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Mark Miller wins TT Zero on epic MotoCzysz E1pc [w/videos]
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, UK, Racing
After a day-long weather delay, eight all-electric motorcycles took to the starting grid to compete in the Isle of Man TT Zero yesterday. The game was much the same as last year when TTXGP began what will likely be a longstanding annual affair – one 37.73-mile lap around the Snaefell Mountain Course, no gas.
For the American MotoCzysz team that had put in an impressive performance in practice, it was time to put up or shut up. They damn well put up. Rider Mark Miller didn’t allow himself to be baited into a scrap andstuck to a game plan that called for a steady twisting of the throttle. In the end, he finished in the top spot with a time that was a massive two minutes and 51 seconds quicker than last year’s winner. The E1pc, which easily looks as good parked as it does in a 140-mile-per-hour blur, averaged 
96.820 mph around the famed circuit, just missing a £10,000 ($14,700 USD) prize had it broken the century mark. Miller shrugged off that shortfall with an easygoing, “It’s all good, dude” in the post-race interview.
Last year’s winner, Rob Barber, who again crouched in the saddle for Agni Racing, also beat his time from last year. The fierce competitor was astride a newly constructed Agni Z1, looking for all the world like a throwback to the ’40s with a dustbin fairing mounted in place of a modern cowl. Although happy with the gains achieved by the aerodynamic package, “The Bullet” was obviously frustrated with the result, convinced he could have somehow gotten the best of the MotoCyzsz had there only been a bit more energy in the battery pack. As it was, he just managed to cross the finish line after employing a strategy that had him pushing hard from the get go.
After a long battle with another Agni Z1 piloted by Jenny Tinmouth – who, by the way, had not a mile of seat time before the green flag dropped – third place on the podium was claimed by James McBride on a converted Ducati for Ramsey-based ManTTX Racing. Check out the gallery of the winner below and hit the jump for the official TT Zero report and post-race video interviews as well as a bit of bonus footage of the bikes blasting by.
[Source: TT Zero]
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Mark Miller wins TT Zero on epic MotoCzysz E1pc
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, On Two Wheels, UK, Racing
After a day-long weather delay, eight all-electric motorcycles took to the starting grid to compete in the Isle of Man TT Zero yesterday. The game was much the same as last year, when the TTXGP began what will likely be a longstanding annual affair; one 37.73 mile lap around the Snaefell Mountain Course, no gas. For the American MotoCzysz team, who returned to this spit of land in the Irish sea with the revolutionary “D1g1tal Dr1ve” machine of their own making and put in an impressive performance in practice, it was time to put up or shut up. They damn well put up. Rider Mark Miller didn’t allow himself to be baited into a scrap, stuck to a game plan that called for a steady twisting of the throttle and finished in top spot with a time that was two minutes and 51 seconds faster than last year’s winner. The E1pc, which easily looks as good parked as it does in a 140-mile-an-hour blur, averaged 96.820 mph around the famed circuit, just missing a £10,000 ($14,700 at today’s rate) prize had it broken the century mark. Miller shrugged off that short fall with an easy going, “It’s all good dude” in the post-race interview.
Last year’s winner, Rob Barber, again crouched in the saddle for Agni Racing, also beat his time from last year. The fierce competitor was astride a newly constructed Agni Z1, looking for all the world like a throwback to the ’40s with a dustbin fairing mounted in place of a modern-styled cowl. Although happy with the gains achieved by the aerodynamic package, “the Bullet” was obviously frustrated with the result, convinced he could have somehow gotten the best of the MotoCyzsz had there only been a bit more energy in the battery pack. As it was, he just managed to cross the finish line after employing a strategy that had him pushing hard from the get go.
After a long battle with another Agni Z1 piloted by Jenny Tinmouth – who, by the way, had not a mile of seat time before the green flag dropped – the third place on the podium was claimed by James McBride on a converted Ducati for Ramsey-based ManTTX Racing. Check out the gallery of the winner below and hit the jump for the official TT Zero report and post-race video interviews as well as a bit of bonus footage of the bikes blasting by.
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Continue reading Mark Miller wins TT Zero on epic MotoCzysz E1pc
Mark Miller wins TT Zero on epic MotoCzysz E1pc originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
