The Sidecar TT is a motorcycle sidecar road race that 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 season.
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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 Walter Perry 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.
The lap record for the Sidecar TT is 19 minutes and 24.24 seconds at an average speed of 116.667 mph set by Nick Crowe and passenger Daniel Sayle during the 2007 Sidecar Race B.[1] The race record for the Sidecar TT is 58 minutes and 59.28 seconds an average race speed of 115.132 mph for 3 laps (113.00 miles) of the Mountain Course held by Dave Molyneux and Daniel Sayle during the 2009 Sidecar Race A.[2]
| Rider | Wins |
|---|---|
| Dave Molyneux | 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, Fritz Hillebrand*, Dick Greasley, Mac Hobson | 2 |
| Steve Abbott, Georg Auerbacher, Florian Camathias, Freddie Dixon, M. Hamblin, Roy Hanks, Helmut Fath, Heinz Luthringshauser, George O'Dell, Eric Oliver*, Les Parker, C. Prichard, Nigel Rollason, Fritz Scheidegger, George H. Tucker, Chris Vincent, Terry Vinicombe | 1 |
| Rider | Wins |
|---|---|
| Rick Long | 8 |
| Dan Sayle | 7 |
| C.Birks, W.Kalauch | 6 |
| D.Hall | 5 |
| Bengt Johannson, H.Schneider, | 4 |
| R.Englehardt, Darren Hope, E.Horner, C.Pollington, H.Strauss*, D.Williams | 3 |
| M.Grunwald*, K.Combill, Mark Cox, Pat.Cushnahan, R.Crossely, K.Ellison, P.Hill, B.Hutchinson, N.Roche, D.Wells, Mick Wynn | 2 |
| K.Arthur, N.Burgess, M.Burns, N.Carpenter, S.Collins, A.Herzig, E.Bliss, J.Flaxman, J.Gibbard, H.Hahn, C.Hallam, Colin Hardman, D.Jewell, J.Robinson, K.Morgan, L.Nutt*, J.Parkins, W.Perry, G.Russell, R.Smith, S.Smith, A.Wohlegemuth | 1 |
| Marque | Wins |
|---|---|
| Yamaha | 40 |
| BMW | 25 |
| Honda | 22 |
| BSA, DMR, Douglas, Konig, LMS, Norton | 2 |
| Barton/Phoenix, Derbyshire, NRH Ireson, Windle | 1 |