I think you're right Roy. Dennis did put up a challenge some time ago.

When he made the challenge he should have said a car or dragster. Not
sure if he even considered motorcycles.

I'm sure Dennis will say, "I meant a dragster or car"

We'll have to see

Chip

On Nov 15, 2006, at 11:21 PM, Roy LeMeur wrote:

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> Bill Dube' posted to the EVDL-
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>> The scoreboard lit up showing: 8.760 @ 145.44 mph
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> So... doesn't this mean that Dennis owes Bill $10K?
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> "$10K to any EV quicker"
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> IIRC, Dennis' record is 8.81 ET.
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> :^D
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> Ain't this right?
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> Roy
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>> From: <bdhall53@...>
>> Reply-To: NEDRA@yahoogroups.com
>> To: <NEDRA@yahoogroups.com>
>> CC: <nedraboard@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: [NEDRA] Killacycle
>> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 10:08:16 -0800
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>> Snip' from evdl
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>> Subject: KillaCycle Team, Back from Las Vegas
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>> We set a new record! (More on that later.)
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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>>
>> Bill Dube'
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