Comments on: TTXGP: Zero/Agni Takes Victory at Infineon After An Early Battle with Lightning Motors

By: deejay51

deejay51 — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:27:44 +0000

Congrats to the Organisers, TTXGP, and all teams, I wish I could have been there to witness all this. I so wish people would realise this is the NOW and FUTURE of motorsport.

By: skadamo

skadamo — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:02:43 +0000

Great TTXGP Infineon pics on @Asphalt_Rubber http://bit.ly/9kKO3C

By: Doctor Jelly

Doctor Jelly — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:36:25 +0000

Electric lap times for comparison:

Fastest lap: Shawn Higbee 1:56.948
Slowest fast lap: John Wild 2:44.726

By: Jensen Beeler

Jensen Beeler — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:59:05 +0000

Out of the AMA Supersport riders, the lap times were 1:40.3 (1st Place: Beaubier) to 1:49.9 (16th Place: Fabregas) if that provides some perspective. I couldn’t comment on what a mortal man does for a lap time, I’ve never ridden the course.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:51:43 +0000

For those of us not entirely familar with Infineon raceway, what sort of time would a standard production supersport bike (ZX6 or R6 etc) lap the track in?

By: Jensen Beeler

Jensen Beeler — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:05:09 +0000

@Mark B: It’s two things really. First, I really do think electrics are the future (this industry still has A LOT of growth growing up to do though), so we as a site want to follow that progression to some degree, hence why we have an “Electric” tab in the post sorter.

Also, the recent plethora of posts is due to the fact that the first US race just concluded, and it was held practically in A&R’s backyard. We’re seeing a lot of entries for the first time, so there’s news around teams that are coming out of stealth-mode and the woodwork, which we want to cover as well.

With the race at Infineon done, and most of the surprises of the year out of the way, you’ll probably see more familiar news topics this week and on.

By: Deez Toolz

Deez Toolz — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:28:34 +0000

Jenny, I think you should hire Gibbs. He’s clearly an impressive photographer. And props on the first-hand coverage!

By: EnvironMoto

EnvironMoto — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:07:45 +0000

It’s difficult to keep things in perspective. This is a sport that did not exist a year ago. A little better than a century ago, “high tech” was manually advancing your ignition and squirting oil on moving parts in your total loss engine lubricating system. This sport is already evolving 100 times faster than in the days of your great grandfather’s board tracker. Glitches will happen, bikes will die on the track, and riders will be resetting breakers. But within months, or maybe even weeks, performance and reliability will continue to improve another order of magnitude. Next year this will be a completely different race. Congratulations to all the pioneers who participated in the TTXGP this weekend.

By: Mark B

Mark B — Mon, 17 May 2010 10:25:40 +0000

I love A&R, a top site…… so why does 75% of it’s recent content seem to be electric?
Battery power is not the future. some other non fossil fuel will be, whether it’s fuel cell or whichever, but why the huge coverage from A&R? Is there no other news in motorcycling currently (did you see what I did there, with that electrifying pun? Oh no, I did it again……)

By: skadamo

skadamo — Mon, 17 May 2010 04:11:30 +0000

RT @Asphalt_Rubber: TTXGP: Zero/Agni Takes Victory at Infineon After An Early Battle with Lightning Motors – http://aspha.lt/10o #motorcycle