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AE Racing 2010 - Report

The third running of Alternative Energy Racing took place on Friday 23 April 2010.  It proved to be a great success, not only was the sun shining beautifully all day but we also had our biggest entry yet of Zero Emission and Alternative Fuelled vehicles.  Entries from 110mph electric cars to Bioethanol bikes were present all competing to be top AE Racer of the day.

Firstly our Zero Emission entries had swelled for 2010.  Topping the time sheets was the impressive Blackcurrent Electric Beetle, driven by Sam Young, posting faster and faster times throughout the day.  The team finished up with their best ever time over a ¼ mile and breaking their own European record.  We also had team C5alive with four C5’s; some standard some modified, one driven by Dave Kilner posted 32mph - amazing considering it was only built to do 15mph!  Going even faster was a highly modified mountain bike built by team Flo Rida.  This packed so much punch that it caught rider Peter Wills out on the first run spinning the rear wheel unexpectedly leading him to drop the bike, although no damage done.  Leading the commercially available vehicles was the good looking Telsa brought by Telsa Motors UK.  This well engineered car put up a great fight against the Blackcurrent team, both running side by side many times, unfortunately just getting pipped to the line each time.  David Broom showed well in his excellent home-built Mk2 Golf electric conversion, reaching a very respectable 60mph on the quarter-mile. Similar speeds were reached by the MEV trike- a vehicle that looked deceptive and really caught everyone by surprise.

Those running on Alternative Fuel included Jim Nutt from Warwickshire College in their Vauxhall Omega running on a mix of Vegetable Oil and Bioethanol.  Throughout Jim got faster and faster with fine tuning and help from his students.  The van entries from Kooky and Random Racing both supported the field again this year; running on vegetable oil and entertaining the crowd with some close van on van action.  Leading the pack on four wheels was the Morrison’s E85 ethanol powered Mazda RX driven by Tim White - some impressive times and top speeds were posted.  Overall though the top Alternative Fuel racer was on two wheels, Andy Gilbert’s 1987 Suzuki Turbo Slingshot running on E85 ethanol proved to be very quick with every run in the 9’s.  Andy seemed delighted although he did mention that it could get into the 8’s on a good day!

The 2011 event is now being planned and we hope to build upon our success in 2010.  We endeavor to have more entries and to be supported by more manufactures.  If you’re interested in taking part please register your interest now.

Photos of all competitors at AE Racing are on the 2010 Entry List page.

Results

Best Zero Emissions:  Sam Young, Blackcurrent Electric Beetle, best time of 11.49 seconds at 112.49 mph.

Best Alternative Fuel:  Andy Gilbert, 1987 Suzuki Turbo Slingshot on E85 ethanol, best time of 9.318 seconds at 155 mph.

*Timed over 1/8th mile only. **Timed over 330 feet only.