The 2012 Power Racing Series is upon us and here’s the first official look at our upcoming race schedule. It is very exciting to announce another race to the calendar this year at none other than the birthplace of Power Racing itself: Chicago! It all started on a boringly hot August in 2009 with a dirt lot and a bit of Moxie but four seasons later we are returning with a much bigger operation. Not only will we be making a triumphant return, but we will feature the series first ever night race! That’s right! Get ready to haul some extra batteries because you’ll need to keep the track lit ahead of you and race into the late evening!

For the first time ever, Pumping Station: One hosted a Summit to discuss new rules and talk shop for the 2012 PPPRS season. Four hackerspacs showed up with representatives from i3 Detroit, LVL1, Milwaukee Makerspace and Sector 67. The teams shared ideas to improve the series, discussed new prizes and new angles to develop the series from. Click the break below to see a full list of the new concepts discussed:

If there’s a word for near perfection in Power Racing, it begins with an S. Sector 67, the upstart hackerspace from Madison Wisconsin set out to show the world what they were capable of. In less than 10 months since their grand opening, they can now call themselves champions. The team worked for an astonishing 3 days to create the frame of the machine, and only a couple weeks to assemble the components together. These were not easy times though, as the team faced numerous technical challenges, and faced quite a few late evenings preparing their car for the season. With confidence they pulled up to Maker Faire, and immediately silenced anyone who doubted the capability of a new team amongst veterans.