Photos: A Century of Sidecar Racing
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Sidecar racers lean into a turn during a race in the United Kingdom on October 6, 1965.
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Original caption from June 1923: “F W Dixon, winner of the Tourist Trophy sidecar race on the Isle of Man, on his Douglas motorcycle.”
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Bryan Peddar and Rod Steadman go on to win the MotoSix Open Sidecars Six Nations Championship at Donington Park, Castle Donington, England, on March 29, 2009.
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Tim Prümmer and Jarno Steegmans take a jump during a race in June 2025 in Schopfheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Original caption from June 6, 1956: “Photo shows F. Hillebrand (Germany), riding a B.M.W., with M. Ghunwald, as passenger seen at speed during the T.T Sidecar International race at Douglas, Isle of Man, yesterday. They won the race.”
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Original caption: “Varied techniques in motorcycle combination racing were shown as the Swiss team of Florian Camathias and Horst Burkhardt (32) led the Germans, Max Deubel and Emil Hoerner (31) in the sidecar event of the West Germany Grand Prix at Stuttgart, July 15, 1962.”
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Lukas Erlecke and Leon Freygang of Germany ride during the FIM Sidecarcross World Championships GP1 Czech Republic on May 11, 2025, in Kramolín, Czech Republic.
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Original caption from April 26, 2025: “Lisbon, Portugal—Todd Ellis and Emmanuelle Clement Team Yamaha competes in the sidecar category during the FIM sidecar World Championship qualification at the Estoril Circuit, Portugal.”
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Original caption: “A motorcycle and sidecar in action on the trial during the MCC London to Land’s End Run on June 10, 1927.”
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The winners Markus Venus and Markus Eibl race in the European Sidecar Championship in Augsburg-Haunstetten, Germany, in September 2025.
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Original caption: “Sidecar TT race, Isle of Man, 1970. This motorcycle and sidecar combination are airborne as they cross Ballaugh Bridge on the TT circuit.”
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Brett Wilkinson of Great Britain takes a jump as his passenger, Daniel Chamberlain of Great Britain, crashes out during the Sidecarcross World Championship on July 1, 2017, in Iffendic, France.
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Original caption: “Australian motorcyclist Alan Bruce posing on ‘Leaping Lena,’ a streamlined Brough Superior J.A.P. 1000 motorcycle and sidecar, at Victoria Station, London, 1932. He and fellow Australian Arthur Simcock (at back, with pipe) took the motorbike to Vienna, Austria, where Bruce broke the 200km/h speed record for sidecar motorcycles.”
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Original caption: “Action during the Bristol Cup Race for motorcycles with sidecars, showing F.R. Blackpeel cornering, March 20, 1928. Note passenger’s face is almost touching the ground.”
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Gary Moulds and his passenger, Steve Kirwin, race in Round 5 of the Ulster Quadcross & Sidecarcross Championship at Seaforde Motocross Track in Seaforde, County Down, Northern Ireland, on August 3, 2019.
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Original caption from June 1936: “Brian Ducker and his passenger navigate the corner in spectacular style to win the sidecar scratch race.”
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Original caption: “Steve Webster with his sidecar passenger Gavin Simmons rides the #2 Silkolene LCR-Krauser during the FIM Dutch motorcycle sidecar Grand Prix on June 26, 1993, at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen, Netherlands.”
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Two pairs of sidecar racers lean into a turn during a race in the United Kingdom on October 6, 1965.
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A driver and his passenger, covered in mud during a race in Rudersberg, Germany, in 2000
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Original caption: “Motorcycles and sidecars line up on the grid ready for the start during the Essex Club Meeting at Brooklands on October 4, 1924 in Brooklands, United Kingdom.”
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Original caption from 1956: “Siegfried Schauzu of West Germany, riding a B.M.W., won the Sidecar T.T. at Douglas, Isle of Man, yesterday, despite the fast that his passenger fell out of the sidecar within sight of the winning post. Schauzu stopped for a split second to pick up his partner, Horst Schneider, at Governor’s Bridge, before racing on to win by 19 seconds.”
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David Gray and Les Mudie race in the HydroGarden Weston Beach Quad and Sidecar Race in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, in October 2016.
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Riders compete during the NETT British Sidecar and Quad Bike Championships at the Iron Works Moto Park in Middlesbrough, England, on April 14, 2024.
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Original caption: “E.S. Oliver, along with his sidecar passenger, practice for the afternoon Coronation Trophy race at Crystal Palace.”