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Bookman's Spring Thaw April 14 Featuring Legendary NEDRA Racers</font></strong><br>
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<em><strong><em><div align="center">Race to be held at Southwestern International Raceway in Tucson Arizona</i></div>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (March 18, 2012) </em>EV drag racers from across the country will be racing at <a href="http://sirace.com/" target="_blank">Southwestern International Raceway</a> for the <a href="http://bookmans.com/" target="_blank">Bookman's</a> Spring Thaw April 14. Featured racers include White Zombie, DC Plasma, Smokescreen, KillaCycle, Lemon Juice, Tron,
AGNuS, Predator, Black Pearl and more!
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<p>Many of these vehicles are coming to the race with new improvements so it should be exciting.</p>
<p>Also at the track will be a Green Pavilion featuring several alternative energy exhibits including other alt fuel vehicles and the event will feature a band.</p>
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<p>This event is historic in that Southwestern International Raceway is the site of one the quickest EV drag racing runs in history when Dennis Berube took Current Eliminator to a run of 7.756 at 160 mph in the 1/4.</p>
<p>We'll have more information as it becomes available.</p></td>
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DC Plasma Breaks into the 9s and Black Pearl makes History at NEDRA
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (February 25, 2012) </em>It was a historic two days of racing at Bradenton Motorsports Park February 23 and 24 when NEDRA's quickest racers came together to push the limits of electric drag racing at the NEDRA Florida Nationals.</p>
<p>It was just a month earlier at Bradenton, that Lemon Juice, Shawn Lawless' electric S-10, which he calls the "S-11" made a historic run of 9.80 at 132 mph with a 333 volt Flight Power pack, dual 2K Zillas and four GE motors! This time Shawn arrived at the track from Ohio with a 370 volt pack ready to drop further down into the 9's. Just before sundown, John Metric arrived at the track from Texas with DC Plasma, his dual-9" inch motor, dual 2K Zilla, 360 volt 1984 Fiero with an upgraded pack ready to break into the 9's. </p>
<p>Back in the pits, the high school teams were getting ready for their runs. Black Pearl, Miramar High School's dual 9-inch motor Porsche 944 and the Central Shenandoah's Porsche 911 were getting prepped by their students led by Lowell Simmons from Miramar and Brian Humphries from Central Shenandoah. Audrey and partner Steve Clunn were ready to take a fun trip down the track with their electric Morris Mini.</p>
<p>Also in the pits was Zilla controller designer Otmar Ebenhoech who was there to see for himself how his Zillas could handle the high voltages and quick time. Jeff and George from Eventics, the Zilla's competitor were also there to see the action. </p>
<p>This set the scene for an exciting night of racing and some drama. Back in the pits and the track the evening moisture was settling over everything. The chargers weren't able to feed more then 9 amps to DC Plasma and Lemon Juices battery packs and the car's windows continually needed to be dried off. Track workers were interrupting the races to dry the track off with gas burners. A gas Mustang had spun out and lost a rear wheel right in front of the stands.</p>
<p>Lowell Simmons was the first EV down the track with a 12.07 second warm-up run in the Miramar Porsche 944 easily beating one of the many diesel trucks who were also racing their own event.</p>
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<p>Then came the dual between DC Plasma and Lemon Juice. DC Plasma quickly launched off the line with a 60 foot time of 1.55 and led the race with an ET of 9.89 at 134 mph which was a best time for DC Plasma. The wet track caused Lemon Juice to slip just a bit but Shawn was able to correct and came up with an ET of 10.80 at 120 mph. </p>
<p>The racing continued the next day. Lemon Juice wasn't able to make it but DC Plasma was there to back up the run for the NEDRA record but unfortunately blew a reversing contactor and one of the controllers while <a href="http://www.evexpo.info/index.cfm" target="_blank"></a>backing out of the pits which ended the day for DC Plasma. He was still able to leave the track with a NEDRA MC/A2 record of 10.677 at 124.77 mph.</p>
<p>Lowell Simmons, racing Black Pearl was able to take the NEDRA HS/A record with a time of 11.319 at 118.34 mph beating their previous record of 11.61.</p></td>
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BREAKING NEWS!!<br>
NEDRA Becomes an NHRA<br>
Alternative Sanctioning Organization (ASO)
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (January 30, 2012) </em>The National Electric Drag Racing Association (NEDRA), a non-profit Washington based corporation and a Specialized Chapter of the Electric Auto Association (EAA), is proud to announce we have become an NHRA Alternative Sanctioning Organization (ASO).</p>
<p>NEDRA has joined the ranks of other prestigious independent racing organizations such as the All Harley Drag Racing Association (AHDRA) and the American Drag Racing League (ADRL). Of note is that only three of the six NHRA ASOs are automobile drag racing associations, the other five are for motorcycles. To become an ASO, NEDRA's Class and Safety Rules were reviewed and approved by the NHRA. According to Josh Peterson, the NHRA Racing Administration Vice President, the NHRA ASO program is designed to enable independent sanctioning organizations to conduct drag racing programs not offered by the NHRA at NHRA Member Tracks.</p>
<p>NEDRA was formed in 1997 as an organization to promote safe EV drag racing and education as well as to keep records for electric drag racing. In 1999, then NEDRA President, John Wayland had Vice President Roderick Wilde and Tech Director Bill Dube work with the NHRA to include electric vehicles in NHRA drag racing. EVs were accepted and included in the 1999 NHRA rule book and were later adopted into the F.I.A. drag racing rule book. This was a milestone event for NEDRA as the NHRA rules stated since 1953 that you must have an internal combustion engine in order to race on their tracks. Since it's beginning, over fifteen years ago, NEDRA has grown worldwide to include representatives in five other countries. NEDRA looks forward to a further constructive relationship with the NHRA.</p>
<p>The NHRA is the largest motorsports sanctioning body in the world with more than 40,000 licensed NHRA drag racers that compete at 130 NHRA member tracks around the USA and Canada.<a href="http://www.nhra.com" target="_blank"> www.nhra.com</a>.</p></td>
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Shawn Lawless and Lemon Juice Breaks into the 9's at 132 mph</font></strong></p>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (January 14, 2012) </em>From sunny Central Florida, we're thrilled to report that Shawn Lawles has broken into the 9's with Lemon Juice.</p>
<p>This is a truly historic moment for EVs since it's the first electric door slammer to break into the 9's in the US. </p>
<p>Here are his times for the day leading up to the historic run. More info as it becomes available.</p>
<p>Run 1: 12.30 @ 105 mph<br>
Run 2: 10.79 @ 121 mph<br>
Run 3: 10.43 @ 121 mph<br>
Run 4: 9.95 @ 127 mph<br>
Run 5: 9.80 @ 132 mph </p>
<p>A couple days ago Shawn predicted a door slammer would break into the 9s and he was right. </p>
<p><img src="timeslips/lemon_juice_01_15_2012.jpg" width="350" height="468" alt="timeslip"></p>
<p><img src="photos/lemon_juice/Lemon+Juice+motorbay-2-1.jpg" width="370" height="277" alt="quad motor"></p>
<p>Here's a view inside Lemon Juice. Four 10 HP GE Motors sharing a single chain, direct drive. The juice to the motors is provided by two 2K amp high voltage Zilla controllers. The 9 second record run was powered by Flight Power 333 volt 3500 amp lithium battery pack. 9-inch Posi Rearend.</p></td>
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Shawn Lawless and John Metric <br>
to Recieve Coveted NEDRA Awards for 2011</font></strong> </p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Shawn Lawless to receive the Ed Rannberg Award<br>
and John Metric receives the Bob Rice Memorial EVenturer Award
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (December 27, 2011) </em>NEDRA had a busy year in 2011 with many individual efforts to spread the news of EV racing. So NEDRA would like to express our sincere thanks to two members who have helped make this year a success.</p>
<p>This year, Shawn Lawless and Team Lawless has been all over the map promoting EV racing with his "Rocket" electric drag bike which was built in front of millions of viewers on "American Chopper" and pulled off a "world record," as Paul Sr. called it, on the show. In addition to building the "Rocket" and his bright yellow S-11 drag race truck, Shawn has been behind the scenes helping other racers get on the track including Jeff Disinger, the builder and racer of the record breaking "Predator" drag bike. Shawn has also been involved with an Ohio university in helping them with their electric motorcycle project and Miramar High School's new electric Cobra project. Congratulations to Shawn for receiving the 2011 <a href="rannberg_cup.html">Ed Rannberg Award</a>.</p>
<p><img src="images/lawless_ed_rannberg.jpg" width="370" height="460" alt="lawless"></p>
<p>NEDRA would also like to acknowledge John Metric for an outstanding year of record breaking racing and traveling half-way across the country to attend the Power of DC. We'd like to congratulate John with the new <a href="eventurer_award.html">Bob Rice Memorial "EVenturer" Award</a> in memory of Bob Rice who travelled all across the US to attend NEDRA Events on both coasts. John shares the same spirit Bob had in promoting EVs. John has been active with his local EAA chapters in getting more people interested in EV Drag racing and formed a new racing group, "Lonestar Racing."</p>
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IHRA Accepts Electric Vehicles in their Racing Rules!</font></strong> </p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Electrics now formally recognized by the IHRA</em></strong></p>
<p><img src="photos/crazyhorse/pinto_up.jpg" width="365" height="283" alt="Pinto wheelie"><em>NEDRA NEWS (December 19, 2011) </em>The National Electric Drag Racing Association is pleased to announce that the <a href="http://www.ihra.com" target="_blank">IHRA</a>, International Hot Rod Association, has formally recognized electric drag racing. Electric Cars and Motorcycles including Electric Junior Dragsters are now in their latest rule book.</p>
<p>The IHRA was formed in 1970 and is the largest drag racing sanctioning body in Canada and the second largest in the US. NEDRA's President, Mike Willmon and Vice President Roderick Wild! e worked with Skooter Peaco, the IHRA Vice President of Race Operation s and Mike Baker, their Director of Competition and Technical Services to help make this a reality. Chip Gribben, NEDRA's PR director has been working with Kurt Oberholtzer, IHRA Director of Contingency and Inside Sales concerning events at their member tracks. This now smooths the way for new and exciting EV drag racing venues. NEDRA looks forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with the IHRA.</p>
<p>This news is particularly significant to NEDRA's newest Regional Director for Western Canada, Casey Mynott. Casey is head of Canada's first electric drag racing team which just happens to be a group of high school students from Delta Secondary School in Ladner, British Columbia. Casey is the Automotive Instructor there. Besides their electric drag racing pick up they have added a Junior Dragster to their racing stable. It is g! oing to be an exciting and educational racing season coming up for them in 2012.</p></td>
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DC Plasma Breaks MC/A2 Record!</font></strong> </p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>John Metric takes DC Plasma to a new record <br>
and into the 125 MPH Club</em></strong> </p>
<p align="center"><img src="photos/dcplasma/DC-Plasma-Nice-Liftoff-Shot.jpg" width="370" height="246" alt="dc plasma"></p>
<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (December 3, 2011) </em>Despite fog and dampness settling over Baytown Royal Purple Dragway Friday night (the photo above is a file photo), John Metric piloted DC Plasma into the record books with a record setting run of 11.04 seconds at 123.67 mph beating the current MC/A2 record of 11.416 seconds at 120.33 mph! (record to be posted soon pending verification)<br>
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Although the record run is 123.67 mph, John had an even faster and quicker run at 128.15 mph at 10.461 seconds that put him into the <a href="125mph_club.html#dcplasma">125 MPH Club</a>! NEDRA would love to post the 10.461 time as the record but according to NEDRA rules the times must be within 1 percent in order to take the quicker time. He'll get there soon though<br>
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John's warm up run was a casual 11.713 seconds down the track spinning the tires on the damp pavement as he took off. To reduce the tire spin, John cranked down the amps to 1800 and lowered the tire pressure which propelled him to his 128 mph run. There was still a still a bit of spin so he lowered the amps down to 1700.</p>
<p>Times at the 1800 amps:<br>
60ft: 1.631<br>
330ft: 4.336<br>
1/8 mile ET: 6.648 <br>
1/8 mile speed: 104.93 mph<br>
1/4 mile ET: 10.461<br>
1/4 mile speed: 128.15 mph </p>
<p>Times at 1700 amps:<br>
60ft 1.863<br>
330ft 4.706<br>
1/8 mile ET: 7.101<br>
1/8 mile speed:
101.45 mph<br>
1/4 mile ET:
11.048 <br>
1/4 mile speed:
123.67 mph</p>
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<p>On a dry track DC Plasma should get into the high 9s at over 130 mph. That will happen soon enough!</p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Student built electric truck screams <br>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (December 1, 2011) </em>British Columbia high-school teacher Casey Mynott and his students have built the first electric racing car in Canada. Watch it in action in this exclusive Great Futures video.</p>
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DC Plasma Breaks into the 10s!</font></strong> </p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>John Metric takes DC Plasma to a best run of 10.4 seconds at 124 mph in the 1/4</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (November 12, 2011) </em>Since building his electric Fiero, <em>DC Plasma</em>, John's goal has been to break into the 10s. After a couple months of upgrades to the car including a beefier drive train and a new aerodynamic front end he's done it with a single run at 10.4393 at 124.83 mph! And at the same time beating the gas car he was running against.</p>
<p>The timeslip tells the rest of the story.</p>
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<p>On John's second run a CV joint failed so John wasn't able to finish the day with more runs but it will just be a matter of time - very soon - before John breaks into the 9's at 130 mph with new records and into the 125 mph Club. John has gone through the car and found where he can take 10ths of a second off here and there and hopefully with some clear weather he can pull it off.</p></td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Predator breaks into the 8's and takes the<br>
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<p align="left"><em>NEDRA NEWS (October 24, 2011)</em> Ever since the wall encounter in Cleveland last month Jeff "Dice" Disinger and Shawn Lawless have been wanting to get the Predator bike back to the track. Today it finally happened. Dice and Shawn met in Rochester, New York at Empire Dragway for their last race of the season. Dice was sporting almost healed fingers, new gloves, and Predator a new drag slick. After the day's effots, Predator is now the DMC/A record holder, with an 8.96 @ 141 MPH. This betters the Lawless AGNS bike record by more than a second. It took all day to get in just 4 runs but Dice was the last guy down the track for the season with an 8.60 @ 144 MPH to back up the record. The first run off the day to shakedown the slick was 11 something @ 117 MPH. The first backup attempt failed as the front end lifted and Dice had to get off the pot resulting in a 9.76 @ 136 MPH. The most impressive part of the day for Shawn was that they never had time to bump the current up above 60% and even with only 259 volts split in series on the motors, the GE's were still pulling like crazy at 122 volts. That and the fact that Godzilla Serial # 7 ran flawlessly and is still cranking out records. </p>
<p align="left">Look for the record to appear soon on the Records Page. The above photo is from the Power of DC. We'll have an updated photo of Dice and Predator soon.</p>
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<p align="left"><em>NEDRA NEWS (October 18, 2011) </em>MotorWeek came out to film the AutoCross portion of NEDRA's Power of DC event from June. As you can tell from the video, burnouts aren't just limited to the dragstrip as John Metric lights up the AutoCross course and leaves his mark on the pavement at the Valley Mall.</p>
<p align="left">NEDRA Members and their vehicles featured in the MotorWeek episode include John Metric with his Pontiac Fiero, Lowell Simmons with the Miramar High School Porsche 944, Dave Bollinger with his red Tesla, Dave Cover with his Porsche 944 and Dave Delman and his electric powered DeLorean.</p>
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<p align="left"><em>NEDRA NEWS (October 1, 2011) </em>On Friday September 30th 2011 the DSS electric drag racing team attended the last BCSSMA (<a href="http://www.highschooldragracing.org">http://www.highschooldragracing.org</a>) race day of the 2011 race season. At 2:22pm Alex Lehmann set an official NEDRA electric drag racing record, the 1st for Canada! The time was 14.762 @ 83.57 miles per hour. This was in the HS (High School) A2 (348 volt nominal) category. This was an amazing day for Alex and the whole team. Duncan Cowen (DSS Metal Shop instructor) and myself worked with the team throughout the day to get rid of any bugs that were left since our race debut on July 1st. With the batteries all charged up, Alex completed two runs with in the same speed and time frames. This qualified us for an official record! The excitement from the team was palpable as this was a 1st on multiple fronts. You might be asking yourself, where to from here? The answer, FASTER!!!</p>
<p align="left">With the season now officially over, we are eagerly looking forward to the 2012 high school race season. A huge "thank you" to all of our sponsors and supporters. With out you we certainly would not have been able to reach this grandiose achievement. Please feelfree to pass this information on. We are all making history together one clean, green, electron at a time! </p></td></tr></table>
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<p><strong><font color="#cc0000" size="4">Big Weekend for Racing<br>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Lawless Lemon Juice, Predator, DC Plasma and <br>
Black Pearl continue to push towards<br>
the 10s and 9s!!!</em></strong></p>
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<strong>BREAKING NEWS!!!!</strong> Reports from Shawn Lawless:<br>
First Run: 8:50 pm, 1.53 60 ft, 10.97 @ 120.26</em><em><br>
Second Run: 10:22 pm, Fuse blew at 30 ft<br>
Third Run: 11:40 pm, 1.50 sixty ft, 10.65@ 123 mph<br>
Fourth Run: 11:54 pm,
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NEDRA NEWS (June 15, 2011) </em>With the racing season in full swing several racers have been hard at work in their shops in an effort to push their EVs to the next level . . . the 10s and the 9s!</p>
<p>Shawn Lawless and his crew at Lawless Industries has been hard at work taming their 1/8 mile monster quad motor Lemon Juice S-11. Shawn's been conservatively running Lemon Juice in the 1/8 to keep the beast on a short leash but even then he's breaking 110 mph. After some chassis massaging and suspension mods from fellow drag racer Jeff Disinger and his Electrafunk crew, the truck's frame and suspension components are now NHRA 8.50 Certified. Shawn can finally let up some slack on the leash and launch the S-11 into the 10s after some soft runs and then into the 9s! Shawn will be running the S-11 at Quaker City Motorsports Park Friday evening.</p>
<p>Lemon Juice features four 7.2 inch GE Motors, 2 Zilla 2K Controllers and a 363 volt Lithium battery pack borrowed from the <a href="#rocket">Rocket Drag Bike</a>.</p>
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Jeff Disinger will also be racing this weekend pushing his Electrafunk Predator electric drag bike to 125 mph. At the recent Power of DC he ran the Predator effortlessly to 110 mph!</p>
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John Metric has been hard at work taking his DC Plasma Fiero to the next level by installing an NHRA certified roll cage. He's been keeping his ETs on the low side at 11.5, if you consider that low, until safety mods were made to push the car into the 10s. He'll be racing this weekend in Texas. John has taken EV drag racing by storm in the Gulf region, showing DC Plasma at local EAA Chapter meetings and inspring a group to build an electric drag racing Mustang.</p>
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During the summer break, Miramar High School Automotive Instructor Lowell Simmons has been hard at work on the school's Porsche 944, Black Pearl. After some tranny work Lowell, Matt Graham and Matt's coworker, Charlie, took Black Pearl to Palm Beach International Raceway for some runs. They got two fairly good runs in with the Zilla speed controller set at 100% duty cycle for almost 2 seconds before shifting into parallel. This netted an 11.811 at 118.06. The times from the two good runs: R/t-.496, 60ft-1.948, 330-5.050, 1/8-7.628, mph at 1/8- 92.80, 1000-9.899 and final ET 11.81@118.06. The other time was: R/t-.158, 60ft-1.835, 330-4.840, 1/8-7.484, mph at 1/8-90.42, 1000-9.763 and final ET 11.697@116.58. With some tweaking an additional tranny and drivetrain mods Black Pearl should be into the high 10s soon, maybe before the Fall school season starts!</p>
<p>Good luck to all the racers breaking the boundries with their EVs!</p>
<p>We'll post results of everyone's efforts as they become available. </p></td>
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Students Build First Electric Drag Racing Truck in Canada</font></strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Delta Secondary School Students Appear on 6:00 News as they Prepare to Test Run Their Truck</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (June 24, 2011) </em>Delta Secondary School District Automotive Instructor, Casey Mynott, and his students have been working diligently for 2 years on their electric drag racing Toyota truck and are about ready to see the final results of their efforts as they prepare to test run their truck at Mission Raceway.</p>
<p>But before they even hit the track, word got around and the awesome team of students were featured on the local 6:00 pm news. Visit this <a href="http://www.globaltvbc.com/video/index.html?releasePID=IXupxdZz_GzuW_QC4VtY8LA3vyO5hPe0" target="_blank">link</a> to see the full news report.</p>
<p>What the students have put together would be the envy for any EV enthusiast building a drag racing truck. The truck features an 11 inch Warp motor, 2000 Amp Zilla High Voltage controller fed by 350 volts of Odyssey PC 680 batteries charged by a Manzanita Micro PFC-50 charger. Fresh high performance tires and wheels will give the truck the grip it needs to tear down the track. We'll let you know how their test run goes very soon so stay tuned.</p>
<p><strong><em>Test run results from June 30 at Mission Raceway in Mission, British Columbia.</em></strong></p>
<p>The truck made four runs with times in the 17s and 18s. Seems the new batteries were undercharged before those runs so they'll be back to try again after a full battery charge and to repair a loose A2 terminal on the motor.</p></td>
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White Zombie at Gasless in Greenwood this Weekend</font></strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>John Wayland drives the 10.2 second White Zombie 169 miles from Portland to Seattle area</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><font color="#cc0000">LATEST UPDATE!!!</font></strong><br>
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June 24, 2011, 8:44 PM PST . . . . </p>
<p><em><strong>169 miles - No Sweat!</strong></em></p>
<p><em>We're getting ready to sit down for a Santa Maria BBQ at Sharon and Robert's home in Federal Way, having arrived in the Zombie about an hour ago...169 miles, no sweat! Of course, we got in two oportunity recharges, but it's still great to leave the trailer behind.</em></p>
<p><em>The Zombie seems to be happy switching roles from 10 second drag car to interstate freeway cruiser. The EVision system boldy reported all traction and 12V system while logging the data, the Bruce Sherry Designs/Manzanita MicroTouch screen bus display dash meter kept the cells monitored, the Siamese 9 motor ran flawlessly, the Zilla thought it was on vacation, and the Dow Kokam cells cranked out steady power mile after mile, town after town!</em></p>
<p><em>The last leg of the trip was a 66 mile run, with the cells still hanging at 3.45V under load on arrival to Federal Way... about 40 percent capacity remaining.</em></p>
<p><em>Looking forward to tomorrow's car show!</em></p>
<p><em>See Ya...John Wayland</em></p>
<p>June 24, 2011, 12:58 PM PST . . . . <br>
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<em>White Zombie, possessed by Zilla, pulling out of the Longview/Kelso area at near hurricane speeds of about 70 mph, targeting Tenino.<br>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (June 22, 2011) </em>In a historic trip for a 10.2 second 1/4 mile electric car, John Wayland and his family and crew will be driving the White Zombie 400 miles, roundtrip, from Portland to Seattle to celebrate the Gasless in Greenwood event, part of the Greenwood Car Show. The trip includes several side trips along the way there and along the way home. </p>
<p>The Zombie has a range of just over 100 miles with it's Dow Kokam Lithium Polymer battery pack and will be making three short charge stops to juice up along the way. </p>
<p>One of those recharge stops will be at Bob's Lil Car Hospital in Lexington, Washington Friday morning from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.</p>
<p>On Saturday they will head out for the last leg of the trip to Seattle for the Greenwood Car Show. They will be in the company of 900 classic cars and street rods. The "Gasless" crowd will include many EVs including conversions, Volts and Teslas.</p>
<p>Several years ago, who would have thought you can drive a street legal 10.2 second electric car over 100 miles on it's own power.</p>
<p>For more information call Wade Patterson at 360-560-4612 or David Nelson at 360-901-6466.</p></td>
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<p><strong><font color="#cc0000" size="4">Rocket blasts off to 187 mph!! </font></strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Lawless Drag Bike Continues the Climb in it's persuit<br>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (April 30, 2011) </em>Shawn Lawless and his crew took the Rocket electric drag bike to new heights on Saturday at Virginia Motorsports Park with several 7 second runs. </p>
<p>Since their last trip to the track at Valdosta where the Rocket incinerated it's high strength-aluminum rear sprocket just two weeks before, the crew installed an Orange County Chopper sprocket with an even higher strength material hoping to decrease the ETs.</p>
<p>The Zilla motor speed controller was intentionally set down on the first run to shakeout any bugs. The bike went down the track flawlessly but left wimpy and ran a 7.81 @ 177 MPH. Larry "Spiderman" McBride came back to the pits and scolded Shawn with "More Power!!!" For run two, the crew went with settings they had in Valdosta. The light turned green and the rear tire instantly went up in smoke. They grabbed the laptop, backed off the juice a good bit, and Larry restaged. A decent launch followed with a 7.26 @ 181 MPH showing on the board. A new NEDRA record that needed backed up. No problem but a post run inspection showed a badly blistered tire and a trashed rear sprocket. It looked like the crew was headed home with a best ever run but no improvement on the 7.70 @168 record.</p>
<p>The McBride men came to the Rocket's rescue. They offered to take the entire crew 100 miles to their world class shop, where they installed a second new OCC rear sprocket. This one was made out of good old hardened alloy steel like the front sprocket. They installed and balanced a new rear tire, repaired some bad threads in the bead locks, hastily ate some pizza, marveled at all of the historic bike racing photos on the wall, and headed back to VMP. </p>
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<p>They arrived back at the track at 5:30 pm, put the bike back together and left the Zilla settings right where they were from the previous run. The bike lost traction at the launch but finally grabbed the track and ran a 7.24 @ 185 MPH. Post run inspection showed the bike to be perfect. All that was needed to get ready to run was a slight chain and tire pressure adjustment, a bit of motor cooling, and a charging of the batteries . Knowing that they were right on the limits of traction at the line they left the settings for starting torque the same but bumped up peak motor volts just a touch. They were rewarded with a 7.13 @ 187 MPH. The 60 ft was still a dismal 1.23, almost 1.24, but the bike was still strong enough once traction was restored to run 160 MPH in the first 660 ft. Post run inspection showed the bike to be perfect and ready to run again with a quick charge. By this time the stiff 10 + headwind was dwindling with the daylight. They crew seriously considered turning up the juice for one more run and taking a shot at 6.99 @ 190+ but everyone was exhausted and very happy to have persevered through the early morning trials with a new NEDRA record and decided to call it a day. </p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Black Current Posts New NEDRA Record at </em></strong><strong><em>Santa Pod Raceway</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (April 23, 2011) </em>Brothers Sam and Oliver Young made it into electric drag racing history today at Santa Pod Raceway in the UK with his 1600 pound electric VW bug, "Black Current." Sam piloted Black Current to a 9.82 @ 132.22 mph run at 10:15 GMT followed by a 9.51 time at 135.65 mph at 13:52 GMT. The time is a <a href="record_holders.html">new record</a> for the Extreme/A3 NEDRA Class and also made it into the <a href="125mph_club.html" target="_blank">NEDRA 125 MPH Club</a>.<br>
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<p>This makes the speedy electric bug the "World's First Street-Bodied Electric Car" to break into the 9's. A significant historic event for EVs and electric drag racing history. Congratulations to Sam, Olly and their team for their work on Black Current! We'll have more details as they become available. Oliver is NEDRA's UK Regional Director.</p>
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The current running through Black Current is provided by <a href="http://www.flightpower.co.uk" target="blank">FlightPower</a> Lithium Polymer® EVO Ultra Nano batteries which have thicker innerconnects then regular RC batteries to handle the extra current. Expect interesting developments from Team Black Current in future runs.</p>
<p><strong>Past Performance of Black Current</strong><br>
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This time last year, Black Current, with Sam Young at the wheel made it into the <a href="100mph_club.html#blackcurrent">NEDRA 100 mph Club</a> with a speed of 112.48 mph.</p>
<p>Check out this video of Black Current spanking a gas VW in 2010.</p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Rocket, Predator, DC Plasma and Smoke Screen push the limits this past weekend despite some technical glitches</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (April 11, 2011) </em>Although there were some technical glitches, the Lawless Team including the Predator and Rocket electric drag bikes racing at the Manufacturers Cup in Georgiea and John Metric racing his DC Plasma Fiero at his local track in Texas, were able to make some impressive runs. Dennis Berube bracket raced at Speedworld coming in second place!</p>
<p>Results are still coming in but so far the vehicles were racing very close to the edge for the vehicles in their respective classes. Meaning we are continuing to push the limits to eek out every amp possible. </p>
<p>John Metric raced his DC Plasma Fiero at the Houston Motor Speedway which is an 1/8 mile track and beat a Mustang GT in one heat. The Fiero had a few hiccups which John is looking at but he will be racing again April 23rd at Brandt National at Sealy and going for more NEDRA Records</p>
<p>John plans to put in a Lenco 2 speed with reverse in the next revision to the car. If he can stay in the 800HP area of the battery power curve, DC Plasma will fly.</p>
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The Rocket bike was heading for a six second run at the Manufacturers Cup on Saturday when a quirk in the system force Larry Spiderman McBride to prematurely end the one run they were given for the day.</p>
<p>The Predator Bike with owner/builder Jeff Dissinger in the saddle took off fast and smooth with a wheelie to start the run which pleased the crowd. Check out our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=346677335071" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a> to see the video Jeff posted up.</p>
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<p>Dennis Berube's installed a fresh set of brushes in his S-10 Smokescreen and ran great without any glitches and the motor never got warm. At Speedworld he raced seven 1/4 mile passes to a 2nd place finish against pro cars. Dialed close at 12.91 ran 12.9178 and lost but was so close.</p>
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<p>All in all, the weekend showed a potential in 2011 for some very fast 6 second runs for the bikes and 10 and 9 second runs for the cars.</p>
<p>Stay tuned, the Racing Roundup will be a continuing feature on the NEDRA website.</p></td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>After a short hiatus the infamous <br>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (March 25, 2011) Z</em>illa's are coming back! We're excited to announce that Otmar Ebenhoech, creator of the Zilla and owner of Cafe Electric, is in talks with Rich Rudman of Manzanita Micro to bring the Zilla controller line back to life soon! They have agreed on the basics and are finalizing details to get Zilla production, and sales and support up and running at the Manzanita Micro facility in Kingston Washington. Production is anticipated to begin in about 90 days.</p>
<p>The Zilla has been the mainstay of EV drag racing for a decade and most of NEDRA's records have been accomplished with the Zilla line of controllers. For those building EVs to race on the strip this is exciting news.<br>
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Cafe Electric still has
a few Z2K-EHV units available and is supporting current models.</p>
<p>Links<br>
<a href="http://www.cafeelectric.com" target="_blank">www.cafeelectric.com</a><br>
<a href="http://www.manzanitamicro.com">www.manzanitamicro.com </a><br>
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<p><strong><font color="#cc0000" size="4">Electric Fiero "DC Plasma" Races Into the 100 MPH Club</font></strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>John Metric's "DC Plasma" also breaks 1/8 mile NEDRA Record</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (February 19, 2011)</em> John Metric has started the year off with some high voltage excitement racing his freshly built Fiero conversion, <em>DC Plasma,</em> into the NEDRA record books. At the <em>First of the Year Drags</em> January 8 at Lonestar Motorsports Park in Texas, John propelled <em>DC Plasma</em> into the <a href="100mph_club.html" target="_blank">100 mph Club</a> with a run of 103.97 mph!</p>
<p>On February 19, DC Plasma made another mark in NEDRA history with a NEDRA record on his second time out on the track with a series of passes over 100 mph in the quater mile! He posted an unofficial <a href="record_holders.html" target="_blank">NEDRA record</a> in the 1/8 Mile MC/A2 Class with an ET of 7.045 at 92.25 mph. The record will be official once NEDRA's Record Keeper posts it to the record page. John has a data aquisition program which showed the 333 volt A123 Lithium Polymer battery pack staying stiff and constant after the initial launch and shooting up after the 1/4 mile mark after the end of the run. Incredible!</p></td>
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<p><strong><font color="#cc0000" size="4">Cool new White Zombie Video in HD</font></strong></p>
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/19651664">The White Zombie Summer 2010 Compilation</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3753897">J Bills</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></td>
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<p><strong><font color="#cc0000" size="4">KillaCycle on PBS NOVA<br>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>KillaCycle on "Making Stuff Cleaner" airing at<br>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (February 3, 2011)</em> The Killacycle Team will be on NOVA Thursday evening on a rebroadcast of the series "Making Stuff Cleaner." Check your local listings to see if it's airing at a PBS station in your area. The KillaCycle segment appears about 15 minutes into the show with a great interview of both Bill Dube and wife Eva Hakansson. Check local listings.</p>
<p>You can also view the program at the following link:<br>
<a href="http://video.iptv.org/video/1768954299#" target="_blank">http://video.iptv.org/video/1768954299# </a></p></td>
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<p align="center"><strong><font color="#cc0000" size="4">White Zombie Featured at Portland Auto Show</font></strong><br>
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<p> <em>NEDRA NEWS (February 3, 2011)</em> The 2011 Portland International Auto Show this year featured what is billed as the fastest accelerating street legal electric car of all time, both in the 0-60 and quarter mile categories. Organized by the Metro Portland New Car Dealers Association, the show ran from January 27 – 30. White Zombie owner John Wayland and driver Tim Brehm were on hand with a cool display featuring the White Zombie and running videos on a huge 50-inch plasma TV. Check out the great story above from "PDX TV Reports."</p></td>
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<p><strong><font color="#cc0000" size="4">Lawless OCC Rocket Bike Beats Top NEDRA Record</font></strong></p>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>Rocket makes it to the top of the Record Book as the fastest EV on the planet</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (November 15, 2010)</em> The Lawless Team and Orange County Choppers is celebrating after their Rocket Drag Bike made it into the NEDRA Record Books as the Fastest 1/4 mile EV in the world. The bike, piloted by legendary drag bike racer, Larry "Spiderman" McBride took the bike to a new NEDRA record of 168 mph record at 7.703 seconds at the South Georgia Motorsports Park. In order for the record to be an official NEDRA record two runs must be made within 1 percent of each other. </p></td>
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<p><strong><font color="#cc0000" size="4"><a name="rocket"></a>Lawless OCC Rocket Bike Makes it into the 175 MPH Club</font></strong></p>
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<p><em>NEDRA NEWS (September 24, 2010)</em> The Lawless Rocket Drag Bike piloted by Larry "Spiderman" McBride and owned by Shawn Lawless soared into the 100 mph Club with a speed of 177.09 MPH making Shawn's bike the first to enter in the <a href="http://www.nedra.com/175mph_club.html#rocket" target="_blank">175 MPH Club</a> section of the NEDRA 100 MPH Club.</p></td>
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<p align="center"><strong><em>A year of upgrades, records and how a good set of wheelie bars can keep you firmly on the ground</em></strong></p>
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<p><em>HOLEBY, DK (Sept 21, 2010)</em> Check out this fantastic video of what <em>Team True Cousins</em> did with <em>Silver Giant</em> this past racing season. Electric powered dragbike 48 volt, 50 Hp, 4 motors, 2 gear and lithium batt