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Fiero going to Florida???

I posted another video from the drag strip on youtube. This is the very first pass I made with the car at the strip. Actually, this is the first time I put down full power with the car in AWD mode through more than first gear:

I was pretty pleased with the results for the very first pass. Actually, this was my fastest pass of the night (9.36 at 69 mph). The runs were fairly consistent, all things considered, with my runs all being within .2 seconds of each other.

The donations have been rolling in and it looks like I might be able to make it to the Florida $2009 event.  I sent in my entry form just in case.  The magazine staff have said that if I come down, they’ll cover my hotel and food costs, a very generous offer in addition to the other donations I’ve been receiving.  One of my friends, Wade, who was supposed to show at the San Diego event, even donated $500 towards the cause.  I’m really flattered with everybody’s generosity!!!

Tonight I started working on improving the wire routing and coolant plumbing for the EV system. Both of these systems are functional, but need some cleaning up to reduce clutter, weight, and cost. I am nervous to be fixin’ what ain’t broke so close to the challenge, but word on the street has it that I still have a lot of beautification projects to do, plus I’ll be able to cut about $30 out of my budget that was previously used for hoses and fittings.

I also saw this update on the GRM website:

http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/events/west-coast-challenge/

Bryce Nash took psychological warfare to a whole new level for the inaugural West Coast $2009 Challenge.

As news of his amazing AWD hybrid Fiero spread across our boards and on to Jalopnik and other sites, would-be Challengers began to wonder if they could compete.

“I got 38 e-mails from the other teams explaining that they had read Bryce’s build thread and decided they couldn’t win,” said West Coast Challenge Competition Director David Chong.

Team Unit Racing was one team to take up the challenge, but they couldn’t get their Lancer finished soon enough. They made it to the Challenge Sunday—just in time to take first place in the autocross. At that point, however, Nash had already taken home first-place honors.

The write up was good for a chuckle.