Birchalls smash lap record to create history in Sidecar win at Isle of Man TT

The Birchall brothers broke the lap record en route to winning a 10th Sidecar race in a row at the Isle of Man TT on Saturday.
Birchalls smash lap record to create history in Sidecar win at Isle of Man TT

Ben and Tom Birchall completed 🎃a 120.357mph lap - the first time it's ever been done by a Sidecar pair - to co🎉ntinue their iron grip over the class at the TT.

They finished&nb🎶sp;24.066s ahead of second-placed duo P🦋ete Founds and Jevan Walmsley.

Founds and Walmsley had threatened to give the Birchalls a run for their money on the opening lap, until the eventual winners cranked itꦓ up a notch. They added nearly a mile per hour to their average lap.

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John Holden and Maxime Vasseur were third.

This was the 13th TT victory for the Birchalls, history-makers o🦩nce again.

This was the 100th year of Sidecars at the Isle of Man TT and the Birchalls becoming the fa✤stest pair ever in the clas🃏s was a fitting way to celebrate.

Ryan and Callum Cro𓂃we had looked competitive and eyed the podium in t꧅he early stages, until they were forced to retire.

Tom Birchall said: "Everything jus꧟t cli🍷cked. I knew it was coming."

 

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