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Electric car in the news

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Subject: Electric car in the news
From: Daniel Wright <daniel.wright@genetics.utah.edu>
Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 09:26:25 -0600
 From todays Salt Lake Tribune

  WENDOVER - Technical difficulties and gusting winds Thursday thwarted the 
Prime Time racing team from taking a run at the world land speed record for 
electric-powered cars.
     Driver Mark Newby and crew chief Colin Fallows will again attempt a 
300 mph run in "e=motion," their 32-foot-long racer, this morning at about 
7 a.m. - if the weather cooperates.
     "Forecasters say we have a small window," said Malcolm Pittwood, the 
British team's manager. "The pressure is on Colin and the crew to get the 
car ready."
     Expected rain and wind would halt the endeavor.
     A test run went off without a hitch Wednesday at the Dolly Varden 
Straight, a 10-mile section of Nevada alternate Highway 93, about 45 miles 
south of Wendover.

Read the entire article here--
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2714666

Dan Wright

It's amazing what you can do if you don't know it can't be done.






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