The electric motorcycle racing world finally gained some clarity with the release of a provisional schedule for the FIM eRoadRacing World Cup. This new series is replacing both the TTXGP and FIM e-Power series. Both of those series are now deceased, and eRoadRacing World Cup takes their place. The plan…
Last week I was able to disclose news of a merger between the TTXGP and FIM e-Power electric motorcycle racing series. While the news itself was exciting and promising to heal the schism between those two series, it left out some important details. These details are important ones that race…
The TTXGP and FIM announced today a historic change in the face of electric motorcycle racing. The two organizations have announced an agreement under which both the TTXGP and e-Power racing series will be replaced by a new series. The announcement resolves several years of schism which split electric motorcycle…
As arbitrary as our calendar is, this is a new year (by the way we reckon time) and, well, here’s my thoughts about what we’ll see in the coming year in electric racing. Overall I think we’ve seen great leaps over the last three years of electric racing, and I see that…
Miguel Duhamel, riding for Barracuda Lightning, has won the e-Power/TTXGP joint race at Le Mans this weekend while Matthias Himmelmann (Muench Racing) has won the European championship in both series. Duhamel took the pole position with strong finishes in both qualifying rounds. Zongshen’s Tang Yu came in third place. Himmelmann…
As I noted the other day, the Barracuda Lightning Motorcycles Racing team has gone to Le Mans for the e-Power/TTXGP race. As expected the teams rider, Miguel Duhamel, is at the top of the results sheet for todays practice round, beating Matthias Himmelmann of Muench Racing. Why expected? Because of…
This weekend was the TTXGP 2012 North America Championship race, won by Brammo’s Steve Atlas. The big question of the weekend is, where was Lightning Motorcycles? As we noted in the race coverage, had Lightning raced this weekend at Miller the results could well have been different. The answer came…
In what they’re describing as an “epic battle,” Tang Yu of Zongshen Racing is the surprise winner of this weekends e-Power/TTX at Oschersleben. We say “surprise” because his teammate, Ho Chi Fung, has the more powerful of Zongshen’s bikes, and two of Muench’s bikes are more powerful than Tang Yu’s, and…
It’s another joint round between FIM e-Power and TTXGP, this time in Oschersleben in Germany. Race results have been posted, but in this report I’ll focus on the Friday and Saturday results. On Saturday they held a “three lap sprint” race, which Matthias Himmelmann won. There was an over 20…
See my full race report at: Lightning and Brammo win 2012 e-Power/TTX race at Laguna Seca during Red Bull US Grand Prix The big takeaway is the speed & lap time improvements over the 2011 and 2010 races. Where last year 1 bike was ridden at speeds matching the 600cc superbikes…
A couple weeks ago the 2012 FIM e-Power race series launched on the weekend of April 15 at Mangy-Cours. The race had a small showing of teams and unsurprisingly Meunch won the race. Meunch had not only Matthias Himmelmann riding but new team-mate Katja Poensgen. “We are very happy with…
After last years struggles between FIM and TTXGP running joint electric motorcycle race events we thought they would not repeat the experiment in 2012. We are pleasantly pleased and excited to see the following:Strengthening the collaboration between FIM and TTXGP both parties have once again agreed to combine three rounds…
