Credit – Jed Pilmoor Brady for the information in here, words by Barry Nutley
The teams would have something of a challenge to match the stunning action from the previous round at Donington, but if any track lends itself to close racing, it is the Knockhill circuit.
A relatively small turnout saw just thirteen outfits on track for free practice, with qualifying later Friday afternoon. Various domestic issues plus injuries kept several teams away and the session started in wet weather, although things improved deeper into it. Rob Biggs and Ferry Segers showed a clean pair of heels to the pack in the free session, repeating the speed we saw from Biggs on earlier appearances at Knockhill.
They were just ahead of John Holden using Clement Conil as stand-in passenger, and Lewis Blackstock/Paddy Rosney fresh from two good rides at the TT. Local talent Steve Kershaw was enjoying the services of Justin Sharp in the absence of Ryan Charlwood who was working in France this weekend.
With TT 2024 now in the rear-view, the countdown is already on for 2025 with 346 days to go. Next year’s event will once again commence on Bank Holiday Monday (26th May) and will conclude with the prestigious Milwaukee Senior TT Race taking place on Saturday 7th June 2025.
The race schedule will follow a similar format to this year with second races planned for the Superstock and Supertwin classes once again. The complete ten race programme will be delivered across three sets of back-to-back race days split by two rest days to align with travel and accommodation capacities, providing visiting fans with greater opportunities to visit the world’s greatest road race.
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PROVISIONAL RACE DAY PROGRAMME Monday 26 May (UK Bank Holiday) Morning Free Practice & Afternoon Qualifying Tuesday 27 May Evening Qualifying Wednesday 28 May Evening Qualifying Thursday 29 May Evening Qualifying Friday 30 May Afternoon Qualifying
Saturday 31 May Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 1 3wheeling.Media Sidecar TT Race 1 Sunday 1 June RST Superbike TT Monday 2 June Rest Day Tuesday 3 June RL360 Superstock TT Race 1 Supertwin TT Race 1 Wednesday 4 June Monster Energy Supersport TT Race 2 3wheeling.Media Sidecar TT Race 2 Thursday 5 June Rest Day Friday 6 June (Isle of Man Bank Holiday) PE Superstock TT Race 2 Entire Cover Supertwin TT Race 2 Saturday 7 June Milwaukee Senior TT Race
*Subject to Road Closure approval by the Department for Infrastructure, in accordance to the Road Races Act 2016
If the action we witnessed at Donington Park is a measure of what to expect north of the border, then the sidecar fans at Knockhill over the weekend of June 14-16 are in for a real treat. The close nature of the racing between three former and current World Championship teams was second to none.
From the TT Press office ( I’m very late with this, sorry everyone! I thought I had done it, that’s embarassing..
Ryan and Callum Crowe claimed a second victory at the Isle of Man TT Races on Thursday afternoon in the 3wheeling.Media Sidecar TT Race 2, more than twenty seconds ahead of Ben Birchall/Kevin Roussueau. Dave Molyneux/Jake Roberts claimed a popular third place.
The Crowes also set the fastest lap of the race on their Kelproperties Honda at 120.335mph to join the 120mph Club for the first time and become the second fastest crew in Sidecar history.
UPDATE: Due to rain forecast this morning, the Clerk of the Course has confirmed a delay to today’s schedule. A further update will be issued at 12:00.
Ryan and Callum Crowe claimed their first win at the Isle of Man TT Races with victory in 3wheeling.media Sidecar TT Race 1, the Manx brothers coming home 26.894 seconds ahead of Pete Founds/Jevan Walmsley with Alan Founds/Rhys Gibbons taking third.
The Crowes set the fastest lap of the race on their Kelproperties Honda at 119.800mph to be the first Manx Sidecar winners since 2014 and emulate the feat of their five-time winner dad Nick Crowe.
With perfect conditions, the three-lap race got underway at 5.45pm and the Crowes led through Glen Helen on the opening lap, their advantage over Founds/Walmsley (FHO Racing Honda) already 6.3 seconds. Crawford/Hardie (ARC Newton Aycliffe/SJH Bodyworks Kawasaki) slotted into third a further 4.4 seconds adrift with Blackstock/Rosney (Dave Holden Racing Yamaha), Founds/Gibbons (Founds Racing Yamaha) and Reeves/Wilkes (Bonovo Action/Carl Cox Motorsport Honda) rounding out the early top six.
Update: Due to a road traffic collision that occurred on the Mountain Course, the Clerk of The Course has confirmed that this evening’s qualifying session is now cancelled to allow the appropriate services to manage the incident.
An updated schedule will follow shortly.
*UPDATE:* The Clerk of the Course has confirmed that the Friday evening’s contingency session will be used for an additional qualifying session. Full schedule details can be found here: https://www.iomttraces.com/racing/page/schedule/
From Chris I’m sure you have all heard by now that we had an issue incident in tonight’s qualifying. It happened just after bishops court. Sorry your practice got cut short gus.
We will be ok tho. Tom has suffered with cuts and bruises, soft tissue damage and is walking wounded. And he has been discharged.
I have 2 punctured lungs (only small) a laceration of my liver, concussion. Soft tissue damage and cuts and bruises and they are keeping me in for observation, hopefully they will let me out tomorrow but we will see.
I have my thoughts on what happened but we will know more when the lads have had a good look at what used to be a bike.
Thanks for everyone’s kind words and support, it means a lot. Thank you and I’ll see you all real soon back in the paddock.