February 20, 2006

Portland Rod and Custom show

Well I felt I needed to sit down and write about the awesome time I had at the Portland Rod and Custom show this weekend.  Father Time (FT) and J.N.Foods entered their Legend car and the FrankenDragon.  John Wayland soon became part of the display at which point I got an invite to come help and educate the public about electric racing.  The attention the 3 EV’s received was overwhelming at times.  Friday’s audience showed John that many were skeptical of WZ performance so he decided to bring a TV and DVD to prove it for those unbelieving souls.  The video proved a most useful tool as Saturday brought crowds unseen at any of the other displays.  John, FT, Tim and I fielded questions at a fevered pace which left me with a very strained throat by Saturday night.   Even through Waylands doubting White Zombie took 1st place in its class, and FT’s entries took 3rd on the bike and 1st on the Legend car.  Not to bad for a couple of amp heads in a small cramped display tucked back in a far corner surrounded by high dollar eye candy!

FT hinted at a possible sponsorship he might attain for a 348-volt drag bike, which I admit that I’ve been eyeballing that record for a while, so I’m hoping that this will produce fruit and become a not far off project.  Being FT just got them a 1st place placing I imagine that their pretty happy bout now, hehehe.

I’ve got a ton of pics to upload and additional post to write but will have to put that off till another day but I’ll do my best to get it all up as soon as I can. So much more to write but I’m out of time.

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