KillaJoule Racing just announced their next event is the Loring Land Speed Record event at the former Loring Air Force Base. The racing action is from July 13-15. The event is formatted differently from Bonneville. Where Bonneville is on salt, and records the average time over a mile (flying mile),…
“The LTA is happy to announce that we have revised our electric vehicle classifications. We looked at various electric vehicle racing organizations and chose to adopt the classification system used by the National Electric Drag Racing Association, www.nedra.com due to their fifteen years of experience in electric drag racing and…
Brigham Young University officials have announced that their student-built electric car has set another Bonneville speed record. The car, nicknamed “Electric Blue” was built by BYU engineering students and was competing in the Streamliner E1 class. The BYU team had no problem busting the 130 MPH barrier. Their two runs…
An electric car designed and built by Brigham Young University Engineering students set a world land speed record for its weight class. The record was 155.8 mph averaged over its two required qualifying runs, with a maximum speed of 175 mph. The team was led by recently retired associate professor…
The Ohio State Buckeye Electric Motorcycle Race Team competed a couple weekends ago in a land speed record event held in Maxton NC by the East Coast Timing Association. They achieved a speed of 112.349 miles/hr setting a record, within the ECTA, for electric motorcycles. The results show a…
