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Motorsports

Texas Motor Speedway Bans EV Race Cars Over Fire Concerns

by × on July 31, 2019 at 4:43 pm × 6 comments

Much like Hansel was way back in 2001, electric vehicles (EV) are so hot right now. Super hot. Occasionally on fire, even. Which, as it turns out, is just a […]

Motorsports

Don Garlits, 87, Sets Another Speed Record in Electric Dragster

by × on July 22, 2019 at 9:47 am × 46 comments

Not that this should surprise anyone, but 87-year-old “Big Daddy” Don Garlits broke another drag-racing speed record this weekend, reaching 189.03 miles per hour in his Swamp Rat 38 electric […]

Automotive & Aftermarket News / News & Car Culture

Garlits’ Electric Powered Swamp Rat 37 to Begin Full Systems Testing Next Week

by × on April 24, 2014 at 2:02 pm × 0 comments

“Big Daddy” Don Garlits and the SR-37 “Quest for 200 MPH on Batteries” EV Dragster will take to the test track at 10 am on April 30 in a private […]