Former AMA Superstock champ Aaron Gobert will compete in the upcoming e-Power races at Laguna Seca for Brammo Motorsports. The Australian rider will campaign aboard the new Empulse RR racebike, which based off Brammo’s recently debuted Empulse electric motorcycle.

Last week saw the debut of the Brammo Empulse, which features 100 mph top speed and 100-mile range claims. No details have been released on the new racebike and Brammo reps were mum on the subject during our exclusive viewing of the Empulse, except to say the a new racebike would debut at Laguna Seca for the e-Power race.

Brammo began racing its electric motorcycle designs last year at the Isle of Man, taking third in the inaugural TTXGP with its Enertia TTR - the design based off the company’s production Enertia model. Gobert has tested the TTR racebike at California tracks like Thunderhill, with the upcoming e-Power race his first opportunity to race the Empulse RR. He was compete against another Oregon-based entry in the form of Michael Czysz and his MotoCzysz E1pc.

In a press release announcing the news, Gobert said: "I had the opportunity to test with Brammo in 2009 and really enjoyed my time on the TTR race bike. Motorcycle racing is my passion and here's an opportunity to experience a new chapter in bike racing and participate at the ground level in a branch of the sport that is almost certainly going to have an increasing impact on motorcycle racing in the future."

Brammo will display both the Empulse RR and regular Empulse prototype at the Red Bull USGP this weekend. The company plans to deliver its new Empulse to consumers by mid-2011, with The Ashland, Oregon-based company continuing its innovative distribution network of select Best Buy stores as sales outlets.