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…
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,…
Colorado Springs, May 9————One of the top competitions at the 2014 The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb will be the quietest of them all. The talent-heavy Electric Modified Division already includes Nobuhiro Tajima, who won the Electric Division last year when he drove his Tajima Monster Sports Special E-Runner to a…
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is coming up again, so it’s time to take a peek at the entry list to see who’s shooting for the peak. Okay, that was a bad pun, but who’s planning to go, that’s what’s important. At the moment the electric division looks smaller…
Here’s the press release from the PPIHC team on Monster Tajima’s involvement in the 2014 event Colorado Springs, April 9——After winning the high-profile Unlimited Division nine times, including six straight from 2006-2011 in a variety of high-powered Suzuki sport autos, it remains a great story that he has switched to…
Brutus Motorcycles is sponsoring Jeremiah Johnson to race their electric motorcycle on Pikes Peak this year. I covered the information a month or so ago. They just posted some pictures of the race bike with the graphics, as well as the race trailer and some other things. From the looks…
Jeremiah Johnson on the Brutus V2 Rocket Brutus Electric Motorcycles and Bell Custom Cycles announced today they’re entering the 92nd Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and that they’ve signed Jeremiah Johnson as the rider. Brutus manufactures a small line of motorcycles that includes cruiser and cafe racer style bikes. For…
As we predicted, Lightning Motorcycles with Carlin Dunne did win outright in the motorcycle division. That news is being overshadowed by a shocker of a win by Sebastien Loeb with an 8:13.878 lap time that demolished the previous record of 9:46.164 held by Rhys Millen, but we’re here to discuss…
The big hairy audacious goals set by Lightning Motorcycles when the company was started including qualifying at the top of the pack in a major international race against gas powered bikes. A few years ago that goal seemed ridiculous, even in 2010 at the inaugural TTXGP at Infineon Raceway (now…
While Lightning Motorcycles is turning in awesome results at Pikes Peak, there are some other electric teams on the mountain as well. I want to take a look at some of the other results. Jeremiah Johnson made a long posting talking about his recent results, and how his buddy Jeff…
At Pikes Peak they’re getting ready for the big race on Sunday, and in today’s qualifying round Lightning Motorcycles’ rider Carlin Dunne took pole position while beating the next gas bike racer by over 6 seconds. This is a historic moment, because it marks the first time any electric vehicle…
The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is coming up, and Lightning Motorcycles is already on site, testing their race bike with rider Carlin Dunne, and setting history by turning in practice times that beat the gas bike racers. Specifically, in the very first practice round for the 2013 Pikes Peak…
Lightning Motorcycles has signed up a new rider for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb at the end of June. The rider, Carlin Dunne, is a top choice as he is the current all time record holder, and two-time consecutive champion of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Hence, this not just…
Mitsubishi has just announced entry into the 2013 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with two all-new MiEV Evolution II electric race cars. The team is also expressing an intention to win outright. I’ve written up details here :- http://www.torquenews.com/1075/pikes-peak-electric-racing-heating-two-entries-mitsubishi For data on the Toyota entry see :- http://www.electricracenews.com/2013/05/toyota-returning-to-pikes-peak-with.html For data on…
