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New season and a new look for the British Sidecar Championship

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This winter has seen frantic activity behind the scenes as the premier domestic sidecar race series grappled with the departure of its long-standing promoter RKB-F1 Motorsport.

A small team of sponsors and ardent supporters with former Grand Prix competitor Andy Peach at the helm has rescued the series from an uncertain future. The title sponsor has yet to be confirmed, as budgets and funding are still being finalised, but everything else is in place in terms of infrastructure. Mike Dommett and his Bemsee organisation will handle the administration and entries.

A seven-round, fifteen-race championship calendar has been announced, with five rounds running alongside the Bennetts British Superbike Championship as before, with that relationship heading into its twelfth season. The BSB October finale at Brands Hatch will carry the now traditional double points structure. Eurosport TV have again pledged their support, with both races shown live, either on TV or the Eurosport App.

The two “stand alone” rounds are the ever-popular Cadwell Sidecar Revival in early August run and promoted by Roger Body. The Revival has grown year-on-year and is a firm favourite with the fans. The comes a first for the series with a trip to Knockhill for the Jock Taylor Memorial early September. This annual event is run by Boris Stroud to commemorate the life and remarkable success of the Scottish World Champion.

It will be a fitting tribute attracting the best sidecar racers in the country as the long F1 outfits do battle with their shorter cousins over the 1.3-mile lap.

The ravages of the pandemic are now behind us, although the impact of the disruption is still being felt in many areas of sport. Dwindling sidecar grids were an unwelcome feature during 2022, so that problem needed addressing.

A change of regulations will now see both short and long chassis outfits competing head-to-head, with three classes as follows. 1/ GP Class (long F1 chassis, Minimum weight 370 kilos), 2/ Cup Class (long F1 chassis, minimum 395 kilos), 3/ F2 Class (FSRA rules minimum 370 kilos).

The points system is revised in line with the changes announced for the BSB other classes. This will give added spice to the track action, whilst keeping grid sizes high.

We will continue to bring you all the news and stories as they unfold, with our website now dedicated solely to the British series.

The 2023 calendar is –

April 29-May 1 Oulton Park BSB

May 19-21 Donington Park BSB

July 7-9 Snetterton BSB

August 5-6 Cadwell Revival

August 11-13 Thruxton BSB

September 2-3 Knockhill Jock Taylor

October 13-15 Brands Hatch BSB

Scarborough Spring Cup entries

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By Dan Clarke

Entry forms for the Spring Cup meeting at Oliver’s Mount, Scarborough are now out. The meeting is on 15/16 April with a closing date for entries on 6 March. If there are not enough entries by the closing date the organisers will have no option but to drop the class, which is something they really do not want to have to do.

Oliver’s Mount is a great circuit to race at and being the only real road circuit in Great Britain is a great one to have on your CV, especially if you are planning on doing the TT or S100 at some time in the future.

So come on you slidey teams, get your entries in early and don’t leave it until the last minute as so often has happened in the past and the reason why some clubs dropped the sidecar class at various meetings or even altogether. Lets keep sidecars alive at Oliver’s Mount. Unfortunately national licences are an ACU requirement for all competitors.

Regs are here

Entry Form Here

Online Entry Form

2023 World Championship Dates

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The FIM and Motor Presse Stuttgart, the FIM Sidecar World Championship promoter, are delighted to announce the 2023 calendar.

𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞-𝐅𝐌𝐍𝐬-𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲

12-14 May Sachsenring DMSB 🇩🇪

16-17 June Spa-Francorchamps FMB 🇧🇪

23-25 June Most ACCR 🇨🇿

04-06 August Red Bull Ring DMSB 🇦🇹

18-20 August Assen KMNV 🇳🇱

07-08 October Oschersleben DMSB 🇩🇪

27-29 October Estoril FMP 🇵🇹

2023 TT Regulations, things of note

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I haven’t had a chance to read all the way through yet (hardly read it at all to be honest), but there are a couple of points that have been brought up in conversation with Mark and Tim that you may want to look at before heading off to the Island.

Link to download of TT REGS (in case the box below doesn’t appear on your mobile)

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2023 TT Regulations

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If we see any more we will add them on here..

6.2. All main mounting pins/plates such as forward of the steering head must be secured
to the bodywork with a steel plate no smaller that 100mm square. This must be both
riveted and bonded (e.g. fibreglass/resin) to the bodywork in order to render it a
permanent and secure fixing point. For verification purposes all Rivet Heads must be
intact and visible on the outside of the bodywork.

6.3. There must be no fewer than four main mounting pins/pegs secured with “R” clips
dispersed appropriately around the main bodywork. All bodywork fixing pins/pegs
must always be secured with “R” clips or similar.

Mallory Park Bonanza July

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From Mick McGinley

Mallory Park are looking for all 3 wheelers from vintage to modern for their Bonanza on 15th 16th July. This is what used to be the Festival of 1000 bikes.

The cost for 2 sessions is 80 pounds including 5 passes.

Contact Mallory Park direct and mention Mick’s name..

No race licence required

If you need to contact Mick at all click read more for his number.

Entry form is available to download here –

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2023 Bike Bonanza Mallory Park Entry Form for Sidecars

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Arthur Belsey RIP.

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It is with great sadness that the family of Arthur Belsey have to announce his passing on 27th December 2022.

Arthur died unexpectedly in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

He leaves behind partner Lynn and sons Lee and Tony.


(Thanks Gordon Shand for passing this message on)

Int. Sidecar Trophy Calendar 2023

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From Eckart

1) 21.-24.4.2023 Brünn / CZ (Garageplace possible)

2) 19-21.5.2023 Rijeka / Croatien (3 Races, no licens required, Garagplace possible)

3) 02-04.6.2023 Schleiz

4) 10-11.6.2023 Nürburgring

5) 14-16.7.2023 Most /CZ (no licens required

6) 26-27.8.2023 Red Bull Ring ( 3 Races, no licens required, Garageplace possible)

7) 7-08.10 2023 Oschersleben Sidecar Festival

Find entryform: www.sidecar-trophy.de

Guest welcome, 600cc and 1000cc classes, Prototype Bikes possible

Bye Eckart and Carlo

Update on the plans so far for the 2023 British Championship, from Mike Dommett

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To give an overview of plans for 2023 at this stage……

2023 Dates as per the following;

  • 29th April – 1st May Oulton Park BSB
  • 19th- 21st May Donington Park BSB
  • 7th – 9th July Snetterton BSB
  • 5th – 6th August Cadwell Revival BMCRC
  • 11th – 13th August Thruxton BSB
  • 2nd – 3rd September Knockhill Jock Taylor
  • 13th – 15th Brands Hatch BSB

3 Classes,

  • F600 GP – As Per FIM Regulations
  • F600 Cup – As per FIM Regulations, BUT no magnesium wheels with a 395kg Minimum weight
  • F2 SuperCup – As Per FSRA Regulations

Full regulations to follow –

  • The Kawasaki 636 Will be permitted within both F600 Classes But will need to carry an additional 10kg weight.
  • £1000 entry for all 7 rounds. Info on how to pay TBC
  • Avon tyres to support the 2023 season, On going talks with Hoosier Tyres for 2024 going forwards.
  • Maximum of 4 tyres per meeting (Not Including wets)
  • Worst 2 race results TO BE dropped from Points.
  • BSB Officials to oversee and implement all technical regulations.

Have a great Christmas all!

More details to follow.

Mike Dommett

CEO – The British Motorcycle Racing Club 

Statement – Proposed F.S.R.A. Clubmans Championship

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FSRA

From Dave Tibbles:

The proposal of a new “Clubmans Championship” was discussed at considerable length at the F.S.R.A. committee meeting (01/11/22) prior to the A.G.M. (19/11/22), and several issues were raised. The main objections by the committee members were the uncertainty of how many teams would decide to sign up for this new championship – which could lead to a possible fast track of licence upgrades to National status with only a small grid. Example:- if only two or three entered the new series, the winner automatically gets a licence upgrade signature (plus others within the 92.5% finishing time in class), leading to teams gaining an upgrade too easily, potentially allowing competitors to enter road race events with less experience than desired.

This new Clubmans championship would have possibly drawn teams away from the hosting clubs own sidecar championships – dishonourable behaviour to the few remaining sidecar promoting clubs. For these reasons, the F.S.R.A. committee by a majority vote decided to remove their support for the proposal.

However, any novice or upgrading teams having injected engines thus not being eligible for the Pre-Injection championship are most welcome to come along and enter at the same meetings, as the guest teams did in 2022, where support help and advice will be shared. Teams will need to enter the club sidecar race and there will be no need to become a F.S.R.A. member. Licence upgrading would be as per the hosting clubs race results. Any F2 team doing well either with 600cc Pre-Injection or Injected motors with a Clubmans Licence will now be able to be considered for entries in the A.C.U. / F.S.R.A. British F2 Cup Championship.

Whether a novice or looking to upgrade licences you are welcome to compete along with the Pre-Injection Championship next year. If interested, please contact Dave Tibbles 07740098550 or Email, dave.tibs@btopenworld.com

The F.S.R.A. committee did state that if there was a proven interest in novice teams coming together in 2023 then at next year’s A.G.M. (Saturday 18th November 2023) this proposal of a Clubmans championship could be revisited, with the backing of the F.S.R.A.