[Land-speed] BYU E-! 'liner

[Ray Buck]

  Photos of the proceedings at:
http://www.chevyasylum.com/lsr/bsf2010/20100727b/Welcome.html

Wes tells me he "owes me one" since I (for about the first time ever) 
was able to sneak up and get a shot of him unawares.  He's only done 
that to me a couple dozen times.  But, like he was last time, I was kind 
and didn't shoot for the "extra goofy" look the he so often catches me 
with.  Well, ok.  It ain't hard.

One thing that Jim said was that he was surprised by the acceleration.  
I'm gonna make a coupla SWAGs here and mention that the run was downhill 
(slightly), the car was so damn quiet that it was spooky and someone 
mentioned that an electric motor makes its maximum torque when going 
from a stop to its rated speed.  I think that's the way the put it.

Nonetheless, the little critter moved down the straight pretty quickly.  
Not like the ALMS prototypes that ran there a little bit ago, but pretty 
good, anyway.

I guess we were lucky in that the regularly scheduled 3 pm wind and rain 
squall held off until about 7 pm, so they were able to get a coupla runs 
ans they seemed happy with the results.

RtR

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On 7/29/2010 12:03 PM, Wester Potter wrote:
> Jim Burkdoll, USFRA president, was the driver and will drive the car on the
> salt at Speed Week for initial high speed testing and at World of Speed where
> they hope to set a new E-1 Category record above the current 127 MPH record.
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> BYU students build battery-powered race car
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> SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) - Miller Motorsports Park is use to seeing sleek,
> state-of-the-art racing vehicles on its tarmac, but the one that took to the
> track Tuesday night may be the fastest and the quietest to date.
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> Students from BYU's College of Engineering helped design and build a
> lightweight, battery-powered streamliner. It's capable of traveling at 180
> miles an hour.
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> The raceway agreed to allow preliminary testing of the streamliner on its
> smooth, 3,500 foot straightaway.
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> The tests will verify that the car handles and stops safely. Such testing is
> essential for a vehicle that has less than one inch of ground clearance and a
> 200-yard turning radius.
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> BYU Advisor Perry Carter said, "It's hard to live in Utah, not have a race car
> and go to the Salt Flats so we did."
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> The BYU streamliner team will attempt to set a new land speed record in the E1
> class during speed week at the Bonneville Salt Flats in August.
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