Steve's Sidecar Place

Maria Costello MBE made a superb return to road racing as she matched her best finish and put in a new personal best lap time at the 2022 Northwest 200 despite a difficult start. 

Maria was delighted to be returning to her beloved sport at the North West 200 event onboard the Mark Coverdale Paton Supertwin race bike after almost three years of absence due to the pandemic.

Her initial hopes felt dashed when the race bike was delayed and she received it less than week before leaving for Northern Ireland. 

Joe Heys needs an experienced passenger for Anglesey 4th-5th June, front exit, period 4.

Click read more for Joes contact details…

Kim Caspersen needs a passenger for the Northern Sidecar Cup races at Assen May 27-29. When interested please send me a pm or an email: a.jansen@northernsidecarcup.com

This time next week the 2022 Isle of Man TT Races will officially be underway and history will be made as the TT is broadcast live for the first time in the event’s 115 year history. 

With the TT+ Live Pass you’ll be able to watch every qualifying session and race live and on-demand for a one-off payment of £14.99. Get yours now, and be ready to watch the moment we’ve all been waiting for the return of the TT. Wherever you are you’ll be able to watch competitors and newcomers get their first taste of the Mountain Course in all its closed-road glory.

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From Wirral 100 here

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With the aftermath of the Coronavirus Lockdown and the ongoing Cost of Living Crisis resulting in many W100 riders obviously withdrawing from or cutting down on their racing activities, our March meeting at Anglesey – without any guest classes – saw our lowest-ever entry of just 65 riders (56 solos & 9 sidecars), and a 40% reduction (approximately £10,000) in our expected entry fees, with no corresponding decrease in our fixed costs.

From Ian Guy

The Festival of a 1000 Bikes is Returning to Mallory Park this year on the weekend July 16th & 17th.

The event is run by the VMCC and will include at least 2 x 15minute sessions for ‘not so modern Sidecars’ on The SUNDAY (17th July)

Words – Tim Langham (F.S.R.A. Press Officer) / Photographs – Ste McNorton

Two victories for reigning champions, Lee Crawford / Scott Hardie (LCR Suzuki) closed the gap at the top of the standings to a mere four points behind early season pace-setters Pete Founds / Jevan Walmsley (LCR Honda). Founds – who had Jake Lowther deputising for Walmsley – had to settle for a brace of runners-up placings in what were two excellent encounters. Meanwhile, Rob Atkinson / Mark Middleton continued their 100% record in the F2 Cup, scoring maximum points with two victories in class.

Timetable for Donington Park this weekend with NG… From Mark

Live timing and timetables, also links to TSL and Mark’s Office where the results will be posted are all on

I pulled over at clearways once after a thump and decrease in power with a ZX10 Engine, after stopping on the Grass I looked back and saw the number 3 conrod on the circuit. At this point I switched off the engine which was still ticking over… Then the Oil on the Exhaust caught fire, and we sprayed it in extinguisher to put it out 🙄

From Steve Kershaw. https://gofund.me/ad396167

Hi Folks, Ryan Charlwood has started a gofundme page for our good friend and much loved sidecar passenger Shelley.

Shell suffered very serious injuries in a testing accident at VDV in France and is still currently in hospital in France.

The funds are to help Shelley with the cost of returning to Britain as recovery is going to be a very long process.

Come on Shelley 💪💪🤞🤞you can do it! Love from all team Kershaw #29 xxx