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Well it happened - I raced my electric Westfield in a proper, MSA approved, sprint race. Although other electric cars have appeared at various race events, I think that this might have been the first time in the UK that an electric car has officially competed in an approved series. It's thank's to the WSCC that I've been able to do this. The car is one of seven cars developed 3 years ago. It has a 120KW motor (that's about 130bhp at the wheels), one gear and weighs 900Kg !!! The motor generates about 300 ft lb from zero speed - even so, being geared to do 115mph with no gearbox means she's slow of the line. Power rises from zero to 120KW at 50mph - after that is a constant 120KW up to 110mph. Without a power band as such and no gear changing means the power sensation is more like thrust. Although not fast by Westfield standards, the car was still faster than some of the other cars - not a bad start particularly as both me and the car had never been on the track before. So, now I have to sort out the suspension (too soft), put the car on a diet, boost the power and find some talent - normal racing problems I guess. Cheers John

I'd have both if I were you…

before you part company why not go to a club meeting or two, join other members for a group blat, do a track day or two then make your mind up these days I would say 90% of my driving is with other club members and the social always makes it worthwhile failing that just go and by the Porsche

Fantastic pictures Andrew. As Terry said, great day, good banter,and I have to say big thanks to Richard & John for fixing the car, Gom for the pats to fix it, Tel for the tools to fix it, and guess who supervised Great fun though, and that's why we do it, well done to Gom for the class win, last run and just 0.03 faster I'll try & make it a bit more reliable!

Yes I'm looking for a 2 bedroom house with garaging for 10 cars and a couple of acres so my drive would be good for road testing ;-)

This is the one piece of the jigsaw we've been light on on information on, I vaguely recall someone else saying they'd had to claim for something and it had all been nice and smooth. So while I'm sorry you had to claim, it's great to hear the experience was OK. (Whilst hoping I never need to find out!)

You might be interested to know that I've recently had to claim for a windscreen through them (still in the process) and they seem to be just as good on that side of things as selling insurance. It's always been my worry that a broker might be fine at taking your money but not so good at helping when the boot is on the other foot, but my worries are unfounded here.

So...what's the advantage if these then? Makes your wallet lighter, thus faster?