Hi Brian,

Here is the message FT sent to the list. I imagine he is still
catching up and taking a much needed rest after all that traveling.

Chip

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "crabtrdw@..." <crabtrdw@...>
> Date: September 4, 2006 10:59:33 PM EDT
> To: "ev" <ev@...>
> Subject: Father Time Returns
>
>
> Hello, all,
>
> I'm back from the RPM Trade Show in Indiana, after a grueling 9
> days, spent mostly on the road.
>
> I arrived home this morning a little after 10 am, took a nap until
> 4 pm, and spent the next three hours deleting approximately 800 of
> the 1150 emails that had accumulated in my absence. The remaining
> emails are yet to be read.
>
> The RPM show was quite interesting and intense, especially for
> someone like me whose background is in machinery design. Although
> most of the booths were aimed at internal combustion engines and
> after market performance parts, many of the exhibitors were quite
> interested in what we are doing with electric motors. They were
> quite amazed at the ET's that many of our drag vehicles have achieved.
>
> Roy spent until 1:30 the first night of the show downloading videos
> into the two laptops we had with us, as none of the DVD's we had
> brought with us would play on the equipment we had -- with the
> exception of the Monster Car Garage video, starring Rich Rudman.
> That video played continuously for the three days of the show.
>
> A typical comment we heard from spectators was, "Can it break the
> tires loose?" We just pointed to the laptops showing White Zombie
> and Dragon Rose smoking out of the burnout pits. A picture is
> worth a thousand words, especially a picture in motion.
>
> Many of the visitors to our booth wanted to know where they could
> go to see us racing. I pointed out the tracks where we normally
> hold NEDRA races and informed them that electric vehicles could
> race on any NHRA track. There's a definite need for more
> involvement of our membership in active racing all over the country.
>
> When my brain re-enters my body and everything is all together in
> front of the computer, I'll try to write a more detailed report on
> our trip.
>
> - Father Time