Due to a little SNAFU in charging my electric car, I wasn’t able to make it to the track today, however I have my press pass and will be there bright and early tomorrow. In the meantime I see the TTXGP crew have posted a race report which you can…
I captured this entry list for the 2012 FIM e-Power/TTXGP off of Facebook. There are some interesting details here. 11 RICH Ted USA Zero Motorcycles ZERO 18 SCHLESS Ely USA Promoto HONDA RSE 32 BOSTROM Eric USA Team Icon Brammo 2012 EMPULSE RR 49 HIMMELMANN Matthias GER Münch Racing TTE…
The eFXC/TTXGP series headed to sunny Queensland Raceway for round two of a highly contested battle between Daniel Sailor (Ripperton Racing) and Jason Morris (Catavolt / Impact AV), the two having won a race a piece at the first round, the weather conditions promised to be good and true to…
The 2012 TTXGP Australia series held round two this weekend, but the TTXGP website does not have official results from the event. In the meantime we learn from Team Catavolt’s Facebook page that they won, but there are no details. In the lack of details, here are a few pictures…
Last weekend the TTXGP came to the Snetterton track for round 2 of the 2012 TTXGP Europe series. It appears there were four teams: Meunch Racing, Zongshen (2 bikes), BEMSEE Racing, and Performance Bike. It also appears to have been a wet weekend, the pictures show a damp track, and one…
Over on the TTXGP Matters blog is an interesting read suggesting that the eSuperStock Award in the 2012 North America TTXGP has brought us great racing, and that it’s a great success. I suppose it all depends on how you look at it, but I find myself being disappointed with…
As I reported earlier, last weekend during the TTXGP race at Portland International Raceway, one of the MotoCzysz bikes nearly had a battery pack thermal runaway in the pit area. A couple videos have since been posted that show what happened. The videos below agree with the story Michael Czysz gave me…
After yesterdays wet weather, and the snafu with the battery pack on one of MotoCzysz’ bikes, the TTXGP electric motorcycle race today, at Portland International Raceway (PIR), went off pretty well. The weather was clear, partly cloudy, modest temperature, and an excited group of fans to watch the race. As…
As I reported yesterday, the operative word for the day was “WET” with rain on-and-off all the day. The qualifying round yesterday was supposed to be at about 3:50 PM, but a heavy rain squall piled in at 3:00 PM, with cats and dogs falling from the sky and everything.…
The TTXGP has finally come to Portland Oregon, one of the hotbeds of electric motorcycle and electric vehicles in general. The series had been slated to come to PIR last year, but something happened (I never bothered to find out what) and it didn’t happen. This year the series is…
Matthias Himmelmann rides the number 49 Munch Racing Motorcycle during practice for the opening round of the TTXGP European Championship 2012, at Falkenbergs Motorbana in Sweden. Thanks to Munch for the speed & lap data and video. Munch are making this bike and others available for individuals or companies to…
Sunday (race day) http://www.egrandprix.com/news.php?id=282 Himmelman made light work of the season opener and set a blistering race pace that the other racers could only hope to match. Himmelman led from the start. His team mate was unable to join the TTXGP season opener due to contractual conflicts however this hasn’t deterred…
The TTXGP staff posted this video, some of which was an interview recorded just moments before Steve Atlas’ accident during the practice round for the TTXGP race at Infineon, 2012. During that practice round Steve Atlas had a high-side accident at turn 7, messing up one finger, and giving a…
Kenyon Kluge rides his Zero electric motorcycle during the first practice session on Friday, at Infineon Raceway. TTXGP North American Championship 2012, Round 1. Tim Hunt Lightning Electric Motorcycle Practice 2 Infineon TTXGP North American Championship 2012 On board Camera. Kenyon Kluge (KSquared Racing), Jason Lauritzen & Jennifer Everson Lauritzen…
One of the Zero engineers posted this youtube video from the recent TTXGP race at Infineon Raceway. He wrote the following comment on the posting, and refers to the troubles faced by Lightning and Brammo that I documented earlier. This is video from the 2012 Sears Point Infinion raceway TTXGP.…
