Thank you Bill! Yes that sounds like a great program model, much more like what I'd like to make it here. Thanks for the feedback! There is an Electrathon Mexico too.
Gary Krysztopik On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 4:37 AM Bill Dube via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > 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 > >> -------------- next part -------------- > >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > >> URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220421/890cead4/attachment.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20220422/67ec89e3/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
