while you guys were at the track, I was still scrounging up some small hardware for the battery straps.. got it running around 2pm.. sorry I missed you guys, but here's a video. no where near the performance this setup should put out.. hopefully lipo's next week will solve my speed troubles.

low quality: http://041206.com/xr8-l.mov
high quality: http://041206.com/xr8-h.mov