Whitby’s Electric FFR ‘33 Hot Rod Competes in the 2012 Power of DC

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Dave Lindsey in What's New

You may remember when we posted that our good friends at Whitby Motorcars built an all-electric Factory Five ’33 Hot Rod a year ago. Today, Whitby owner Jeff Collins e-mailed us some photos of the car taking part in an autocross at FedEx Field in Landover, MD!

Ken Clayton drove the Hot Rod during the Power of DC Autocross event held last weekend where they ran a time of 82.8 seconds in the pouring rain! Ken said that the car handled really well and also said, “they had several FFR Roadsters there and on a dry pavement they were running in the low 70’s.”

Thanks to Ken, Mike, and the crew at Whitby for sharing this fun story! Click here for more details on the event.

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