Electrathon Race June 8th Homestead Miami Road Course. Everybody Welcome

[ProEV]

Hi,

We will be running at Homestead Saturday June 8th. This is a low cost fun electric racing series open to everyone.

Here is a description of the ProEV Super Coupe: https://proev.com/P2Desc.htm

All Electrathon teams are welcome to race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway's 2.2-mile road course on Saturday, June 8.
Registration deadline Friday, May 31. To secure your spot in the race, register now! 2 WEEKS LEFT TO REGISTER
Spectators and any one interested in learning more about Electrathon are welcome as well. No need to register.

Race-day schedule below (complimentary lunch provided to teams)
Preview the course HERE: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11ZbMbHC6brIEpg8xRhlbYWju2DVPN6jG/view?usp=sharing

Should you have any questions or need further assistance, contact electric-vehicles@FPL.com.

2024 Homestead-Miami Speedway Electrathon Race
Saturday June 8, 2024
6:00 AM to 7:30 AM Team registration / Vehicle inspections
7:30 AM to 8:00 AM Track entrance closes / Practice
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM Driver’s meeting
8:30 – 9:00 AM Cars positioned on track / Marshals positioned
9:00 AM Drop green flag
10:00 AM First race ends / Results tallied and announced
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM Track re-opens / Preparation for Race 2
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM Track closes / Cars positioned on track / Marshals positioned
11:30 AM Drop green flag
12:30 PM Second race ends
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Track re-opens / Pit load-out / Results tallied
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM Lunch, awards

 

[ProEV]

Fun race at Homestead though we struggled a little. A misbehaving temperature sensor shut down the motor in the practice session.

We had a rain delayed start for the first race. Similar to 'Showroom Stock' racing, there is an advantage to running worn tires. For us, in Electrathon, the less rubber depth translates to less rolling resistance. On a long (for Electrathon racing) track like Homestead, we knew the tires would not wear much, so we started on fully worn tires, basically slicks.

We had a both turn-in understeer, and lots of power-on oversteer. Unfortunately, the third place driver misread the corner and plowed into the Super Coupe. This broke our rear suspension and we were only able to struggle on for a lap and a half. The damage was not repairable at the track, so that ended our day.

360 degree First lap video here (make sure you adjust the youtube setting to force 4K for a clear video):