Bill Dube' posted to the EVDL-

>The scoreboard lit up showing: 8.760 @ 145.44 mph

So... doesn't this mean that Dennis owes Bill $10K?

"$10K to any EV quicker"

IIRC, Dennis' record is 8.81 ET.

:^D

Ain't this right?

Roy

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Roy LeMeur
NEDRA NW Regional Director
www.nedra.com

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>From: <bdhall53@...>
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>Subject: [NEDRA] Killacycle
>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:08:16 -0800
>
>Snip' from evdl
>
>Subject: KillaCycle Team, Back from Las Vegas
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>We set a new record! (More on that later.)
>
>The KillaCycle team (me, Scotty Pollacheck, Steve Ciciora, Derek
>Barger, and Scot Colburn) just got back from the All Harley Drag
>Racing Association (AHDRA) event at Las Vegas. I believe that the
>KillaCycle was the very first non-Harley motorcycle ever to
>participate in the Las Vegas AHDRA event, ever. Quite an honor.
>
>The reception was warm, but the weather was a bit chilly at times.
>This made it difficult to get all 880 of the A123 Systems lithium ion
>cells up to the toasty temperature where they deliver the most HP.
>During the course of the event, we progressively posted better times
>as we figured out ways of warming up the pack. On Saturday morning,
>we ran a restrained 10.19 @130 mph just to shake down the bike and
>cycle the pack. (900 pack amps, 374 volts.) Neither the fans or the
>tower announcer were expecting a nearly silent drag bike, so there
>were a lot of puzzled looks and "What the heck was THAT!" comments
>after the run.
>
> This event is the AHDRA season finale, so there were a LOT of bikes
>running. (Great track prep by AHDRA, by the way.) We were very lucky
>to get three runs in all day. (10.19, 9.217 and 9.346) The runs were
>many hours apart, so we couldn't get the A123 Systems pack
>temperature up to the desired 70 degrees Celsius for maximum power.
>(Other brands of Li-Ion cells would be ablaze at this temperature, by
>the way.) We knew we had to figure out a new strategy for Sunday.
>
> By the end of Saturday, all the Harley fans knew who we were and
>were universally positive about the bike. We had a parade of tattooed
>bikers patting us on the back and telling us how much they liked the
>KillaCycle.
>
> Scotty worked with the AHDRA officials and scheduled our Sunday
>exhibition runs for the afternoon. We ran the bike in the back lot
>several times and charged it up several times in the late morning to
>pre-heat the pack. We turned the Zilla up to 1350 amps, knowing the
>hot pack would be able to dish it out.
>
> We ran a bit later than originally planned, so the pack was just a
>bit cooler than we would have liked for the first run. We set a new
>record on this run, however, of 9.035 @142.79 mph! (Our old record
>was 9.156) We quickly returned to the pits, recharged the bike, and
>the AHDRA folks let us run again just as soon as we were ready. The
>pack was up to temperature and we were able to back up our new
>record, making it official.
>
> This last run was near the end of the event and it was quite dark
>by
>then. The crowd was all ready for us and cheered Scotty as he did a
>truly awesome burn-out. (We will post the video shortly on You-Tube.)
>He then rolled out of the water box and up to the staging lights,
>taking his time, letting the pack recover from the burn-out
>discharge. He launched hard and we all knew this run was going to be
>even better than the previous one. Just as Scotty crossed the finish
>line, the rear motor splashed plasma onto the track, creating an
>awesome fireworks display. (You MUST see the video.)
>
> The scoreboard lit up showing: 8.760 @ 145.44 mph
>
>
> Bill Dube'

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