3rd Northampton Electric Vehicle Rally

October 2-3, 1998

 

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Harold Miller, automotive instructor at Northampton

Special Attraction of the event was a GM EV-1, leased by Virginia Power. The EV-1 was taken through the autocross course by several dignitaries. ev1-unveiled2 ev1-run1
gocart1 Fastest vehicle in the autocross was this electric go-kart, brought down to NC by DC Motorsports. The kart was not entirely zero-pollution, as the electric motor overheated and let some smoke out of the windings. gocart2 gocart-run1
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 Northeast Guilford HS
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North Johnston HS
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shockerIII-run1 Host school Northampton County East had three vehicles in the event: Shocker III shockerIII-1
 A professionally converted S-10 that they won in a race in Richmond neat-truck1 shockerII-2 And Shocker-II
ralph1 CP&L's Ralph Goodwin was back, with his US Electricar Prizm tricked out with a new paint job. He turned in the best augocross time of any full-size vehicle. cpl-prizm2 cpl-prizm1
ncsu-run3  NCSU's Metro did well n the autocross, but pooped out in the road rally. ncsu-rally1

 

 Winner of the long-distance award, Miramar HS from Miramar Florida.  miramar1
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Hertford HS
Harnett Central HS took 1st place in the Road Rally on Saturday harnett-central1 harnett-central-run4 harnettcentral-trophy4
govschool1 Central Shenandoah Valley Governor's School took 1st place in the autocross govschool-run6 gov-school-trophy2
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 Richmond Technical Center
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 Smoky Mountain High School, from Silva NC
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Western Harnett HS
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 Cars lined up at a checkpoint during the road rally rally-lineup3 ev1-solarcharge2  The EV-1 recharging at Northampton's solar-powered charging station after the road rally
group1 The teams assembled for a group picture after the rally.  And the cars assembled without all those pesky people. group3


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