Mark "Thriller" Miller is an American former AMA superbike motorcycle racer and current road racer in the
Isle of Man TT
The Isle of Man TT or Tourist Trophy races are an annual motorcycle racing event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907. The event is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world ...
and
Macau Grand Prix
The Macau Grand Prix ( pt, Grande Prémio de Macau; ) is a motorsport road race for automobiles and motorcycles held annually in Macau. It is the only street circuit racing event in which both cars and motorcycles participate, and one of onl ...
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In 2010 he won the
TT Zero
TT Zero – an electric motorsport event introduced for the 2010 Isle of Man TT races – replaced the similar TTXGP race as a 1-lap (37.733 miles) circuit of the Snaefell Mountain Course. The TT Zero event as an officially sanctioned Isle of M ...
race which replaced the 2009 format called
TTXGP
TTXGP are the official promoters of FIM eRoadRacing, an electric motorsport race series. Founded by Azhar Hussain MBE in 2008, TTXGP started life as the first zero-carbon, clean-emission race to take place at the Isle of Man TT as teams from aro ...
in which he failed to finish the course. In both events Miller rode MotoCzysz machines, winning on an updated bike designated
MotoCzysz E1pc
The MotoCzysz E1pc is the American motorcycle manufacturer MotoCzysz's electric motorcycle that won the 2010 TT Zero electric motorcycle race at the Isle of Man TT competition breaking the previous speed record.
History and development
Michael Cz ...
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His victory at the Isle of Man is featured in the film ''
Charge, Zero Emissions/Maximum Speed
''Charge, Zero Emissions/Maximum Speed'' is a documentary film by Mark Neale. The film features the introduction of Electric motorcycles and scooters, electric bike racing to the Isle of Man TT, Isle of Man races.
The movie was available for sa ...
'' by
Mark Neale
Mark Neale is a British documentarian and film director based in Los Angeles, California. His best-known work is the 1999 documentary ''No Maps for These Territories'', which profiled cyberpunk author William Gibson. Prior to ''No Maps'', Neale had ...
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Miller finished 2nd in the
2011
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race and 3rd in
2012
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, again on MotoCzysz machines. The better-placed finishers were highly experienced TT racers
John McGuinness and
Michael Rutter who normally competed aboard top-flight conventional petrol (US-gas) engined machines in both TT and short-circuit racing at professional level.
In the
2013
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race Miller suffered mechanical failure of his
MotoCzysz just after Ballaugh, close to one-half distance around the 37.733-mile
one-lap road circuit, whilst his teammate Michael Rutter won at record speed.
Cycleworld.com ''MotoCzysz Claims Fourth Consecutive TT Victory''. Retrieved 2013-07-01
References
Living people
Isle of Man TT riders
British Superbike Championship riders
AMA Superbike Championship riders
Superbike World Championship riders
Year of birth missing (living people)
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