By The three wheeling Sidecar heroes’ latest TT practice stint, proved a short one with the session reduced to just one-lap following a moderate delay, due to an incident at Laurel Bank involving Dave Moffitt, whom we wish a very speedy recovery.
Once the outfits took to the Mountain Course it was ten times TT winners Ben Birchall/Tom Birchall, setting the pace.
Looking in excellent fettle with the Haith supported Honda powered outfit, the Mansfield pairing went onto lap from a standing start at 115.663 mph (19 minutes 34.346 seconds).
Second quickest this evening, Sunday’s top runners Pete Founds/Jevan Walmsley (114.326) continued their productive start to TT 2022.
Third quickest, having much more prodigious fortunes in comparison to on Sunday, were the talented Crowe brothers Ryan & Callum (112.545).
Fourth quickest behind the Haven Homes backed Crowe’s were Lewis Blackstock/Patrick Rosney (111.164), who as stated a lot recently, latest TT voyage is supported by former Senior TT winner, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here winner Carl Fogarty.
Rich Energy Bonovo Action Racing’s Tim Reeves/Kevin Rousseau (110.768) took P5 from this evening’s practice stint.
Wrapping up the six quickest driver/passenger pairings, Harry Payne/Mark Wilkes (109.733) continue to impress.
Same notion to applies to seventh fastest overall, Team A.R.C’s Lee Crawford/Scott Hardie (109.709).
Others to chalk-up 105 mph plus lap speeds were Gary Bryan/Phil Hyde (109.4), Steve Ramsden/Matty Ramsden (108.368), Estelle Leblond/Clement Carre (108.233).
Former TT Champions Conrad Harrison/Andy Winkle (107.573), Gary Gibson/Tom Christie (106.461) and the all-French team of Paul Leglise & Melanie Farnier (105.402).
TT 2022- Tuesday evening Sidecar practice result:
1st – Ben Birchall/Tom Birchall – 115.663
2nd – Pete Founds/Jevan Walmsley – 114.326
3rd – Ryan Crowe/Callum Crowe – 112.545
4th – Lewis Blackstock/Patrick Rosney – 111.164
5th – Tim Reeves/Kevin Rousseau – 110.768
6th – Harry Payne/Mark Wilkes – 109.733
7th – Lee Crawford/Scott Hardie – 109.709
8th – Gary Bryan/Phil Hyde – 109.4
9th – Steve Ramsden/Matty Ramsden – 108.368
10th – Estelle Leblond/Clement Carre – 108.233
11th – Conrad Harrison/Andy Winkle – 107.573
12th – Gary Gibson/Tom Christie – 106.461
13th – Paul Leglise/Melanie Farnier – 105.402
14th – Greg Lambert/Ben McBride – 104.881
15th – Gordon Shand/Frank Claeys – 103.701
16th – Roger Stockton/Bradley Stockton – 103.234
17th – Andy King/Andrew Sigsworth – 102.374
18th – Cesar Chanal/Olivier Lavorel – 101.778
19th – John Saunders/James Saunders – 101.688
20th – Craig Melvin/Stuart Christian – 100.676
21st – Dave Quirk/Karl Schofield – 100.519
22nd – John Holden/Jason Pitt – 100.309
23rd – Shaun Chandler/Ben Chandler – 99.826
24th – Alun Thomas/Kenny Cole – 99.045
25th – Bruce Moore/Ashley Moore – 98.772
26th – Goulven Crochemore/Marlene Lelubez – 94.394
27th – Maria Costello MBE/Vicky Cooke – 93.913
28th – Craig Currie/Justin Sharp – 93.121
29th – John Shipley/Mark Gash – 91.884
30th – Mark Codd/Liam Gordon – 86.008
Photo by Nick Wheeler
(PB lap speed located near racers name)
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
