Offroad race using Elaphe motors

For any of you fellow forum members who are interested in the outcome of the Lordstown Endurance in the Baja 250, here is some additional info. It appears that the energy required by the Elaphe motors was much more than they had calculated for. The truck did not have any mechanical failures or breakdowns. But after the first leg of the race which was 40 miles, they calculated that the truck would not make it through the second leg of the race which was 65 miles. The data-metrics showed that the truck was using about 4 times the energy over what was initially calculated for street driving on the stock battery pack. Since the second leg involved a 1750 elevation change, they figured that the truck could not be rescued easily in that part of the track and withdrew from the race. This is not so much a failure of Lordstown, but to the grueling nature of this race. 30% of entrants usually do not finish. So the good news is that it was not a mechanical breakdown, but worrisome in that the motors were using much more energy than was initially spec'ed.