Sidecar TT

Sidecar TT Race 2 — Competitors line up to start the race at TT Grandstand, 5 June 2013
Race details
Date 31 May & 5 June 2014
Location Douglas, Isle of Man
Course Road Course
37.73 mi (60.72 km)
Sidecar TT Race 1
Pole Position Fastest Lap
Isle of Man Dave Molyneux / England Patrick Farrance Isle of Man Dave Molyneux / England Patrick Farrance
114.350 mph 115.538 mph
Podium
1. England Conrad Harrison / England Mike Aylott
2. England John Holden/England Andrew Winkle3. England Tim Reeves / France Gregory Cluze
Sidecar TT Race 2
Pole Position Fastest Lap
Isle of Man Dave Molyneux / England Patrick Farrance Isle of Man Dave Molyneux/England Patrick Farrance
114.350 mph 114.662 mph
Podium
1. Isle of Man Dave Molyneux/England Patrick Farrance
2. England Conrad Harrison / England Mike Aylott3. England John Holden/England Andrew Winkle

The Sidecar TT is a motorcycle-with-sidecar road race competition held over two legs which takes place during the Isle of Man TT festival, an annual event at the end of May and beginning of June. Between 1954 and 1976 this race was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championship.

Engine capacity

The 1923 Isle of Man TT was the first time the Sidecar TT race was run over 3 laps (113 miles) of the Mountain Course and was won by Freddie Dixon and passenger T.W.Denney with a special Douglas banking-sidecar at an average race speed of 53.15 mph. For the 1926 Isle of Man TT Races the Sidecar TT and Ultra-Lightweight TT were dropped for the lack of entries.

The Sidecar TT Race was re-introduced for the 1954 Isle of Man TT Race for Sidecars not exceeding 500 cc engine capacity and the Sidecar TT Race was run on the Clypse Course. A non-championship 750 cc class for sidecars was introduced for the 1968 Isle of Man TT Race. For the 1976 Isle of Man TT Race the event became a race held over two-legs. From 1975, the previous 500 cc and 750 classes for Sidecars was replaced by a 1000 cc engine capacity class. The new FIM Formula 2 class for Sidecars was introduced for the 1990 Isle of Man TT.

Eligibility

Entrants

Formula Two Sidecar TT Specifications

The 2012 specification for entries into the Sidecar TT race are defined as;-

Official Qualification Time

Speed and lap records

The lap record for the Sidecar TT is 19 minutes and 22.928 seconds at an average speed of 116.798 mph (187.968 km/h) set by Ben Birchall and passenger Tom Birchall during the 2016 Sidecar TT Race 1.[3][4] The race record for the Sidecar TT is 58 minutes and 24.971 seconds an average race speed of 116.259 mph (187.101 km/h) for 3 laps (113.00 miles) of the Mountain Course is also held by Ben Birchall and Tom Birchall, during the 2015 Sidecar TT Race 2.[5]

Sidecar TT race winners

By driver

Rider Wins
Dave Molyneux 17
Rob Fisher 10
Mick Boddice, Dave Saville, Siegfried Schauzu 9
Nick Crowe 5
Ben Birchall, Klaus Enders, Trevor Ireson, Jock Taylor 4
Max Deubel, Klaus Klaffenböck, Walter Schneider*, Rolf Steinhausen 3
Geoff Bell, Lowry Burton, Dick Greasley, Fritz Hillebrand*, Mac Hobson, John Holden 2
Steve Abbott, Georg Auerbacher, Florian Camathias, Freddie Dixon, M. Hamblin, Roy Hanks, Conrad Harrison, Helmut Fath, Heinz Luthringshauser, George O'Dell, Eric Oliver*, Les Parker, C. Prichard, Tim Reeves, Nigel Rollason, Fritz Scheidegger, George H. Tucker, Chris Vincent, Terry Vinicombe 1

By passenger

Rider Wins
Rick Long, Dan Sayle8
C.Birks, W.Kalauch 6
D.Hall 5
Tom Birchall, Bengt Johannson, H.Schneider, 4
R.Englehardt, Patrick Farrance, Darren Hope, E.Horner, C.Pollington, H.Strauss*, D.Williams 3
M.Grunwald*, K.Cornbill, Mark Cox, Pat.Cushnahan, R.Crossely, K.Ellison, P.Hill, B.Hutchinson, N.Roche, D.Wells, Andrew Winkle, Mick Wynn 2
Mike Aylott, K.Arthur, N.Burgess, M.Burns, N.Carpenter, S.Collins, A.Herzig, E.Bliss, J.Flaxman, J.Gibbard, H.Hahn, Craig Hallam, Colin Hardman, D.Jewell, J.Robinson, K.Morgan, L.Nutt*, J.Parkins, T.W.Denney, G.Russell, R.Smith, S.Smith, A.Wohlegemuth 1

By marque

Marque Wins
Yamaha 40
BMW 25
Honda 23
Kawasaki, Suzuki 3
BSA, Konig, LMS, Norton 2

See also

References

  1. International Tourist Trophy Regulations 2012 page 36-39 Appendix B ACU Events (Isle of Man) Limited (2012) Isle of Man Department of Economic Development
  2. International Tourist Trophy Regulations 2012 page 19 ACU Events (Isle of Man) Limited (2012) Isle of Man Department of Economic Development
  3. "Holden & Winkle take dramatic win in Sure Sidecar Race 1". Isle of Man TT. Duke Marketing Ltd. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  4. "Holden and Winkle win dramatic Sidecar TT". Isle of Man Today. Johnston Press. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  5. "Sure Sidecar TT 2 - Result Sheet" (PDF). Isle of Man TT. Duke Marketing Ltd. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
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