MotoCzysz,
from Portland, Oregon,
narrowly missed out on
recording the first 100mph
lap by an electric bike at
the Isle of Man TT Races.
Their
E1PC machine, ridden by
Californian Mark Miller,
lapped the iconic mountain
course in a time of 23
minutes 22.89 seconds to
take the honours in the TT
Zero race.
They
narrowly missed out on a
£10,000 prize that was put
up by the Isle of Man
Government for the first
team to record a 100mph lap.
Defending champions Agni
Z1/Agni Racing took an early
lead in the race at the
first timing checkpoint –
Glen Helen with an average
speed of 95.212mph. However,
by the time the teams
reached Ballaugh, MotoCzysz
had edged in front,
recording 98.973 with Agni
Z1 only 5 seconds behind.
Agni’s second bike (Agni Z2)
ridden by Jenny Tinmouth was
in third with the local
effort, ManTTx and James
McBride less than a second
behind her in fourth. Chris
Palmer (Sert), Shaun Gilbert
(Special Zero Emissions),
Mark Buckley (Ecolve) and
George Spence (Kingston
University) made up the rest
of the field.
Sulby
Speed trap saw three
machines clocking over
100mph with MotoCzysz the
fastest at 135mph. Manx team
ManTTx were the second
fastest with 107.200 and
Agni’s Z1 from Agni Racing
third with 104.200.
MotoCyzsz stepped up the
pace and by Ramsey had
recorded an overall average
of 103.978. Rob Barber and
Team Agni were also over the
100mph mark with 100.335
with James McBride on ManTTx
splitting the Agni bikes
with Jenny Tinmouth on
Agni’s Z2 bike in fourth
place.
MotoCzysz had clearly been
pacing themselves and by
Cronk Ny Mona had extended
their lead to over a minute
and were still tantalisingly
close to the 100mph lap at
99.513.
However the iconic mark was
to remain intact and the
team crossed the line at
Glencrutchery road in
23.22.89 (96.820mph). Rob
Barber and Agni Z1 were
second, bettering last
year’s winning time with
25.21 (89.290mph) and local
team ManTTx and James
McBride third with 25.39.50
(88.653mph).