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2008 Battery Beach Burnoutby Charles Whalen Countyline Dragway, the former Opa Locka West airstrip, is located at the intersection of W. Okeechobee Rd. (Route 27) and N. Krome Ave. (Route 997) in the far northwest corner of Miami-Dade County, a quarter mile south of the Miami-Dade/Broward County line. Countyline is a 1/8-mile drag strip. Note that 1/8 mile records are now available for all voltage classes with the recent approval by NEDRA, the National Electric Drag Racing Association, of recording 1/8 mile records for all NEDRA classes. The Florida EAA is staging "Battery Beach Burnout" (BBB) in conjunction and collaboration with the Electric Vehicle Association of San Diego and its own EV drag racing & autocross competition, "Electric Dragin", at Barona Dragstrip, also a 1/8 mile dragstrip in San Diego on the same weekend. There is a possibility of a joint east-coast/west-coast media link-up and simulcast for parts of the dual events, with some interesting dueling match-ups as well: Hopefully, AC Propulsion will be bringing one of their eBoxes to Electric Dragin' in San Diego, for a head-to-head against Andrew Roddy with his eBox at BBB in Miami. Dan Wolfson in San Diego will hopefully face off on his Vectrix electric motorcycle against Charles Whalen on his Vectrix bike in Miami. Dan and Charles will also each be competing against Jeff Patterson and Shawn Waggoner on their respective Patterson Cycles electric motorcycles, the latter two both in Miami. If Matt Graham and Shawn Waggoner can complete repairs and upgrades to Matt's "Joule Injected" electric Nissan 240SX in time for BBB, Matt will be looking to fend off an aggressive challenge from Michael Kadie in San Diego with his electric Cobra, which is hot on the heels of Joule Injected's current position as the second fastest street-legal electric car in the world. No shrinking violet and certainly not lacking in ambition, Michael has said that he won't even have time to blink as he blows right past Joule Injected's Number 2 position on his way to knocking off and unseating the current world champion, John "Plasma Boy" Wayland's "White Zombie", of Portland, Oregon. Miami's own Cliff Rassweiler of ProEV will be taking on all-comers on both coasts in defense of his dominant reign as the longtime world champion EV autocross racer. Another longtime, dominant world champion, Lowell Simmons of Broward County's Miramar High School, will be defending his drag racing and autocross titles against other high schools in Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and Southern California. The Florida EAA's "Battery Beach Burnout" will again be an international event, this year with Electro Autos Eficaces de Mexico bringing their electric Nissan Tsuru from Mexico City back to Florida, where it was originally converted by Grassroots EV, a Steve Clunn "screamer"! With all of these competitive match-ups and intense rivalries, these joint, simultaneous, east-coast/west-coast dual events promise a lot of excitement; especially with the 1/8 mile record books now open in all voltage classes, just waiting to be filled, a lot of new world records are going to be set! COMPETITORS Electric Subaru Impreza, Cliff Rassweiler, ProEV The following EVs are either tentative "maybes" at this point and hope to be there, or have not yet confirmed their participation: "Joule Injected", electric Nissan 240SX, Matt
Graham TRAVEL & HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS The following is a list of hotels/motels and their driving distance to/from Countyline Dragway. Unfortunately there aren't any hotels closer than 9 miles to the track, so nothing within walking distance. Please note that we have not checked on the condition of any of these hotels below nor verified the quoted rates, which come from an Internet search on Hotels.com. The star ratings given are those listed on Hotels.com. Days Inn Westland Mall Ramada Inn Miami Airport North Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel Miami Airport TownePlace Suites By Marriott Miami Lakes Shula's Hotel La Quinta Inn & Suites Miami Lakes Courtyard Miami Lakes Miramar by Marriott Hilton Garden Inn Miramar Grand Palms Hotel & Golf Resort Hampton Inn El Palacio Sports Hotel
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