Electric Bike Wins Drag Race
Electric bike wins drag race
The victory marked the first time in the events 20-year history that an electric-powered machine won.
Mike Swallow of ThunderStruck Motorsports raced a custom 102 volt bike, winning the final race in the motorcycle class with a time of 11.561 seconds over the quarter mile. Runner-up Ron Love had a time of 13.228 seconds riding a 2005 Triumph motorcycle.
I get to come out to races because Im the lightest guy at the shop, so it was great to get a win, says Swallow. I went up to the press box after the race, and the guy told me Im a part of history at the track. This is the biggest trophy we have at the shop so far.
ThunderStruck Motorsports uses the weekly drag racing event as a way to test the bikes battery and improve its efficiency.
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