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.
The 1923 races was the first time the Sidecar TT race was run, over 3 laps (113 miles) of the Mountain Course 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 races the Sidecar TT and Ultra-Lightweight TT were dropped due to lack of entries.
The Sidecar TT race was re-introduced in the 1954 event for machines not exceeding 500 cc engine capacity, run on the Clypse Course. A non-championship 750 cc class for sidecars was introduced for the 1968 event. From 1975, the previous 500 cc and 750 classes were replaced by a 1000 cc engine capacity class. For 1976 the event became a race held over two-legs. The new FIM Formula 2 class for Sidecar outfits was introduced for the 1990 races.
The 2012 specification for entries into the Sidecar TT race were defined as any machine complying with the following specifications:
The lap record for the Sidecar TT is 18 minutes and 59.018 seconds, an average speed of 119.250 mph (191.914 km/h) set by Ben Birchall and passenger Tom Birchall during Race 2 in 2018. [3] [4] They also set a new race record of 57 minutes and 25.040 seconds, an average race speed of 118.281 mph (190.355 km/h) for 3 laps (113.00 miles) of the Mountain Course, bettering their own race-record set in 2015. [5]
Rider | Wins |
---|---|
Dave Molyneux | 17 |
Ben Birchall | 14 |
Rob Fisher | 10 |
Mick Boddice, Dave Saville, Siegfried Schauzu | 9 |
Nick Crowe | 5 |
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 |
Rider | Wins |
---|---|
Tom Birchall | 14 |
Rick Long, Dan Sayle | 8 |
C.Birks, W.Kalauch | 6 |
D.Hall | 5 |
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 |
Marque | Wins |
---|---|
Yamaha | 40 |
Honda | 26 |
BMW | 25 |
Kawasaki, Suzuki | 3 |
BSA, Konig, LMS, Norton | 2 |
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.
The 1923 races was the first time the Sidecar TT race was run, over 3 laps (113 miles) of the Mountain Course 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 races the Sidecar TT and Ultra-Lightweight TT were dropped due to lack of entries.
The Sidecar TT race was re-introduced in the 1954 event for machines not exceeding 500 cc engine capacity, run on the Clypse Course. A non-championship 750 cc class for sidecars was introduced for the 1968 event. From 1975, the previous 500 cc and 750 classes were replaced by a 1000 cc engine capacity class. For 1976 the event became a race held over two-legs. The new FIM Formula 2 class for Sidecar outfits was introduced for the 1990 races.
The 2012 specification for entries into the Sidecar TT race were defined as any machine complying with the following specifications:
The lap record for the Sidecar TT is 18 minutes and 59.018 seconds, an average speed of 119.250 mph (191.914 km/h) set by Ben Birchall and passenger Tom Birchall during Race 2 in 2018. [3] [4] They also set a new race record of 57 minutes and 25.040 seconds, an average race speed of 118.281 mph (190.355 km/h) for 3 laps (113.00 miles) of the Mountain Course, bettering their own race-record set in 2015. [5]
Rider | Wins |
---|---|
Dave Molyneux | 17 |
Ben Birchall | 14 |
Rob Fisher | 10 |
Mick Boddice, Dave Saville, Siegfried Schauzu | 9 |
Nick Crowe | 5 |
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 |
Rider | Wins |
---|---|
Tom Birchall | 14 |
Rick Long, Dan Sayle | 8 |
C.Birks, W.Kalauch | 6 |
D.Hall | 5 |
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 |
Marque | Wins |
---|---|
Yamaha | 40 |
Honda | 26 |
BMW | 25 |
Kawasaki, Suzuki | 3 |
BSA, Konig, LMS, Norton | 2 |