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Location: Decatur/Madison, Alabama
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I saw the Panoz Hybrid race car at Road Atlanta in 1998. It was heavier than the all gas version and a little slower. By mid race the batteries were mostly ballast as they supplying more power than they were being recharged with during braking. At the end of the long straight the rotors on this vehicle were glowing brighter than any other on the track.
This design may be better from a battery perspective as the battery weight is gone. A flywheel is going to have to have some mass to store some power. I wonder about the effect of gyroscopic precession. Maybe this would be a better option for NASCAR. "It handles great coming out of a left hand corner but I cannot get the darn thing to rotate right...."
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Rob Channell
One Way Motorsports
1979 911SC mostly stock 
1972 911T Targa now with a good 2.7 
1990 Miata (cheap 'n easy)
1993 C1500 Silverado (parts getter)
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