2025 Southern 100: Distinguished Sidecars Entry
Once again, the Southern 100 (Isle of Man Steam Packet Company – titled sponsored) has attracted a distinguished starters-list, for Sidecar race spectacles extraordinaire.
Unbeatable across this year’s TT Races, the Crowe brothers Ryan and Callum, will now be looking to etch their names onto the Sidecar Championship winners list.
Just weeks after a TT qualifying week incident (arose at Rhencullen), 2019, 2022 Championship conquerors Pete Founds/Jevan Walmsley, look set to be back in the saddle.
Eight times World Champion Tim Reeves (Cosmic Racing – DMR Kawasaki) competing aside, Motor Isle Billown Course first-timer, German passenger Kevin Kolsch, is the third former/current S100 Championship winner, on the start-list.
Third from both 3wheeling.media races of TT 2025, Lee Crawford/Scott Hardie go into the ‘Friendly Races’, optimistic that similar, improved achievements are in prospect.
Nineteen crews in total have secured Ace Hire, Daryl Blake Construction Sidecar race contests, entries. Driver/passenger partnerships, not noted yet, due to take part, are:
Wayne Lockey/Matty Rostron, Greg Lambert/Andrew Haynes, three times TT winner Darren Hope/Lenny Bumfrey.
Oliver’s Mount, Cock O’The North front runners Carl Fenwick/Jake Roberts, Michael Kirkup/Mark Gash, Tony Baker/Tom Dawkins.
Jim Gale/Ben Gale, David Marshall/Anthony Pitt, Robert Handcock/Liam Gordon, Eric Lenser/Anais Rosset.
Paul Reck/Ian Tennant, Charlie Morphet/Dave ‘Knight’ Ryder, S100 newcomers Jamie Hanks/Jonathan Kirk (not a debutant), Richard Butler/Josh Saunders, Andrew Ripley.
Photo credit: Mark Corlett