The MotoE World Cup is a brand new electric motorcycle racing series under the auspices of the FIM. Officially it is known as the FIM Enel MotoE World Cup, and as Enel is a major electricity provider in Europe they must have paid some serious sponsorship dollars. The FIM is…
Today during TT Week, Mugen’s riders Michael Rutter and John McGuinness took both the #1 and #2 positions, with Michael Rutter breaking the 120 miles/hr lap speed threshold and setting a new TT Zero lap record. Along the way John McGuinness had a fantastic speed at the Sulby Speed Trap,…
The electric car lap time record at Laguna Seca International Raceway is changing hands like crazy this summer. On September 14, 2018, Cameron Rogers took a Tesla Model 3 w/ Performance Package to Laguna Seca, seeking to reclaim the lap time record he’d set earlier this summer. Subsequent to Rogers’…
Sunday was the 10th annual REFUEL Race at Laguna Seca International Raceway – a chance for electric car or motorcycle drivers/riders to test their stuff on a world-class race track. While it’s a low-key track day event run by a local racing instruction school, the REFUEL race has seen a…
In 2013 the overall Motorcycle record at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb was smashed by a Lightning Motorcycles LS-218 prototype electric motorcycle electric motorcycle ridden Carlin Dunne. That same year the overall record was smashed by a gasoline powered car driven by Sebastien Loeb, overshadowing the breaking of the…
The Killacycle Racing Team just set a new speed record in their class (three wheeled streamlined electric motorcycles) and for the first time in history an electric vehicle had the fastest speed at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials event. I don’t know much beyond a couple postings from the Killacycle…
Historical streamlined race bike – the NSU SportMax from 1955 History is about to be made at the upcoming eMotoRacing event near Salt Lake City. For the first time in decades a streamlined motorcycle will race in a sanctioned event. If you’re scratching your head and going “why’s that important”…
Energica Ego in San Francisco CRP’s Energica Ego has been several years coming – in 2010, CRP came onto the TTXGP scene with the eCRP, a bike patterned after the Agni Motors entry in the 2009 TTXGP on the Isle of Man. This was the act of a motorcycle manufacturer…
In last weekend’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb race, electric car drivers took 3 of the top 4 results in the overall ranking, and both electric car and electric motorcycle racers claimed hugely positive results. While this isn’t as stunning as Lightning Motorcycle’s overall win last year with a 20 second…
Bobby Goodin, R.I.P. A question in my mind since the 2014 TT ZERO (and TT) at the Isle of Man is the carnage happening in this kind of race. The TT course, the Pikes Peak course, and some other races, are severe challenges between person, machine, and the elements. The…
John Wayland of Plasma Boy Racing, builder of the White Zombie electric 1972 Datsun, has teamed up with Mitch Medford (a Texas Tech CEO) to start building ultra high end electric muscle cars. The first car they’re planning is the Black Zombie, which is a 1968 Mustang powered by twin…
The next major event lined up for the electric racing calender is the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The list of electric challengers in 2014 is smaller than in 2013, but a return entrant is Drive eO. Last year the team ran with a custom built electric car, the PP01,…
Mugen shattered lap speed records in the 2014 TT ZERO, with John McGuinness (117.366 miles/hr) and Bruce Anstey (115.048 miles/hr) taking 1st and 2nd place. They were the expected winners, and a 115+ miles/hr finish was to be expected after McGuinness’ 115.598 finish on Monday, but hitting a speed over…
Earlier today Mugen Shinden’s John McGuinness shattered the TT ZERO lap speed record – it now stands at 115.598 miles/hr. His teammate, Bruce Anstey, also broke the previous record, which had been set by Anstey on Saturday, with a 113+ miles/hr lap speed. These two are top riders in the…
The 115 miles/hr threshold has been broken in today’s 2014 TT ZERO qualifying round. Mugen Shinden’s John McGuinness finished with a 115.598 miles/hr (19:35.007) lap speed, followed closely by Bruce Anstey who also broke the previous record with a 113.643 miles/hr (19:55.221) lap speed. The wet weather for which the…
