Do I Sound Old School?

[Mike Pearson]

We as a group have control of our destiny on this issue. NHRA can initiate these classes but if no one participates in the class then it will cease to exist. It won’t effect me or my racing as I am nearing the end of my racing career in the next 10 years or so. Most existing racers will continue with ICE powered race cars. There might be a few that do the electric thing but it will be slow to come.
Really our biggest threat to our sport is the democrats and their “Green” stupidity. They would loose their minds seeing us burning rubber, leaded race fuel and driving huge fuel guzzling tow rigs across the country. If they get full control of our nation all forms of motor racing could be in jeopardy.

[Rich Biebel]

I re-built an engine for a friend and because of parts did not get it done till around October of last year

He didn't get much chance to race it so went to the big $$ race down in Florida for New Years

It's a footbrake bracket car and the owner also has Stocker's....

He got beat by a Tesla in Florida and the Tesla had an .008" package on one run.....

I was watching the race a little and saw the Tesla run back to back identical ET's

I see them more and more in my area on the roads....

For some people they work great and there are cheaper cars available

Will they ever be popular in Drag Racing.......I doubt it.....

[dondon]

how will they add or take away hp? if it has a soft factor I'm sure someboby will run one. I like electric for my razor, not my driver. sorry, but I'm old school

[Don Kennedy]

I suspect there will be a huge amount of issues with the charging time say for example use the Socialist state of the west coast as an example wow if everyone has an electric car being charged all at once what will happened of course if this ever happens we will be racing in heaven by then so the young people will have to solve their own problems they created by their decisions made to do whatever the agenda is with electric cars LOL

[outlaw]

I’d rather watch and listen to a 10 second car that sounds like a old M/P than a almost silent 8 second or however fast they end up running silent car.

Terry

[1matcoman]

Originally Posted by outlaw

I’d rather watch and listen to a 10 second car that sounds like a old M/P than a almost silent 8 second or however fast they end up running silent car.

^^^ this

[Rory McNeil]

NHRA has had a category for Electric Vehicles in the Rules book for a few years now, although other than a couple of Teslas in regular bracket classes, I can not recall ever seeing any. Last year I saw a Tesla small SUV type car at the local dragstrip, no idea what the name of the model was, it ran a couple of low 12s at 110 MPH, on street tires, assume it was all wheel drive, but I can`t say for certain. Rather impressive for a daily driver "soccer mom" type vehicle, but holds about as much interest to me as a trip to the dentist for a root canal.

[CMcAllister]

Originally Posted by Don Kennedy

Now a question what will happen if an electric car gets into a wreck will it provide a spark explosion ??? Just asking for a friend

This is something safety people will need to be trained and equipped for so they can deal with one in an accident without getting electrocuted or killed themselves.

Body shops, repair shops, first responders and rescue people have specific equipment and training to deal with them. They can be dangerous if you don't know what you are doing.

Who's working at a drag strip that knows how to deal with one when it gets driven into a wall?

https://www.tesla.com/firstresponders

[Don Kennedy]

Since racers are always testing and tunning their cars I have an idea on a certain time period and all at once all the people in the west coast state turn on all their electrical devices at once throughout their home,plug in their electric cars charging system, and see what happens Just saying just testing the system just to see

[Don Kennedy]

Now a question what will happen if an electric car gets into a wreck will it provide a spark explosion ??? Just asking for a friend