The fog was worse for Dai on the bottom part of the course than for many of the other drivers but he blazed with an amazing time. The middle part of the course was mostly dry but the Yokohama rain tires held up fine and Dai still turned a fast time through there.
The top part of the course is the most tricky and dangerous even under ideal conditions, it is very bumpy and has a lot of exposure. Any mistake can end up in large boulders or off a cliff. To top it off, the fog was very bad here.
The top section has slushy rain but the fog was the worst part.
Interestingly the fog was not as severe here for Dai as it was for Randy Pobst in the Unplugged Performance Plaid who was just minutes behind. Dai did have worse for in the lower parts though, like we said before, at Pikes the mountain decides how well you are going to do.
Dai blazed the final section, he was leading the class and run group with the fastest times in every segment at this time. Only Randy Pobst and David Donner had a chance of beating him at this point. Out of 80 plus cars entered, Dai was 4th fastest in the trickiest and most dangerous segment beating stuff like 1000 hp Prototypes, factory works cars and specialized, open-wheel, tons of power and aero, hill climb specials! Dai also had some of the worst conditions, others had an almost dry and clear course.
Dai at the top of the leaderboard, look at his segment times compared to the others!
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Very cool! Congrats to Dai and the team! BEV has come a long way, and this format is perfect for the current state of battery tech. Exciting times!
Thank you!
Mike, these Pikes Peak race support stories are the best. When you talk about this car reaching the damping limits of conventional shocks, what are you options when that happens?
since we were using the stiffest commercially available springs, fortunately this was not an issue. If we had to somehow go stiffer, I would have to find another manufacturer and possibly do something like off-road shocks that have bigger pistons and more fluid flow.