Power Racing Series

Power Racing Series

Formation	2009
Purpose	Hacking, DIY
Location	United States
Origin	Chicago
Founders	Founding Members
Website

Power Racing Series is a non-profit power wheels racing competition. It's modeled after the racing series 24 Hours of LeMons however with child sized cars. The power racing series competitions are held at maker faire's across the USA.

About

Power Racing series is a racing competition where teams build a $500 Power Wheel (Or any electric kids’ ride on vehicle.) and modify it to go as fast as it can.

Maker Faire Detroit 2011

History

Jim Burke launched the Power Racing Series.^[1][2] The first season in 2009 consisted of 6 cars, all backed by other Pumping Station: One members. The second season in 2010 was hosted at the Detroit Maker Faire^[3][4] with competitors from several hackerspaces throughout the country.^[5]

Competitions

WEST

• San Mateo, CA

CENTRAL

• Kansas City, MO
• Detroit, MI

EAST

• Fort Wayne, IN
• New York, NY

SOUTH

• Nashville, TN
• Atlanta, GA

References

1. "Power Racing Series".
2. "Power Playing".
3. "Make: Online » Power Racing: Grown Humans Stuffed Into Teeny-Tiny Cars (Who Aren't Shriners)".
4. "Power Wheels Racing: Fat Men On Souped-Up Toy Cars".
5. "Power Racing Series: Teams".

External links

• Official Pumping Station: One website
• Vimby video overview of Pumping Station: One
• Power Racing Series
• GeekProm Chicago
• Hackers of the world unite | Guardian.co.uk
• Interview with Eric Michaud
• Charcoal foundry build at Chicago hackerspace
• Hackerspace at Pumping Station 1: Will the Arts Go Open Source?

Coordinates: 41°56′43″N 87°42′24″W / 41.945319°N 87.706629°W