race and was on his way to a second-place finish when the right front tire went flat. He came to the pits, I changed the tube and reinflated the tire, he ran another ten minutes or so, and the tire went flat again with about 10 minutes left on the clock. We got a 3rd place trophy by default - only 3 cars in Open Class.

On March 29th Jerry and I took Ol' Purple to Kirkland Ranch Academy for the first time. There was a conflicting race in Pensacola, so the field was pretty sparse. I took it fairly easy at first and gradually increased my speeds as I got used to the track. Jerry drove the second race and took it really easy. He said he wasn't going to risk crashing the car on an unfamiliar course since we had no competition in Open Class. We got a 1st place trophy, but it was basically a glorified practice session. The pic below is Jerry in the second race.