Guinness Record EV

Pikes Peak Pits at Over 11,000 feet!

Chip Yates prepares to pay the mountain its due respects

Chip Yates and the FOTC team became fan favorites and were featured on the Colorado TV news nearly every night during race week

Chip Yates and the FOTC team became fan favorites and were featured on the Colorado TV news nearly every night during race week

Chip Yates spent 3 months learning the 156 corners of Pikes Peak by using a Sony Playstation and then pacenoting the course using his prior rally racing techniques

Chip Yates actually crashed during practice at Pikes Peak and lived to tell about it – he didn’t go over the side

Dry Lake Testing in advance of Pikes Peak

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand

Chip Racing all out in the forest

Starting Line – Chip Yates Takes the Green Flag for the 89th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand – this time with a sprained ankle trying to learn how to ride a 600+lbs roadracing superbike on dirt

Chip Yates Mentally Walking Through Each of the 156 Corners – Chip spent 3 months learning Pikes Peak on a Sony Playstation

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand – Note the Gravel on the road and Chip’s tires on the white line

Chip Yates – Fully Committed to the Job at Hand

Chip Yates in disbelief at the summit of Pikes Peak

Chip Yates at the summit of Pikes Peak after his TV interview

Chip Yates celebrates for the FOTC Team upon returning to the pits, having set the world record at Pikes Peak

Chip Yates, fully committed to the job at hand, despite the absurdity of it

Chip Yates on the dirt section of Pikes Peak – Chip will hold the fastest time up Pikes Peak during the dirt era for an electric motorcycle for all time

Chip Yates Tiptoes through a corner with rocks kicked onto the race line by cars

Chip Yates view showing the consequences of a mistake while racing a 600+lb superbike with 258hp up a 14,000 mountain

Chip Yates on the mountain

Robert Ussery and Jimmy Summers prepare the superbike for Chip to ride up the summit

On-Board Go-Pro Camera Shot of Chip Yates on the mountain of Pikes Peak – note the rocks and snow

Chip Practices for the dirt section of Pikes Peak on a dry lake bed in California – he would crash and sprain his ankle during testing

The FOTC Team that led Chip Yates to Smash the Pikes Peak World Record for Electric Motorcycles by More than 4 Minutes

Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)

Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)

Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)

Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)

Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)

Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)

Sequence of Chip Yates Crashing Through a 1/4 Mile Marker at 150mph (the speed can be seen in certain images on Chip’s dashboard!)

Chip Yates in one of those rare moments when he is pleased

The Iconic Image of Chip Yates Celebrating 8 World Records, but Mourning the Tragic Death of 14-Year Old Matthew Parker (Note Livery on the Tail Section)

AMA and FIM Tech Inspection

Chip Yates on the Historic Flats of Bonneville

Robert Ussery with the Superbike, Ready to Tow it out on the Salt to save batteries

The Bonneville Week had its Problems that Challenged the FOTC team, but we won

Chip Yates with the Beautiful and Gutsy Land Speed Legend and Friend Leslie Porterfield

Chip Yates in Full Tuck Passing Through a set of 1/4 Mile Marker Poles, That He would Later Crash Through at 150mph

Chip Yates in the Pits, Happiest when things are Difficult as was the case at Bonneville

The World’s Fastest Electric Superbike in its Native Habitat

Electrical Engineer Robert Ussery’s Battery Managment Workstation Showing all 108 Lithium-Ion Polymer Cells During Recharge

Chip Yates Contemplates his Life

Chip Yates with FIM and AMA Steward Bill Cumbow and the AMA Tech Inspector

The Team Signaling Two FIM World Records Achieved So Far During the Race Week

Chip Yates Poses with a Very Stripped Down Electric Superbike – this was for a World Record Class Requiring No Aerodynamic Bodywork be Present

Chip Yates Prepares to take to the Salt

The Team Signaling 4 FIM World Records Achieved

Chip Yates Prepares for Another World Record Setting Run, AMA and FIM Chief Steward Bill Cumbow (white hat) Keeps a Watchful Eye on the Proceedings

Electrical Engineer Robert Ussery Briefs Chief Engineer Ben Ingram on the FOTC Team Battery Management and Charging Station

Chip Yates Greets Excited Race Fans after Beating Gasoline Superbikes at Auto Club Speedway

Another Well Cited Image of Chip Yates Leading a Gas Powered Race Prepared Superbike at Auto Club Speedway

Chip Yates Drags a Knee on the World’s Most Powerful Electric Superbike – he would be the only Person to Ride the Beast

Jimmy Summers and Ben Ingram work with Chip Yates on Refining the Wheelie Control Software Running in the FOTC Custom EV ECU

Chip Yates Celebrates Making History by Beating Gasoline Superbikes with a Squirt of Champagne

The World’s Fastest Electric Motorcycle Waits to Take on Gasoline Motorcycles on their own Turf

Chip Yates Indicating to the Crew to Head to the Garages for Chassis Changes

The Iconic Image of Chip Yates Leading a Fully Race Prepared Ducati 848 Superbike in a Flat-Out Roadrace, Chip Would Hold off the Ducati to take the Podium

Chip Yates Takes on Gasoline Superbikes at Auto Club Speedway Near Los Angeles

Chip Yates Testing Chief Engiener Ben Ingram’s Wheelie Control Software

Chip Yates Carrying Lean Angle with a >600 lb Electric Superbike Producing 400 ft/lbs of Torque

Chip Yates Consults with Chief Engineer Ben Ingram Before the Historic First Race of Gas vs. Electric Superbikes at Auto Club Speedway

Chip Yates Shows off Trophies from Scoring Two Podium Positions (2nd and 3rd) in two Races where the FOTC Team Entered the Electric Superbike in an All-Gasoline Race

Ben Ingram, Robert Ussery, Jimmy Summers, Chip Yates

MoTeC Screen Shot of Data from the 190mph Runway World Record