Corvette banned from competition UPDATE now it's OK

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Will SAAC follow suit and ban the Shelby Mach-E from open trace events?

The National Council of Corvette Clubs has made a major change to its competition rules, banning all EV and hybrid cars from sanctioned competition. That means the E-Ray, a new high-performance hybrid that uses a 1.9-KwH battery pack to greatly improve performance under acceleration, is effectively banned from appearing on track in events sanctioned by the group.
......notes that the relevant update to the organization's rule book also requires battery-assisted cars to be parked 30 feet from buildings and other vehicles. While the NCCC has not given a specific reason for the ban, Corvette Forum speculates that it could be related to existing concerns by tracks like Summit Point Raceway about fires involving lithium ion batteries.

[FL SAAC]

I'll give this one a triple AAA.....

[shelbydoug]

That one's gonna'  hurt.

[daltondavid]

so they Pulled the plug on the ev Corvette! {I could not resist...}

[shelbydoug]

so they Pulled the plug on the ev Corvette! {I could not resist...}

That's shocking.

[68countrysedan]

Will SAAC follow suit and ban the Shelby Mach-E from open trace events?

Would be interesting to see what would happen if a Shelby Mach E GT was flogged around Streets of Willow course. Handling characteristics? Battery overheating?

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Will SAAC follow suit and ban the Shelby Mach-E from open trace events?

Would be interesting to see what would happen if a Shelby Mach E GT was flogged around Streets of Willow course. Handling characteristics? Battery overheating?

Shelby developed the handling on theirs at Spring Mountain - they didn't publicize any problems or lap times. All their remapping of the acceleration curves and built in limits not to damage the batteries probably help. I do know everyone who has driven it around Vegas was delighted at being able to out accelerate anything they came up against. I wonder how big a selling point a "free" year of Team Shelby is to people spending 30 grand to mod their EV.

As to why Shelby American decided to sell its first EV exclusively in Europe, U.S. residents have only themselves to blame. The tuning house says that Europeans are simply adopting EVs at a faster rate.

"We elected to initially offer the Shelby Mustang Mach-E GT only in Europe because sales of EVs are growing much more rapidly there than in the USA," said Aaron Shelby, Board Member of Carroll Shelby International. "And from 2016 to 2021, the number of public EV charging stations increased by 431 percent across Europe. It just makes good business sense for Shelby American."

In addition to the vehicle, Mustang Mach-E GT owners who opt to have this package added to their vehicle also get a one-year paid membership to Team Shelby, and will be eligible to have their vehicle documented in the official Shelby Registry.

The package costs €24,900 ($27,481 USD at current exchange rates) on top of the price of the base vehicle. Production will start in Europe in July.

[5566]

A Mustang Mach E AWD posted the best acceleration times and shortest stopping distance of all vehicles tested at the most recent Michigan State Police vehicle testing at the Chelsea Proving Grounds.  It also had the slowest lap times of all vehicles tested at Grattan Raceway. 

[FL SAAC]

electrifying news.....

[Don Johnston]

So watts up with that?

[5566]

Well, either the battery temp. got to the point that power was restricted to prevent damage, or, they were taking it easy as the most important part was it "passed the test".......

[98SVT - was 06GT]

Update - how many think GM stepped in and threatened to cut the club off?

https://www.hagerty.com/media/motorsports/national-council-of-corvette-clubs-lifts-competition-ban-on-e-ray/