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After holding two separate electric motorcycle racing championships over the past three years, the FIM ePower and TTXGP championships have finally come together to create one high-level series - the eRoad Racing World Cup - and, it's already started racing. Two weeks ago, the European season first twisted its throttle in Valencia, Spain, while this past weekend saw the North American season kick off at the biggest and baddest motorcycle racing event of the year; MotoGP weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.

In a race that saw three riders go down, Eric Bostrom came away, unscathed, with the win. Aboard the Brammo Empulse RR, his only top-tier competitor had been his teammate Shane Turpin, but he retired from the contest on the final lap, after leading the the entire way. Representing proudly for Zero Motorcycles in the saddle of a Zero S was that company's Director of Electrical Engineering, Kenyon Kluge, on the second step of the podium, while Jeremiah Johnson of Be-Ev.Com was third.Continue reading Bostrom wins first FIM eRoad Racing round for Brammo

Bostrom wins first FIM eRoad Racing round for Brammo originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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