Held to publicise the practicality of alternative energy and to demonstrate being green doesn’t mean being boring, the event has already attracted entries as varied as our own Laverda 650 MiniTwin racer, running Morrison’s finest E85 bioethanol, through the Jenkins Motorsort biodiesel racing truck, to an electric VW Beetle.
Entries are still coming in but hot favourite to sprint down the strip in record setting time is the Bike Magazine entry of a Triumph 675 Triple running alcohol made from apple juice and distilled by enterprising (and presumably tipsy!) chemistry students at Oundle’s Prince William School.
Inzane Laverda despite a power deficit however are hanging their hopes on ace rider, Russ Joyner (no pressure mate!).
Meanwhile the serious stuff starts when the team contests its first championship round of the 2008 season at Brands Hatch on 8/9th March.
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( 3 / 3567 )Inzane Laverda hit the front at the BMCRC "Lord of Lydden" meeting on 13th October. Russ Joyner put the Formula 650 on Pole, ahead of a tight field of Suzuki SV650s - with 0.5s covering the first five.
The start of the first race saw Paul Martin and Russ swapping the lead twice on the first lap before Paul executed a huge highside which brought out the red flag.
The re-start saw Russ hit the front on the first lap and lead the first nine laps, until Paul Hinton slipped into the lead with 2 corners to go, taking the win by 0.186s. Still a top result for Inzane - narrowly missing the first biofuel win on only its third outing, on a bike that is still getting faster.
More from Inzane next year....
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( 3 / 3492 )Terry Howe kindly supplied us with a small selection of photographs that he took of the team at Snetterton
The full gallery can be seen here
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( 3 / 2778 )The team's next competitive outing will be at the BMCRC end of year "Lord of Lydden" meeting on the 13th and 14th October. This will be our last race this year.
Come along to sniff some ethanol and see us do battle with the hoard of Suzuki SV650s!
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