‘Swamp Rat 37’ Quest Battery Dragster Migrates East For The Spring

The Quest for 200 MPH on Batteries Dragster, SR-37, embarked on a cross-country journey on Saturday for fitting of its 2014 powerplant.  The dragster was loaded from its winter home at the Art Goldstrom Family’s Nostalgia Street Rods in Las Vegas and into a “Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing” hauler for the 2200 mile trek to “Swamp Rat” country..  The hauler walls were rich with the history of the legendary “Big Daddy” and the Quest SR-37 Dragster is determined to make some history of its own.

The dragster will travel to Garlits’ facility in Ocala, FL where the patriarch of drag racing will have a race seat custom fitted by Garvin Motorsports.  It will then be visited by a team from Lawless Industries for prep and installation of the 2014 BEV powerplant.  The HighTech Systems LLC-engineered battery package is expected to produce 1500 kilowatts of instantaneous launch power, a horsepower rating in excess of 2000 hp.

The SR-37 Quest for 200 MPH on Batteries Dragster team hopes to commence spring testing soon.

The Quest Dragster is designed and constructed to be the first battery-electric dragster to exceed 200 mph on a ¼ mile drag strip.  The goal is to accomplish this speed mark in 2014 with our driver, the legendary “Big Daddy” Don Garlits. 2014 marks the 50^th anniversary of Garlits’ historic first official 200 mph pass in 1964. The dragster will be powered by a 1500 kilowatt array of lithium polymer (LiPo) batteries producing an equivalent horsepower rating of over 2000 HP.  The Quest dragster has already been launch-tested by “Big Daddy” Don Garlits with early versions of the LiPo battery-power packs and electric motor/controller systems.  

 The Quest for 200 MPH on batteries dragster was built by Brad Hadman, created by Mike Gerry, paint design by Kenny Youngblood, graphics by Eric Reyes, LiPo batteries by HighTech Systems LLC, and motors by Lawless Industries.