2011 Green Grand Prix results

[Hybrid-Battery-Repair]

Originally Posted by 02insight

so is it like a race to see who finishes first, where you have to go fast. or is it basically drive atleast 45mph and and who gets the highest mpg wins, regardless of when you finish?

It was highest mpg in each class, but I think they took mpg off for going too slow. The guy who beat me had 71 on his gauge, but they awarded him 69.7

I was using my GPS to calculate my average speed through each lap (my wife reset the trip each time we passed the pole) and I was within 1 mph on every lap, so my speed was fairly accurate.

[Hybrid-Battery-Repair]

Originally Posted by RobertSmalls

Ron, I used MIMA just a little on the track, but my fuel injector toggle switch was indispensable. I turned off my engine at the start/finish line, did a brief blip of regen before hitting turn one, coasted to the bottom of turn two, then used a little assist to get up the hill to the back straight. It was stoichiometric burning up the long back straight, then engine off coasting around two turns, then lean burn back to the start/finish line. In warmer weather, and without a navigator, I might have been able to lean burn up the back straight as well.

I took a different approach. My scangauge tells me when it has cut the injectors, so I coasted down from my 50-55 mph across the line down to 40 for the first turn regen-ing all the way with no injectors running, then I gathered as much speed as possible through the ESS to take that initial hill and gave it full assist going up, then stayed on the assist about halfway up that long hill until the battery was gone. I coasted down a bit for the second half of the hill coming into the hairpin to get down to 35 for the turn, then took advantage of the downhill to regen and then to get it up to speed for the straight. After that, I took the turns at 45 and then got on the assist again to get my lap speed up to 45 before crossing the line.

It was a lot faster than I would have liked for economy, but I had to to keep the speed up without totally trashing the fuel economy.

Your economy vs mine was helped by several things:

Your aero mods
Your driving style
Your car with occupants and luggage weighs a few hundred pounds less than mine (you were worrying about having a bottle of water in the car while my wife had already bought a case of wine <grin>)
My clutch is shot and the engine is straining a bit (I really don't know what's wrong with it)

And, I think your average lap speed was about 42 or so. I went out 10 minutes before you and came in about 20 minutes before you did.

[Hybrid-Battery-Repair]

Originally Posted by timny1984

What was the weather like that day? i don't think it was raining or to cold but i can't remember. Were all the insights MT? Looks like a great time just to compete on the same course same conditions as everyone else. I'd like to see how my numbers would compare.

I know i'll be enjoying my 30-45mph tail wind on my 58 mile ride home from work today. to bad i'm in the HCH and not the Insight. Where there any HCH's at the race? And what were the rules about drafting another racer? Seems like there would be some drafting advantage even if you weren't trying to.

It was brisk and sunny. All the Insights were MT. There weren't any HCH's there, so next year you can trounce the non-plugin Priuses with yours.

Drafting was not allowed (50 foot following distance), blocking was not allowed and no passing in turns (although the guy in the wooden three wheeler did it repeatedly).

[sendler]

Originally Posted by Hybrid-Battery-Repair

It was brisk and sunny. All the Insights were MT. There weren't any HCH's there, so next year you can trounce the non-plugin Priuses with yours.

Drafting was not allowed (50 foot following distance), blocking was not allowed and no passing in turns (although the guy in the wooden three wheeler did it repeatedly).

What was the traffic like with all of the different vehicles on the track together? I assume some were using engine off coasting and some weren't so there might be interference with one another. I plan to ride my 2011 Honda CBR250R this year.

[Hybrid-Battery-Repair]

The track is 2-3 cars wide, so it's not an issue. You CAN pass, but you may not want to.

I'll see you there!

Originally Posted by sendler

What was the traffic like with all of the different vehicles on the track together? I assume some were using engine off coasting and some weren't so there might be interference with one another. I plan to ride my 2011 Honda CBR250R this year.