Isle Of Man Gives Their Take On TT Zero Replacement Of TTXGP *UPDATED*
The Isle Of Man issued the following statement in response to speculation on why TTXGP was replaced by TT Zero at the Isle Of Man TT for 2010.
Update: See Azhar Hussian’s response to the Isle Of Man statement at the end of this post.
Statement From The Isle Of Man Government Regarding TT Zero And TTXGP [...]
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TTXGP gets mugged on “The World According To Gary”
Gary Radnich, sports guy on KRON 4 News in San Francisco, chatted with Azhar Hussain about the upcoming TTXGP at nearby Infineon Raceway, May 14-16, 2010. The race signals the start of the North American Championship Series of the TTXGP, and the first electric motorcycle race in the United States. The TTXGP ran the [...]
In: Racing, TTXGP · Tagged with: Azhar Hussain, brammofan, eGrandPrix, Electric Motorcycle Racing, emotorules, EV Racing, Infineon, Infineon Raceway, Mavizen, Racing, TTX02, TTXGP, TTXGP North America, zero carbon
eGrandPrix Adds TTXGP Venues And *Cars* With EMXGP
Azhar Hussain and the TTXGP organization have been hard at work securing new venues for their electric motorcycle racing series. MC24, Brammo Fan and Hell For Leather have been staying on top of the announcements.
The biggest news may be the announcement of the EMXGP electric car racing series. Details are scarce but the first race [...]
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TTXGP Responds To FIM e-Power Series
Mary Donovan of TTXGP posted a response today to the FIM press release announcing e-Power electric motorcycle race series. It turns out the FIM decided to move forward without the involvement of TTXGP. Azhar was humble in his response but pointed out that his organization shared a lot of knowledge and lessons learned on electric [...]
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FIM Announces e-Power International Championship Without TTXGP
The FIM recently issued a press release detailing a new electric motorcycle race series called FIM e-Power International Championship. At first glance this sounds like old news. After the success of he TTXGP at Isle Of Man in June, the FIM had announced an all electric race series in collaboration with TTXGP under direction of [...]
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Mavizen TTX03 Motorcross Derived Electric
Today is a big day for Mavizen and TTXGP founder Azhar Hussain. They are unveiling the Mavizen TTX02 at SEMA show which looks to be based on the KTM RC8 superbike chassis and the Team Agni X01.
After taking a look at their website it appears they are also working on a dirtbike called the TTX03. [...]
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Mavizen TTX02 To Be Unveiled At SEMA Show
With electric motorcycles becoming more practical over the last few years there were a lot of teams interested in competing in the 2009 TTXGP at Isle of Man. However, in the end only 10 bikes crossed the finish line. Most teams had about 6 months to put a bike together and though simpler to build [...]
In: Mavizen · Tagged with: Agni Motors, Arvind Rabadia, Azhar Hussain, Cedric Lynch, eGrandPrix, Electric Motorcycle Racing, Kokam, KTM, Mavizen, Racing, Team Agni, TTX02, TTXGP, X01
$40K American Electric Race Bike in 2010 | TTXGP Developments
Azhar Hussain announced some major developments to the 2010 electric motorcycle racing championship that will run under the FIM Road Racing Grand Prix Commission. Branding of the series still seems to be undetermined. The series uses the “eGrandPrix” moniker for its website and the AMA event held in Ohio in July but was not used [...]
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2009 AMA TTXGP eGrandPrix At Mid Ohio
This weekend was the first time electric motorcycles took the track on US soil in an AMA event dubbed the TTXGP eGrandPrix. Through out the day Saturday there was a crowd gathered around the electric motorcycles at the TTXGP tent. Even after 7 PM when most of Mid Ohio Sports Car Course was mostly cleared [...]
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FIM Electric Motorcycle Race Series For 2010
Many motorsports fans were skeptical of Azhar Hussain’s plans to bring electric motorcycle racing to the Isle of Man TT with the TTXGP. Calls for variety in the IOM TT had been shot down in the past. While many wanted to take a step backward to 2 strokes and more capacity variations Azhar and the [...]
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