Saturday, March 13 2010
It has been confirmed by Team ManTTx Racing that they will be joining the racing competition at the 2010 TT Zero clean emissions race that will be held at the Isle of Man. In 2009, the Manx team joined the competition and had an average lap time of 70.677mph on the course and also led their division. The Manx team also came in second overall in the first qualifying meet. During their participation in the 2009 event, Dan Keenan suffered an injury and was replaced by an experienced James McBride.
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The ManTTx Racing team is founded on the Isle of Man, with David Craine as team leader; the team also consists of Keith McCay, Phil Wall, Andrew Cowie, Joe O’Hanlon, and Sean Mulvay.
The team bike uses incorporates a Ducati spaceframe chassis and is powered by a dual motor system with a keyed output shaft. It is powered by a one to one belt system with a primary drive.
At present time, the team is involved in driveability tests at their shop located at Ramsey Shipyard and have been conducting dynamometer tests. Last weekend they done some tests at the Jurby Circuit and were happy with the performance of the bike; they also garnered a lot of helpful data to help make future improvements.
The team had a problem in the 2009 race with the motor brushes breaking and damaging the remaining right hand side of the motor; this forced the bike out of the race due to short circuits overheating the motor. Looking forward, the team believes that they have this problem taken care of and are planning on racing again in 2010.
