Battery Beach Burnout Miami Jan 25-26

[IMAhybrid]

Originally Posted by FLEAA

“Battery Beach Burnout” is a two-day event organized by the Florida Electric Auto Association (FLEAA). It will be held in Miami, Florida this year at Countyline Dragway on January 25th and 26th, 2008. The event consists of multiple competitions involving electric vehicles, including a drag race, scooter-cross, auto-cross and a show-n-shine event.

As the premier annual electric vehicle event in the Southeast, the purpose of Battery Beach Burnout is to attract the public and media in order to raise awareness of the current state of electric vehicle technology and promote their expanded use to meet our transportation needs.

Battery Beach Burnout is one of several electric vehicle-related competitions held across the each year. These types of events have been held for more than seven years. Similar competitions of high school and university teams have been held for more than a decade (EV Challenge, HEV Challenge, FutureCar, Electrathon, etc.).


Schedule of Events:

Friday January 25th

EV Drag Racing from 6PM till midnight, Midnight Madness type event. The drag race takes place at Countyline Dragway in Miami, Florida, and is sanctioned by NEDRA, the National Electric Drag Racing Association.

Saturday January 26th

The following events take place at Countyline Dragway again (9:00AM to 4:00PM)

- EV Scootercross
- EV Show-N-Shine
- EV Autocross

I went last year and had a lot of fun. I got to drive a RAV4EV through the autoslalom. Unfortunately it's farther away from me this year, but I'll still be there. Hope some of you can make it.






Also!! For those on the West coast, the same weekend Electric Dragin' is going on in San Diego:

Originally Posted by FLEAA mailinglist

The Florida EAA is staging "Battery Beach Burnout" (BBB) in conjunction and collaboration with the Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego
(www.evaosd.com) and its own EV drag racing & autocross competition, "Electric Dragin'" (www.electricdragin.com), at Barona Dragstrip
(www.baronadrags.com, also a 1/8 mile dragstrip) in San Diego on the same weekend. There is a possibility of a joint east-coast/west-coast media link-up and simulcast for parts of the dual events, with some interesting dueling match-ups as well.

[xcel]

Hi Katie:

___Although I will not make it down there, would you like to do a story on the event? I can help you write it up once you have some pics and such for us to see

___Good Luck

___Wayne

[Chuck]

See http://floridaeaa.org

[IMAhybrid]

Sure, I'd be happy to do a write up.

If you click on the picture it will take you to the page about it on the FLEAA site.

Here are my pictures from last year. sorry, some of them are sideways, oops.
Also, last year there was a film crew there filming for the Sundance Channel show Big Ideas for a Small Planet for the Drive episode.

[southerncannuck]

I'll try to make it.

Louis B

[xcel]

Hi Katie:

___That would be great!

___And who gave you the shot behind the wheel of a Rav4EV



___Southerncannuck, maybe you guys can have a mini-group meet?

___Good Luck

___Wayne

[southerncannuck]

I swa a silver Insight today in Plantation. We might be neighbors.

[Blake]

I have family that live in florida... maybe I should take a road trip down there to attend this event....

[xcel]

Hi All:

___I smell a Group Meet coming together

___Anybody know how to get down to Miami on a shoe-string budget, I am all ears

___Good Luck

___Wayne

[IMAhybrid]

My mom came with me last year, she took that photo.

Originally Posted by southerncannuck

I saw a silver Insight today in Plantation. We might be neighbors.

Nope, not me. I live in Palm Beach County.