Mark Miller (TT motorcycle racer)

Mark Miller

Mark Miller starting 2010 TT Zero Practice Session on MotoCzysz E1pc
Nationality American
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested12 (2006–2015)
TT wins1
First TT win2010 Zero TT
Last TT win2010 Zero TT
Podiums3. 2011 – 2nd place, 2012 3rd place

Mark "Thriller" Miller (not to be confused with car and offroad racer Mark Miller) is an American former AMA superbike motorcycle racer and current road racer in the Isle of Man TT and Macau Grand Prix.[1]

In 2010 he won the TT Zero race which replaced the 2009 format called TTXGP in which he failed to finish the course.[2] In both events Miller rode MotoCzysz machines, winning on an updated bike designated MotoCzysz E1pc.[3] His victory at the Isle of Man is featured in the film CHARGE by Mark Neale.[4]

Miller finished 2nd in the 2011 race and 3rd in 2012, 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 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 team-mate Michael Rutter won at record speed.[5]

Mark Miller, MotoCzysz E1pc – Practice Session, Parliament Square, Ramsey 3 June 2013.

References

  1. ↑ BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Motorbikes | Rutter claims sixth Macau triumph
  2. ↑ Popular Science. Retrieved 2013-04-09
  3. ↑ Electric Motorcycle Just Misses 100 MPH at Isle of Man | Autopia | Wired.com
  4. ↑ Charge Movie
  5. ↑ Cycleworld.com MotoCzysz Claims Fourth Consecutive TT Victory. Retrieved 2013-07-01


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