The new four-round UK Series, The TTXGP UK Championship 2010, will [...]]]> TTXGP, the force behind the inaugural zero emission motorcycle race at this year’s Isle of Man TT races, has joined forces with Auto Cycle Union Events (ACUE), the commercial arm of the Auto-Cycle Union, to run the world’s first national zero emission road race championship.

The new four-round UK Series, The TTXGP UK Championship 2010, will showcase cutting edge zero carbon technology in racing motorcycles, harnessing many of the innovations that were first shown to the world during this year’s Isle of Man TTXGP race.

Regulations and management of the Series will be handled by the newly formed Zero Carbon Racing Commission, comprising representatives from both TTXGP and ACUE.

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Jim Parker, ACUE Chairman sees the new UK Series as ground breaking and exciting, “Everyone was stunned by what the electric motorcycles achieved at this year’s Isle of Man TT, and it was this success that has encouraged everyone to expand their horizons to take zero carbon racing technology into this new and exciting arena”.

Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson said: “We need to accelerate new technologies that deliver performance with sustainability, and make people take notice. Electric drive racing motorbikes that produce zero carbon emissions and reach 106 mph make going green cool and exciting. TTXGP has given us a glimpse of the future; its fast and its green.

Azhar Hussain, TTXGP founder said,

“We are incredibly pleased to partner with the ACU in helping to keep the United Kingdom at the leading edge of performance engineering. The UK championship 2/2 is an outstanding platform for rapid development and deployment of zero carbon/ zero emission technologies. We hope it will act as a catalyst in expanding the sport to new players and fans. With such a rich heritage of motorcycling, it is only right that the UK is leading the world again as we step into the next generation of motorsports.”

Auto-Cycle Union Ltd. (ACU) is the National Governing Body for Motorcycle Sport in Great Britain (less Northern Ireland). The ACU has over 600 affiliated sporting motorcycle clubs and promoters, with over 26,000 Competition Licence holders enjoying in excess of 4,000 Permitted, organized sporting motorcycle events every year. The ACU is also the sports voice in Government and the UK’s voice within the World Governing Body of motorcycle sport, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM).

About TTXGP (www.TTXGP.com) TTXGP (Time Trail eXtreme Grand Prix) is the world’s first low-carbon sanctioned motorsport series. First held on the Isle of Man TT course on June 12th 2009, as part of the traditional TT race programme, 11 teams from six different countries, including the USA, India, Germany, Austria, UK and the Isle of Man took part in the race.

TTXGP is developing a global programme of zero-carbon events that provide a platform for competition to drive technology and innovation into the next generation of motorsports. The TTXGP has now been sanctioned to run a world series for 2010 by the world motorcycle governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM).