The Tesla is SLOOOOOWWWWWWWW!...

[Flyguy]

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

 

[John Larkin]

On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
<soar2morrow@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.



--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc trk

The cork popped merrily, and Lord Peter rose to his feet.
\"Bunter\", he said, \"I give you a toast. The triumph of Instinct over Reason\"

 

[rbowman]

On 05/29/2022 08:28 PM, Flyguy wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

Somebody needs to work on in-flight recharging, a KC-135 on wheels...
Too bad wireless power transmission isn\'t ready for prime time.

 

[bitrex]

On 5/29/2022 10:28 PM, Flyguy wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

AFAIK there\'s no officially accredited body that sanctions such a race
and to even get a decent time you have to break most every traffic law
in the book, so who cares? The whole endeavor seems ripe for fraud in
the first place.

 

[bitrex]

On 5/29/2022 11:20 PM, John Larkin wrote:

On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2morrow@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.

Insane acceleration followed by frantic braking is pretty much what
NASCAR is..in motorsport, at least, that\'s how you have to drive to get
the best times.

Lots of people seem to love NASCAR can\'t say I really get a big thrill
out of watching cars go \'round in a circle though

 

[Ricky]

On Sunday, May 29, 2022 at 11:20:21 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:

On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge
You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.

I try to understand Larkin\'s BEV phobia and I can\'t figure it out. He used to complain that he couldn\'t drive the round trip to a ski lodge in Truckee in a BEV and was shown wrong. He rages against the wind any time BEVs are mentioned. \"You kids get off my lawn!\"

He also talks about how he likes the power of his Audi, but denigrates the power of many BEVs.

This guy has some mental issues, for sure. But as a friend who is a nurse occasionally working the psych ward would say, \"But highly functioning\".

I hope he\'s still posting here in 15 years when he can\'t find gas for his carbon spewing engine. It will be funny to hear him justify how much better BEVs are.

--

Rick C.

- Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
- Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 30 May 2022 08:55:13 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 5/29/2022 11:20 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2morrow@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.


Insane acceleration followed by frantic braking is pretty much what
NASCAR is..in motorsport, at least, that\'s how you have to drive to get
the best times.

To Safeway?

Lots of people seem to love NASCAR can\'t say I really get a big thrill
out of watching cars go \'round in a circle though

I don\'t understand it either, but then I don\'t understand basketball
or football either. Maybe nascar is just a big beer blast.

--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc trk

The cork popped merrily, and Lord Peter rose to his feet.
\"Bunter\", he said, \"I give you a toast. The triumph of Instinct over Reason\"

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 30 May 2022 00:26:52 -0600, rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
wrote:

On 05/29/2022 08:28 PM, Flyguy wrote:
Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

Somebody needs to work on in-flight recharging, a KC-135 on wheels...
Too bad wireless power transmission isn\'t ready for prime time.

Mid-air refueling/recharging of electric airplanes would be fun.

--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc trk

The cork popped merrily, and Lord Peter rose to his feet.
\"Bunter\", he said, \"I give you a toast. The triumph of Instinct over Reason\"

 

[John Larkin]

On Mon, 30 May 2022 08:50:31 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 5/29/2022 10:28 PM, Flyguy wrote:
Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge


AFAIK there\'s no officially accredited body that sanctions such a race
and to even get a decent time you have to break most every traffic law
in the book, so who cares? The whole endeavor seems ripe for fraud in
the first place.

Cannonball: \"Flat out between tickets.\"

--

John Larkin Highland Technology, Inc trk

The cork popped merrily, and Lord Peter rose to his feet.
\"Bunter\", he said, \"I give you a toast. The triumph of Instinct over Reason\"

 

[Ed Lee]

On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 5:50:40 AM UTC-7, bitrex wrote:

On 5/29/2022 10:28 PM, Flyguy wrote:
Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

AFAIK there\'s no officially accredited body that sanctions such a race
and to even get a decent time you have to break most every traffic law
in the book, so who cares? The whole endeavor seems ripe for fraud in
the first place.

And there\'s no rules, right. I can beat it if i can attach solid rocket booster on my Leaf. Give me a few more years to work on it.

 

[Ricky]

On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 12:42:25 PM UTC-4, Ed Lee wrote:

On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 5:50:40 AM UTC-7, bitrex wrote:
On 5/29/2022 10:28 PM, Flyguy wrote:
Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

AFAIK there\'s no officially accredited body that sanctions such a race
and to even get a decent time you have to break most every traffic law
in the book, so who cares? The whole endeavor seems ripe for fraud in
the first place.
And there\'s no rules, right. I can beat it if i can attach solid rocket booster on my Leaf. Give me a few more years to work on it.

I think you should do this as soon as possible. Maybe then you will get a real BEV.

--

Rick C.

+ Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
+ Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209

 

[bitrex]

On 5/30/2022 11:24 AM, John Larkin wrote:

On Mon, 30 May 2022 08:55:13 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 5/29/2022 11:20 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2morrow@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.


Insane acceleration followed by frantic braking is pretty much what
NASCAR is..in motorsport, at least, that\'s how you have to drive to get
the best times.

To Safeway?

Nah, in motorsports! To get the best times around a track you have to
either be accelerating or decelerating, \"do the math.\" No coasting! Or
at least as little as possible, maybe right at the apex of a turn, idk.

But flooring it out of turns, accelerating down the straight, then
jamming on the brakes (at just the right time) into a turn and then (at
just the right time) flooring it back out of the turn is basically what
a time trial is. When there other cars obviously you have to avoid
hitting them firstly, but that\'s the ideal

Lots of people seem to love NASCAR can\'t say I really get a big thrill
out of watching cars go \'round in a circle though

I don\'t understand it either, but then I don\'t understand basketball
or football either. Maybe nascar is just a big beer blast.

I expect the beer helps definitely

 

[bitrex]

On 5/30/2022 12:53 PM, bitrex wrote:

On 5/30/2022 11:24 AM, John Larkin wrote:
On Mon, 30 May 2022 08:55:13 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 5/29/2022 11:20 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2morrow@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the
speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast
speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who
know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record
for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an
average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record

The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m
with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.


Insane acceleration followed by frantic braking is pretty much what
NASCAR is..in motorsport, at least, that\'s how you have to drive to get
the best times.

To Safeway?

Nah, in motorsports! To get the best times around a track you have to
either be accelerating or decelerating, \"do the math.\" No coasting! Or
at least as little as possible, maybe right at the apex of a turn, idk.

I guess whether it results in the best time to Safeway depends on how
much your route resembles a rally track

 

[John Doe]

John Larkin wrote:

rbowman wrote:
Flyguy wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the
speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast
speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who
know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record
for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average
speed of 56 mph:

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record

The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with
an average speed of 110 mph:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

Somebody needs to work on in-flight recharging, a KC-135 on wheels...
Too bad wireless power transmission isn\'t ready for prime time.

Mid-air refueling/recharging of electric airplanes would be fun.

Just use a lightning rod.

 

[bitrex]

On 5/30/2022 12:42 PM, Ed Lee wrote:

On Monday, May 30, 2022 at 5:50:40 AM UTC-7, bitrex wrote:
On 5/29/2022 10:28 PM, Flyguy wrote:
Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

AFAIK there\'s no officially accredited body that sanctions such a race
and to even get a decent time you have to break most every traffic law
in the book, so who cares? The whole endeavor seems ripe for fraud in
the first place.

And there\'s no rules, right. I can beat it if i can attach solid rocket booster on my Leaf. Give me a few more years to work on it.

Right. And nobody in a \"no rules\" race who is comfortable with the
safety-to-others implications of doing well over 100 mph on public roads
where people are driving totally oblivious that you\'re in a race would
ever fudge with their times, right? right?

I\'d go to jail if I dressed up like a police officer to steal a loaf of
bread, I definitely don\'t care about some jamokes with money to burn
bragging about dressing their car up like a cruiser, it\'s dumb. Go enter
and win a real race!

 

[bitrex]

On 5/30/2022 11:26 AM, John Larkin wrote:

On Mon, 30 May 2022 08:50:31 -0400, bitrex <user@example.net> wrote:

On 5/29/2022 10:28 PM, Flyguy wrote:
Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge


AFAIK there\'s no officially accredited body that sanctions such a race
and to even get a decent time you have to break most every traffic law
in the book, so who cares? The whole endeavor seems ripe for fraud in
the first place.

Cannonball: \"Flat out between tickets.\"

I feel about it about the same as I do about these jamokes:

<https://youtu.be/RWPf9rqPAB4>

Why not take your Dad\'s money and your Daddy\'s car and enter a real
race? Nobody thinks you\'re cool.

 

[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

mandag den 30. maj 2022 kl. 14.55.23 UTC+2 skrev bitrex:

On 5/29/2022 11:20 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.

Insane acceleration followed by frantic braking is pretty much what
NASCAR is..in motorsport, at least, that\'s how you have to drive to get
the best times.

Lots of people seem to love NASCAR can\'t say I really get a big thrill
out of watching cars go \'round in a circle though

they also do road courses, though land yachtes that only just this year
figured out that technology has evolved since the 70\'s is more spectacular
than fast when they need to brake and turn

 

[bitrex]

On 5/30/2022 1:25 PM, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:

mandag den 30. maj 2022 kl. 14.55.23 UTC+2 skrev bitrex:
On 5/29/2022 11:20 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.

Insane acceleration followed by frantic braking is pretty much what
NASCAR is..in motorsport, at least, that\'s how you have to drive to get
the best times.

Lots of people seem to love NASCAR can\'t say I really get a big thrill
out of watching cars go \'round in a circle though

they also do road courses, though land yachtes that only just this year
figured out that technology has evolved since the 70\'s is more spectacular
than fast when they need to brake and turn

This is an engineer\'s kinda race:

<https://24hoursoflemons.com/>

 

[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

mandag den 30. maj 2022 kl. 18.53.42 UTC+2 skrev bitrex:

On 5/30/2022 11:24 AM, John Larkin wrote:
On Mon, 30 May 2022 08:55:13 -0400, bitrex <us...@example.net> wrote:

On 5/29/2022 11:20 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.


Insane acceleration followed by frantic braking is pretty much what
NASCAR is..in motorsport, at least, that\'s how you have to drive to get
the best times.

To Safeway?
Nah, in motorsports! To get the best times around a track you have to
either be accelerating or decelerating, \"do the math.\" No coasting! Or
at least as little as possible, maybe right at the apex of a turn, idk.

But flooring it out of turns, accelerating down the straight, then
jamming on the brakes (at just the right time) into a turn and then (at
just the right time) flooring it back out of the turn is basically what
a time trial is. When there other cars obviously you have to avoid
hitting them firstly, but that\'s the ideal
Lots of people seem to love NASCAR can\'t say I really get a big thrill
out of watching cars go \'round in a circle though

I don\'t understand it either, but then I don\'t understand basketball
or football either. Maybe nascar is just a big beer blast.

I expect the beer helps definitely

sure, and standing right next to the track when +30 ginormous V8s at flat chat pass at 200mph I\'m sure is quite the visceral experience

 

[bitrex]

On 5/30/2022 1:30 PM, Lasse Langwadt Christensen wrote:

mandag den 30. maj 2022 kl. 18.53.42 UTC+2 skrev bitrex:
On 5/30/2022 11:24 AM, John Larkin wrote:
On Mon, 30 May 2022 08:55:13 -0400, bitrex <us...@example.net> wrote:

On 5/29/2022 11:20 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Sun, 29 May 2022 19:28:29 -0700 (PDT), Flyguy
soar2...@yahoo.com> wrote:

Under the Tesla is Fast thread I posited the question of what the speed would be of an EV run in the Cannonball Run (coast to coast speed run). NO ONE answered! Not even the hardcore EV fanatics who know everything about EVERYTHING. So, I looked it up: the EV record for the Cannonball Run is held by a Tesla at 51 h 47 m with an average speed of 56 mph:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/9/15938028/tesla-model-s-cannonball-run-record
The current fossil fuel record is HALF of that time at 25 h 39 m with an average speed of 110 mph:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_Run_challenge

You just don\'t appreciate the charm of insane acceleration alternated
with frantic braking and then waiting a couple of hours to charge. For
FREE!

And you don\'t understand how hip it is to drive an ugly car that
occasionally locks you out and catches fire.


Insane acceleration followed by frantic braking is pretty much what
NASCAR is..in motorsport, at least, that\'s how you have to drive to get
the best times.

To Safeway?
Nah, in motorsports! To get the best times around a track you have to
either be accelerating or decelerating, \"do the math.\" No coasting! Or
at least as little as possible, maybe right at the apex of a turn, idk.

But flooring it out of turns, accelerating down the straight, then
jamming on the brakes (at just the right time) into a turn and then (at
just the right time) flooring it back out of the turn is basically what
a time trial is. When there other cars obviously you have to avoid
hitting them firstly, but that\'s the ideal
Lots of people seem to love NASCAR can\'t say I really get a big thrill
out of watching cars go \'round in a circle though

I don\'t understand it either, but then I don\'t understand basketball
or football either. Maybe nascar is just a big beer blast.

I expect the beer helps definitely

sure, and standing right next to the track when +30 ginormous V8s at flat chat pass at 200mph I\'m sure is quite the visceral experience

There used to be a sprint car track near where I grew up I used to go to
as a kid, don\'t know if there\'s a similar sport in Europe but aside from
some modern safety equipment like the modern multi-point harnesses, roll
cages and fuel bladders these cars are seriously bare bones:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_car_racing>

Sort of like something from the movie \"Mad Max\"