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Old Jul 10, 2009 | 12:40 AM
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I know a guy in Ohio who has two drag bikes and a rail that are electric. So if you have any technical questions I suppose that I could be persuaded to pass them on.

One thing about the batteries in the electric vehicles... Shawn (the guy who owns the dragsters) was testing the rail about a week ago and the batteries started sparking and pretty much blew up. Burnt incredibly hot and they had trouble putting it out because whatever was in the batteries apparently could produce it's own oxygen, which is an incredibly bad thing. Burnt the rail to the ground pretty much.

They haven't figured out what caused it yet, but it's something to think about if you are getting into electric racing. But the upside is that electric motors can make a car damn fast, that one ran 9s in the 1/4 using two 10hp electric motors. And his second drag bike can supposedly spin the wheels at 160. I'm not sure how many runs that charge could last, he plugs the dragsters in after every run just to make sure he has a full charge.
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