Mansfield brothers, Ben and Tom Birchall, broke their own lap record in every lap of this incredible opening Sidecar Race at the 2018 Isle of Man TT Races.
Claiming an astonishing 118mph+ lap record, the brothers worked hard in this quick-firing race and were locked in a titanic battle with long-standing collaboration John Holden and Manx partner Lee Cain for the entire run.
Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes also put in a great performance, holding onto third for the majority.
After a pre-race favourite retirement, the Birchalls pressed on at a sensational pace as they continued their duel with Holden/Cain – the only other crew to lap in excess of 117mph. On the third and final lap the winning pair crossed the line for their seventh TT win – and fourth sidecar victory in a row.
Another incredible performance came from Alan Founds and Jake Lowther who after a troublesome pit stop went from 21st to finish in sixth!
Up Next in 2018
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2018 Sidecar TT Race 2
History was made in this thrilling second Sidecar Race of the 2018 Isle of Man TT races, which saw the first ever sidecar crew lap the Mountain Course in under 19 minutes.
As with the first sidecar race of 2018, this became a race of three pairs – Ben and Tom Birchall, who had won the earlier ra...
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2018 Supersport TT Race 2
As he had done for most of the 2018 TT Races, Dean Harrison took the lead from the start, in another record-breaking race. He was up against strong competition though, with the likes of Michael Dunlop, Peter Hickman, and James Hillier in strong contention to take the second Monster Energy Supersp...
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2018 Supersport TT Race 1
Michael Dunlop, who already had a race win under his belt that week, was locked in a two-way battle with Dean Harrison in this high-adrenaline Monster Energy Supersport Race at the 2018 Isle of Man TT.
Dunlop’s second lap of 129.197mph shattered his own lap record from 2013 and propelled him int...
