Electric Drag Racing with John Wayland and White Zombie
Ben Franklin: The father of electric drag racing?
Electric drag racing might be the motor sport of the future. A video report about John Wayland and his racer, The White Zombie.
ELECTRIC DATSUN (No, not Jimi Hendrix…)
Is electric drag racing the motor sport of the future?
Does this make Ben Franklin the father of the sport?
A video report on racer John Wayland and his electric drag racer, The White Zombie.
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Watch as John Wayland’s electric car, the White Zombie leaves high powered gas cars in the dust as Portland makes a home for the National Electric Drag Racing Association. John claims that his car is the world’s fastest accelerating street legal electric car. See this 1972 Datsun time and time again take advantage of the electric motor’s full torque in the first instant and continue to break world records.
One suspects that Ben Franklin would have been proud.
by RidesAPaleHorse
images provided by RAPH
Cool car.
So is he charging his batteries with electricity that has been generated by non-polluting means? He suggests that he’s an environmentalist.
Electric cars in most parts of the country can be considered coal reliant cars. Or as I call them coal burning cars.
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Brandon Klus Reply:
February 14th, 2011 at 00:36
I’m sure its 100% renewable energy such as wind energy since the U.S has such an abundance of energy coming from that source, right. Where can I find this guys phone number or email?
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