Portland-based
team Moto Czysz and rider Mark
Miller confirmed their position as
race favourites for the 2010 TT Zero
Electric bike race at the Isle of
Man TT races with a lap of
94.664mph.
The team recorded
the fastest ever lap – albeit an
unofficial lap record as it is not
recorded during a race - for an
electric bike around the famous
mountain course, beating the 2009
race record of their closest
challengers Team Agni who recorded
87.434mph average lap speed in
winning the 2009 race.
Moto Czysz
lead from the start of the practice
and were already over 17 seconds
ahead of their nearest challengers
ManTTx (James McBridge) at Glen
Helen with defending champion Rob
Barber and Team Agni third fastest.
Martin Loicht’s HTBLAUVA - XX
Project, Kingston University (George
Spence) and Mark Buckley and Team
Ecolve were also timed at over 60mph
Team Agni
passed the Manx team before Ballaugh
but were unable to match the speeds
of the Moto Czysz team who were
clocked at 102.566mph to Ramsey,
having been recorded at a speed of
131.1 through the Sulby Speed Trap.
Barber’s Team Agni also clocked over
100mph at Sulby.
The Americans
continued their impressive charge
and were still just below the 100mph
(99.974mph) at the Bungalow and
eventually finished over 3 minutes
ahead of their nearest challengers.
Team boss
Michael Czysz believes that the team
could still claim the £10,000 prize
that the Isle of Man Government will
award if a team can break the
prestigious 100mph average lap speed
around the course but acknowledges
that it is an uphill task.
Reflecting on their success to date
he said:
“I’m really
confident now with the bike and
will happily not touch it now
until the race. I think that the
bike is capable of achieving the
100mph lap as we still have
something in reserve but it will
require everything going right
on race day.”
Ten teams are
participating in the 2010 TT Zero
with SERT, the Swedish Electric Race
team, unable to practice tonight due
to a malfunctioning engine. New
parts are being rushed to the Island
ahead of Wednesday afternoon’s race.