In a surprise twist in last weekends TTXGP 2012 North America season opener at the Infineon Raceway, Zero Motorcycles ended up taking a clean sweep of the podium. The upset result in the electric motorcycle race occurred after Team Icon Brammo pulled out (due to two accidents – Atlas and Rapp)…
In todays qualifying round for the 2012 TTXGP race at Infineon, Steve Rapp was riding for Team Icon Brammo in place of the teams regular rider, Steve Atlas, after he was taken out due to a crash yesterday. The team had spent all night rebuilding the bike, arriving just in…
It is 4:30 pm and the TTXGP qualifying race is at 5:30. It was looking dicey whether Brammo would be able get into the race considering the damage. Lo and behold, Brammo just pulled in with a fully rebuilt bike and the team is quickly getting set up. Of course…
This morning saw a practice round in the 2012 TTXGP electric motorcycle race at Infineon. Participating were two bikes from Lightning Motorcycles, and the four bikes from Zero Motorcycles. The Lightning Motorcycles bikes were nearly knocked out yesterday after a failure in the chain tensioner caused Michael Barnes’ bike to…
During yesterday’s practice round at the 2012 TTXGP race at Infineon Raceway, Steve Atlas riding for Team Icon Brammo wrecked (a high side in turn 7), and was brought to the hospital, taking the Brammo Empulse RR out of the race. The accident occurred just after Atlas exited the corner.…
It’s the opening weekend of the 2012 TTXGP North America electric motorcycle race series. One bit of excitement in yesterday’s practice round was when the #80 Lightning Motorcycles bike, ridden by Michael Barnes, suddenly pulled off to the side of the track. The cause was both extremely mundane, and testament…
A couple days the TTXGP crew announced the entry list for this weekends TTXGP 2012 season opener at the Infineon Raceway. The lineup shows some familiar teams, we expect a battle royale between Lightning Motorcycles and Brammo, and there is a surprise that may delight us. The entry list (see…
As we gear up for the 2012 TTXGP North America season opening race at Infineon Raceway, we learn that Moto-Electra Racing will not be at the race. In a note on the teams Facebook page, Moto-Electric Racing team owner Brian Richardson posted a note (see text below) about their plans…
The opening round of the eFXC/TTXGP 2012 Australian series was held south of Sydney at Wakefield Park raceway last weekend, with a single race being held on both Saturday and Sunday. The race had two teams participating, Ripperton and Solar Power Australia (Catavolt). Both teams made many improvements to their…
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…
Over on Facebook, Jeremiah Johnson (a pro AMA Racer) announced he had applied and been approved to race in the 2012 TTXGP North America season. Johnson, in addition to being an AMA Pro, has been interested in electric motorcycles for several years. I met him in 2009 when the TTXGP…
The other day we noted that TTXGP had posted their 2012 North American season schedule, of four races (one location TBD) and plans to hold the TTXGP World Final in Daytona FL. Over on Facebook, Brammo commented on TTXGP’s schedule posting saying this: We plan to contest every North American…
It’s the beginning of the new race season, and TTXGP is releasing the racing schedules for each of their series. A couple weeks ago it was the Australian TTXGP/eFXC 2012 season, and now TTXGP has announced an exciting schedule for North America. The 2012 North America season has four races,…
Looks like the TTXGP is gearing to run on three continents again this season (unless Azhar has a big announcement up his sleeve) with the recent announcement between TTXGP and eFXC to run the series in Australia again in 2012. Last year was the first TTXGP/eFXC season in Australia, and…
For two years now the TTXGP Europe series has raced at the “Cathedral of Motorcycle Racing”, namely the race track at Assen in the Netherlands. With an announcement yesterday, this arrangement is guaranteed for the next three years. This is good news that underscores long-term viability of the TTXGP series,…
