Lordstown Motors announced last week that it would be entering one of its Endurance prototypes at the San Felipe 250 race in Baja California. Now, they’ve released an official rendering that shows what it will look like.
The race truck has been designed to look as much as possible like the Endurance pickup truck that the company plans to sell to customers. Mind you, it has been modified to be more suitable for off-road racing.
Based on one of Lordstown’s beta prototypes, the race truck will naturally have a roll cage and bucket seats (along with racing harnesses, no doubt) to make it safe for racing.
“Our goal is to be the first electric vehicle to ever complete the San Felipe 250,” said Lordstown Motors CEO Steve Burns last week. “With the superior traction, weight balance, and advanced software control of our hub motor-based Endurance, we are confident that we will do just that.”
The San Felipe 250 will take place over a single, 290-mile loop of Baja California, Mexico starting and ending in the town of San Felipe. Rated at just 250-miles of range, managing the battery will presumably be one of the first hurdles Lordstown has to tackle.
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A recent video from electric pickup competitor Rivian may provide a hint to a solution. The R1T was entered in the slower but longer 2020 Rebelle Rally and a charging semi-trailer helped it charge during the desert race.
The San Felipe 250 is the first race of SCORE’s 2021 calendar and will start on April 17.