Historical past was made in early September as Stefano Mesa and Tytlers Cycle Racing took second within the Tremendous Hooligan race at Circuit of the Americas (CotA), placing a completely battery-electric bike on the rostrum for the primary time in historical past.
Mesa has been hovering across the podium all season, placing in constantly strong performances to take a seat in about fifth or sixth place all through the tip of the season, however at CotA, he battled a area of ICE automobiles in 102F (39C) diploma warmth on an extended monitor (3.426 miles) with 20 corners, and put in a second place end on the Energica Eva Ribelle RS.
“Stefano bought off to a tremendous begin into second after which third place, after which held his personal till a crimson flag pressured him again to the pits; he did even higher as quickly because the motion resumed, staying in podium rivalry,” Energica stated in a press launch.
They made the chief resolution to not do a second qualifying spherical, with the intention to protect the battery for the afternoon’s race. Mesa had dealt with the monitor properly within the first qualifying spherical, and the workforce felt no have to make him do it once more in that warmth.
That is my favourite clip of the race (on the 26:52 mark), one capturing a fierce backwards and forwards between Mesa on the Energica Eva Ribelle in opposition to Corey West on a Harley:
As an Energica rider, I can solely echo a few of the pleasure within the announcer’s voices as they get stoked making an attempt to explain the superior torque of the Energica blowing previous the Harley on the straightaway. I’m at the moment driving the Energica Esse Esse 9, a cruiser with an extremely trendy, traditional design. It 100% rocks, and I get stopped at the very least as soon as each time I take it out (all the time by males, damnit…haha) about any variety of issues. It’s a head-turner and I completely find it irresistible, and couldn’t suggest it extra extremely.
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