Potlatch at Lukes house!
Man, that sounds very very cool! But for me, it just may be too far from home to drive with the bike. Maybe if we piled enough Southwesterners in one car I could swing it. I only do the death race because it's so close to my house, so I may have to stick to that. But at least I get to do that one.
Too funny to see all the same debate pop up again about how to do limits. It's a real pandoras box to try to limit anything, and it seems ovbious to me that there will always have to be an unlimited class of some kind. The only rule being some kind of rule requiring operable pedals. Allow moped frames, but don't allow big motorcycles with pedals stuck on em. But build a huge custom bike frame if you want to. Maybe even limit watts, but to some huge number like 5000.
While I don't really agree with Safe about a 1000 watt limit, I think my ride at this years death race showed that a pretty fun ride can be had on go cart tracks with only 1500 watts. 30 mph potential in the corners is plenty of thrill for most guys. So maybe a class limited by voltage, 60v actual max, and amps, 30 max, would still provide fast enough racing at reasonable cost in a limited class.
Limiting weight is an intriging way to do it, but maybe just limiting the battery would work just as well. For instance, lipo will rule the pack, so simply say the max is 20 s or whatever. Then make the races fairly short so that 5 ah packs are big enough, and make the biggest common size the limit, say 5.8 ah. So the class would be 20s 6 ah. A123 bikes would be allowed a similar voltage. If you can handle 100 amps in those corners go for it. If you can't handle 100 amps in the corners, crash and get beat by a guy that can handle his 50 amps.
In another heat, you could make the race different by making it longer, and it becomes an efficiency contest. Not my cup of tea, but more racing is more fun! So why not?
Another fun activity would be to put the ulimited class top 6 finishers on identical bikes. Say, 6 ebike kits with 15s lipo batteries, and see who wins the second race. This time the detremining factor would be drafting, strategy, cornering line, etc.
As for guys wanting to race sla's, if enough show up, then put on a heat just for them to race eachother. Say a 36v class and a 48v class. Nice short heats so it's not a fresh battery contest.
Though it's too far from home for me financially, putting on the race in the NW makes a lot of sense, due to the proximity of more people to support the race organizing, and possibly more eco minded people on the west coast. Here where I live, F350 double cab trucks still sell briskly.
I'd be stoked to have just one guy to compete with in my practice parking lot.