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The SportElectric TT is the crescendo of Refuel - an electric vehicle event organized by Speed Ventures which has, over the past five years, allowed EV builders and owners to become intimately acquainted with the twists and turns of the famed Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca that sits just outside of Monterey, CA. With its burgeoning annals of participants, it has become a measuring stick for various sorts of battery-powered cars, motorcycles and (even) go-karts and their drivers.
Wonder if you are, indeed, the fastest Nissan Leaf driver that ever there was? You'd have to do better than the quite remarkable 2 minute, 2.883-second lap laid down by Nader Assemi in 2012. Think you might be channeling Ayrton Senna in the cockpit of your all-out, open-wheel racer? Last year's 1:32.046 - the fastest Refuel lap ever, bested only by Steve Rapp aboard the Mission R during a TTXGP race (1:31.376) - by Kevin Mitz in the Kleenspeed EV-X11 is the mark you'd have to beat to refute suspicions that you're delusional.

We fortunate enough to attend this year's edition, and while the best overall time was not beaten, new records were set in a number of categories and we gained a lot of insight into the comparative performance of several different vehicles. There was also a huge surprise from the smaller machines.Continue reading Refuel 2013: Bostrum rides Brammo to top time at SportElectric TT

Refuel 2013: Bostrum rides Brammo to top time at SportElectric TT originally appeared on AutoblogGreen on Sat, 06 Jul 2013 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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