{"id":456,"date":"2019-04-09T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/?p=456"},"modified":"2019-12-01T23:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T23:29:29","slug":"napoleon-motorsports-will-be-the-first-team-to-give-formula-drift-a-spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evhnews.com\/en\/2019\/04\/09\/napoleon-motorsports-will-be-the-first-team-to-give-formula-drift-a-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Napoleon Motorsports Will Be The First Team To Give Formula DRIFT A Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"

First ever 100% electric motor powered Pro1 Formula DRIFT Black Magic Pro Championship Presented by BlackVue Dash Cameras competition car. Welcome to the Napoleon Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro EL-1 as depicted on the back of the Napoleon Motorsports Turnkey Industries transporter. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (2019)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nNapoleon Motorsports Will Be The First Team To Give Formula DRIFT A Spark<\/b>\n\nIf Joe, Lynn, & Justin Napoleon with the fabrication assistance of Robert Quezada from Houston, Texas have their wishes come true, Napoleon Motorsports will be the first team to compete in the highest levels of Formula DRIFT with 100% electric power thus adding a spark to an already electrifying visual and sound display in motorsports and motor culture.\n\nNapoleon Motorsports has at least a three generation family pursuit and affaire in motorsports and motor culture building cars and racing all forms of motor driven vehicle competition ranging from the dragstrip to circle dirt track and most recently road\/street courses with the Trans Am Series\u00a0Pirelli TA2 class with driver Shane Lewis.\n\nThe latest effort, which was spawned just about six months ago, was to create a car that could compete in the Formula DRIFT series. Enter the Chevrolet Camaro EL-1\u00a0Formula DRIFT Black Magic Pro Championship Presented by BlackVue Dash Cameras – Round 1: Streets Of Long Beach April 5-6, 2019 driven by 2018 Formula DRIFT Pro2 champion, Travis Reeder. This is a serious response to a very serious challenge for the Formula DRIFT championship.\n\n\n\n\n
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Joe Napoleon, Team owner and director of Napoleon Motorsports, describes some of the fabricated features in the converted engine to battery compartment during the Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach Media Day. The weight and displacement of the batteries\u00a0are fabricated to emulate the center of gravity and weight of a V-8 engine. Image Credit: Edmund Jenks (2019)<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nIn what was to be their first official competition, however, the City Of Long Beach Fire Department in a joint recommendation made with the Acura Grand Prix Of Long Beach Friday morning, before Formula DRIFT’s first event of the 2019 season, that the Napoleon Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro EL-1 could not compete due to a little known city ordinance, until Friday,\u00a0that prohibits electric and gasoline-powered cars on a track at the same time. The City Of Long Beach Fire Department also came out to say\u00a0that the fire safety crew will not have the adequate time to train in case there\u2019s an emergency with the car.\n
Podcast Interview with Justin Napoleon<\/b><\/div>\n