Hi Gary et al.
I have built a couple of Electrathon cars (and have great
admiration for Dave Cloud's Electrathon designs) and have participated a
bit in years past. Educational and great fun for the participants.
(Spectators, not so much. <sigh>)
There is a extremely successful and thriving Electrathon-esk
competition here in New Zealand called EVolocity:
https://evolocity.co.nz/
Eva and I regularly participate as mentors in EVolocity. Eva
regularly gives talks and workshops on CAD and 3D printing to EVolocity
teams throughout New Zealand. More than forty high schools across both
the south and north islands have active EVolocity teams. The competition
is for high schools (and perhaps a few middle schools.) It is
exclusively for school kids, and no adult teams are allowed.
The events have a number of different competition areas. They
indeed have an endurance type portion of the event, but they are
required to compete in other race formats as well such as a drag race, a
top speed race, a "gymkhana" maneuverability portion, a show and
innovation category, all sorts of things. An event completely fills the
day for the teams.
If you are looking to start an educational electric bike/vehicle
construction competition, EVolocity is an excellent place to begin.
Bill D.
On 4/22/2022 3:01 PM, Jim Waite via EV wrote:
Hi Gary & All,
A major participant/promoter of Electrathon racing in the Seattle area was Dave
Cloud. Sadly Dave passed away about a year ago.
He & his brother founded Cloud Racing, which for years provided guidance &
often bleeding edge innovation resulting in a long string of wins (I was fortunate to
have driven in a couple of his cars which frankly is WAY more fun than I ever
expected…skirting the track at 45+ mph with your butt a mere 2-3 inches above the
pavement is to say the least exhilerating!)
I’m no longer an active member but hope some other folks (Madman Rudman, etc.)
from SEVA will chime in here for further assistance.
Best regards,
Jim Waite
On Apr 21, 2022, at 12:04 PM, Gary Krysztopik <info.zwhe...@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm wondering how many have heard of or participated in Electrathon
racing? We'd like to grow the program by getting the word out and getting
some funding (there are both 501(c)3 and 501(c)7 parts to the
organization). So if you know anyone that might want to build a simple EV
race car, or if you know someone with too much money, please let them know
about the program. The website is being reworked, and we are offering
simple drive system kits to get going as well as creating a CAD environment
with all the parts to play with. Hopefully more coming soon. The most
activity is in FL, TX, KS, NE, and CT where there are regular events
scheduled.
www.ElectrathonAmerica.org
Thanks,
Gary Krysztopik
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