Ralph Goodwin wrote:
> We didn't win overall, but we were the fastest there!
>
> Twenty eight school teams participated in the 2000 Carolina EV
> Challenge. Of these Northern Vance High School won the overall
> competition. The Challenge has a number of different competition
> elements including environmental research, web site design and many
> other education opportunities. This is the second year in a row that
> Northen Vance has won this overall series, the largest of its kind in
> the Southeast US, if not the country!
>
> The quickest car there was the North Johnston High School Spitfire!
>
> On behalf of the students of North Johnston HS and their lead instructor
> Kevin Boykin, thanks to each of you who offered technical advice for the
> construction of the Spitfire and unlimited encouragement! Special
> thanks to TS Imported Automotive of the Spitfire list and Electric
> Vehicles of America of the EV list for you support both technical and
> otherwise! Thanks to all the participants on both list for the
> discussions on the technical issues that were openly discussed at
> length, ranging from charging of AGM batteries to installation of a
> camber compensator on the rear end.
>
> The points you raised were very valuable as we made the decisions that
> resulted in the "Fastest Gun In The East!"
>
> Pictures and overall results will be posted on the EV Challenge web site
> ASAP. Likewise a massive overall of the Electric Spitfire web site is
> in order!
>
> Again, thanks for your help and support!
>
> -Ralph & the staff and students at North Johnston HS, Kenly NC.
>
Way to go Ralph....congratulations to you and all your students. A great
accomplishment of which you should be proud...and one which vicariously, we
spitfire owners all can be proud! Just one more notch in that giant Spitfire
belt :-)
Cheers
Keith
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