Ben Hempstead is a mechanical engineer in the aerospace industry by day and on the weekends, you will find him out rallycrossing his electronic Baja beetle. The beetle started out as a project to work on with his kids and now it's both a daily driver and a race vehicle that the family shares.

After three year did competing, Ben sits down us to talk about the build, prepping the car for Rallycross and how to take on your own EV project.

What we mention in the episode:

EV West

Baja Bugs and Buggies: How to prepare VW-based cars for off-road fun and racing

Ben’s electric bug album on EV Album

Dirtfish Rally School

MaxSport Tires

Northwest Rally Winter Series

Winter Series Course Worker Application

Parts sourced from:

Race Ready Products

JBugs

CB Performance

SoCal Imports

Moore Parts Source

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Ben on EV Album

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Northwest Rally Association Website

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Kito on Instagram

Katie on Instagram

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