James

It's your personal invite! The "Wayland Invitational IV" electricdrag racing EVent is happening again this year at PortlandInternational Raceway (PIR), July 17th & 18th. Come see what electricpower is all about as NEDRA (National Electric Drag RacingAssociation) hosts this EVent. Electric vehicles (EV) from the newestproduction cars, to 11 second street rides, to all-out drag 7 secondbikes and rails will be pushing the EV performance envelope for 1/4mile acceleration prowess.

Hmmmm. Seattle to Portland, distance 180 miles.
Range of Tesla Roadster is 240 miles.

Electric drag racing event is July 17-18, 2009
Delivery of Tesla Roadster Sport is estimated for late June or early July.

This could be interesting.

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Yes, it would be great to see what a real owner's Sport model can pull off in the 1/4 mile there!

Plasma Boy

Hello to All,

OK, it's my first post to the Tesla forum. The opening ' Hello Plasma Boy' paragraph had asked 'Why not make your first post today by saying hello to our community in our Introductions forum.'...yet I was unable to find a specific category titled 'Introductions forum' to post to...thus, here I am.

For those not familiar with who I am, my name is John Wayland, and I have been designing, building, driving, and racing EVs since 1980. I helped co-found the National Electric Drag racing Association (NEDRA), and currently own two electric Datsun 1200s and a Honda Insight hybrid....OK, I also have an electric garden tractor and at the last count, four board type scooters. I am also a big fan of the Tesla Roadster!

I'd like to invite all of you to join in the fun and excitement of the July 24th & 25th 'Wayland Invitational IV' electric drag races this summer in Portland, Oregon at PIR.
We’ve already gotten several commitments from Tesla owners who will be bringing and racing their rides. I'd be honored to have as many Tesla owners...with or without their cars, here at this race that's shaping up to be the biggest electric drag race of the year! Please visit the NEDRA web site for more details, feel free to answer this post, and or email me back as well.

I am fairly successful at attracting media to my EVents, and expect at least one of the major car mags to be covering this race. It would be quite exciting to have a large group of Teslas in attendance. The forklift company I work for, NW Handling Systems, always supports our EV drag racing and has offered to set up the forklift shop to charge as many Teslas as necessary off their wall of juice normally reserved for the bank of forklift chargers. The NWHS shop is a short 5.5 miles from the Wayland residence (aka The EV Juice Bar).

See Ya...John Wayland

National Electric Drag Racing Association
Welcome to Plasma Boy Racing, home of White Zombie, the world's quickest street legal electric door slammer in the 1/4 mile drag.
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graham

Oh! You are the White Zombie guy!

Welcome!

doug

Welcome John,

Of course many of us know who you are.
http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/elect...ctric-car.html

I know of at least one Tesla owner that plans to attend your event (assuming his car is ready in time).

Plasma Boy

Hello to All,

Yes, I have decloaked and admit, I am the White Zombie guy. Seriously though, thanks for the welcome!

I am pretty excited that there will be several Teslas at the race, and so are all my other EV friends. We all think it's a great car, we all respect its out-of-the-box 1/4 mile capabilities, and I know all of us are looking forward to having a chance at running down the 1/4 mile with a Tesla! My car is fairly well known at the track, and at past races they've seen the likes of Killacycle (7.8 @ 168 mph electric drag bike) as well, but to see 'the' Tesla in person and watch it take out a few muscle cars and or hot imports, will be a real treat for all!

I am still working on aquiring a lithium sponsor for WZ, and if I do, look for a high 10 second run out of this little 'ol Datsun! If the sponsorship doesn't come through, even with its tired 2+ year old lead acid pack the car should still be able to run low 12s (it ran 11.8 when the lead acid pack was fresh).

In addition to my Datsun, Mike Willmon's low 12 second Pinto is coming down all the way from Anchorage, Alaska to be at this race. From southern California, my friend KD and his lithium powered Cobra replica and perhaps a lithium Mustang, too, are coming. We have asked flim maker Chris Paine to bring his Tesla as well, and are hoping he might also bring a film crew while he's at it. I will be contacting Car and Driver's Ted West to see if the mag wants to cover this race as a kind of 'Ted West revisits the West' kind of thing (East coaster Ted West wrote the story of WZ for the May 2007 issue). Anyway, it's stacking up to be a very BIG electric drag race!

Please feel free to let me know if any of you can join us. Otmar (designer and builder of the Zilla .6 megawtt DC motor controller) is beefing up his AC controller that spins a certain AC motor, and is installing a lithium pack into his electric-only Insight. He and I are both working on an I-5 corridor charging network for those wanting to take an electric road trip in their EVs, with the race being the destination. I am working on media coverage of the trek north-to- south out of Washington state into Oregon of a group of Teslas, Oat has got the south-to-north section covered. In addition to showing the world that EVs can be quick and fast, with the Tesla's 200+ mile per charge capability (when driven sanely - not by Top Gear), why not demonstrate their range prowess as well and show the world that with a proper infrastructure (charging stations instead of gas stations), todays emerging EVs can also be used for longer distance travel as well!

Again, thanks for the welcome!

See Ya...John Wayland

PS: I invite all of you to join us at the NEDRA@Yahoo discussion list

James

John already knows that I will be in Portland, even if my Tesla Sport has not arrived yet. However, I have been told that Tesla Roadster Sport #1 will be out the door from Menlo Park in late June, so it should be ready in time.

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"Otmar (designer and builder of the Zilla .6 megawtt DC motor controller) is beefing up his AC controller that spins a certain AC motor, and is installing a lithium pack into his electric-only Insight."

The motor is an EV1 motor, as in the GM EV1.

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DaveD

Hi John,

I've been seeing videos of the White Zombie for many years, and I'd certainly like to see it in person.

I'm Seattle-area Tesla owner, and along with James, there's a group of us owners that are giving serious thought to caravaning down to Portland for your event. In my case, there's no doubt that I'd be making the trip in a Tesla, since it got delivered a week ago. Doug can vouch for me.

As for actually racing it, I'll have to think about that a bit more. I don't doubt that my R/T would be embarassing, but I may be game by the time I get down there.

malcolm

Plasma Boy! Welcome.

How awesome is that!