BMF Trophy for TTXGP Winner

Monday, 15 June 2009 12:00 AM

British rider Rob Barber won the first TTXGP eGrandPrix and so became the first holder of the British Motorcyclists Federation's trophy for the highest placed British Rider.

The BMF, as a strong supporter of the TTXGP, the world's first zero carbon, clean emission grand prix, provided the BMF trophy and a cheque for £250 and had it presented to Rob by race organiser, Azhar Hussain.

Rob, 29 from Bury, Lancashire, riding for the Anglo Indian Team Agni in the Pro class, had dominated both practice sessions reaching 102 mph at one stage and completed the race in 25 mins 53.5 secs at an average speed of 87.43 mph, finishing over 3 minutes ahead of second place man Thomas Schoenfelder of the XXL Racing Team.

Commenting after the race Rob said: "The TTXGP is a more peaceful, futuristic experience but it's still great for me because not only have I won the TTXGP and the BMF trophy, I also did my personal best in the senior TT finishing 12th with a 120mph lap!"

The BMF's Government Relations Executive Chris Hodder said: "We're really pleased that our award not only went to the highest placed British rider but that Rob was also the winner on an Anglo Indian machine with the electric motor technology developed by Cedric Lynch, a British engineer! Definitely a win, win situation!"

On the impact of the world's first zero carbon, clean emission grand prix, Chris added that the TTXGP's success will hopefully stimulate the development of clean-technologies and work through to road motorcycles.

Note: Team Agni is led by British inventor Cedric Lynch. Their machine uses a 2007 Suzuki GSXR 600 as a base machine, fitted with two Lynch Agni 95 reinforced electric motors producing around 80bhp peak power. Using a Kokam lithium-polymer battery providing 16 kilowatt-hours of energy, the motor produces between 40 to 50 horsepower averaged over the race distance. Full race report on: http://www.iomtt.com/News/2009/06/12/Barber-wins-historic-first-TTXGP.aspx

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