Category: International Racing
Tim Langham. 22/2/80-04/01/24
R.I.P. Tim Langham, after a long illness and a brave fight in hospital.
At this time could we all please respect the family’s request for privacy.
Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.
For any urgent correspondence please contact Mike Crawford, click read more for contact details.
Continue readingHUTCHINSON REUNITES WITH MILENCO BY PADGETTS FOR TT RETURN
16-time race winner Ian Hutchinson has confirmed his return to the Isle of Man TT, reuniting with the Milenco by Padgett’s Motorcycles team with which he claimed a historic five-in-a-week back in 2010.
TOM BIRCHALL ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
From the TT Press Office..
Tom Birchall, the most successful Sidecar passenger in TT history, has announced his immediate retirement from racing.
Alongside older brother Ben, the Birchalls have taken 14 TT race victories and been the dominant force on three wheels over the last decade, winning every single race that they finished since 2013 with only 3 DNF’s blotting a near-perfect run of results.
Over that period the pair have repeatedly re-written the record books, recording the first ever 117, 118, 119, and 120mph laps of the TT Course in the Sidecar class.
Continue readingProvisional 2024 F.S.R.A. / 1st Call Refrigeration Pre-Injection Sidecar Championship Calendar
From Dave Tibbles
Test Day – 22nd March (Friday) – Darley Moor – British Historic Racing
Round1 – April 6th & 7th – Croft – N.E.M.C.R.C.
Round 2 – April 20th & 21st – East Fortune Sidecars Event
Round 3 – May 11th & 12th – Cadwell Park – British Historic Racing
Round 4 – June 22nd & 23rd – Anglesey – Wirral 100
Round 5 – July 13th (Saturday) – Aintree – A.M.C.R.C.
Round 6 – August 3rd & 4th – Cadwell Park Sidecar Revival – B.M.C.R.C.
Round 7 – August 24th & 25th – Croft Battle of Britain – D.D.M.C.
Round 8 – September 21st & 22nd – Knockhill
FSRA 2024 Annual General Meeting and Awards Evening November 23rd
Interested: – Contact Dave Tibbles 07740098550 dave.tibs@btopenworld.com
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I can’t say who it was as I think the book was a surprise…
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HARRISON JOINS THREE RIDER TEAM AT HONDA RACING
Honda Racing UK have confirmed a three-man team for the 2024 Isle of Man TT Races, with Dean Harrison lining up alongside John McGuinness MBE and Nathan Harrison.
Dean Harrison joins the factory Honda team after a 7-year stint with DAO Racing and Kawasaki, with whom he took two of his three TT victories to date which included a triumphant Senior TT title in 2019.
A date for your diary.
2nd March 2024
Live timing Estoril this weekend, timetable, YouTube links
Click here for the live timing
From Mark D…
A change to the schedule today
Qualifying one 1000
Qualifying two 1255
Sprint race 1540
YouTube for race one
And the Gold Race
Chris Andrews
It is with much sadness to report that former sidecar driver Chris Andrews succumbed to a short illness on Sunday 15th October, peacefully with his family at his bedside. Chris had dealt with his deteriorating condition with dignity and bravery in equal measure since diagnosis in Summer 2022.
Chris and his brother Mal competed for almost twenty five years, starting in 1970 on a Triumph outfit, before upgrading to an immaculate Honda CB750 machine four years later, on which they were East Yorkshire Centre Airfield Sidecar Champions. In 1976, they – along with others – experienced a setback after making serious investment in the new 750 Konig engines, with numerous mechanical issues.
Continue readingLydden has a new circuit entrance
From the above link..
New directions to the circuit
From Canterbury direction
Continue along the A2 until you meet the Coxhill traffic lights, use the right turning lane to turn into Geddinge Lane following signs for ‘Lydden Hill new entrance’
From Dover direction
Continue along the A2 until you meet the Coxhill traffic lights, turn left into Geddinge Lane following signs for ‘Lydden Hill new entrance’
From Shepherdswell
Do not turn onto the A2. Go straight over the A2 onto Geddinge Lane and take the first right into the circuit.