2018 Isle of Man TT: Locate.im Sidecar TT Race 2 Results
The Birchall Brothers, Ben and Tom remain unstoppable, winning their second Sidecar TT of the week while breaking their own lap and race records in the process. The brothers from Nottinghamshire have won five Sidecar TT races in a row and eight in total.
The brothers took over the lead at the end of Lap 1, running just under two seconds faster than the early leaders John Holden and Lee Cain. That lead stretched to 22.9 seconds after the second lap thanks to a new blistering 119.250 mph lap which broke their own record of 118.694 mph set in Saturday’s first Sidecar TT race.
Holden and Cain came in second while Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes finished third, repeating the podium from the first Sidecar TT.
Locate.im Sidecar TT Race 2 top three teams. Photo Stephen Davison / Pacemaker Press Intl.
Also notable were the team of Estelle Leblond and Melanie Farnier who became the first female team to lap faster than 110 mph in the Sidecar TT. They finished ninth overall, averaging 110.229 mph over the three-lap race.
2018 Isle of Man TT: Sure Sidecar TT 2 Top Six Results
Pos.
Rider
Machine/Team
Time
Speed
1
Ben Birchall/Tom Birchall
Honda/IEG Racing
57:25.040
118.281 mph
2
John Holden/Lee Cain
Honda/Silicone Engineering Racing
57:47.960
117.500 mph
3
Tim Reeves/Mark Wilkes
Honda/Carl Cox Motorsport
58:03.738
116.967 mph
4
Alan Founds/Jake Lowther
Yamaha/Brian Gray Powerbiking
59:20.780
114.437 mph
5
Lewis Blackstone/Patrick Rosney
Honda/Silicone Engineering
1:00:21...
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