Birchall brothers to spearhead sidecar revolution with Team Mansfield Former champions return to the world stage for 2016 Team Mansfield to lead the transition to an all 600cc grid Squad gearing up for full season including BSB and TT challenges Former FIM World Sidecar Champions Ben and Tom Birchall will return to the series under…
Ben and Tom Birchall travelled to Brands Hatch to further their development of the LCR Honda 600 outfit by competing in the final round of the British F1 Sidecar championship at the Kent circuit resulting in two top 20 finishes. Starting from a sixth row grid position for the start of the first race the…
Mansfield sidecar racers Ben and Tom Birchall were at Darley Moor race circuit in Derbyshire at the weekend where they won the sidecar race at the Stars At Darley meeting. The Mitchell’s of Mansfield supported team recorded the fastest lap during qualifying and began the 15 lap race from pole position. Using the F2 machine…
Mansfield sidecar racers Ben and Tom Birchall were at Silverstone over the weekend to contest the penultimate round of the British Sidecar championship, recording a sixth place in the first race and improving to fifth in the second encounter on Sunday. They were making their British debut with the 600cc Honda engine housed in the…
Riding the new 600cc Honda housed in an LCR Monocoque chassis, Mansfield sidecar racers Ben and Tom Birchall registered a fine second place in the Jock Taylor Memorial race at Knockhill on Sunday. The Mitchells of Mansfield supported pair also took part in Saturday’s Sidecar race where they finished in third place. It was only…
The TT races could not have gone any better for Ben and Tom Birchall who took a convincing win in both three lap races at this year’s Isle of Man TT races taking their total of wins to three in the last three years. They also set a new race record in the first encounter…
Riding their LCR Suzuki F1 outfit world championship sidecar riders Ben and Tom Birchall were competing at Donington Park over the Easter weekend in the first round of the British F1 Sidecar championship. The Mitchells of Mansfield supported brothers were in a class of their own as they stormed to victory in both races. Starting…
Mansfield brothers Ben and Tom Birchall were racing at Silverstone over the weekend in the penultimate round of the Eastern Airways British F1 Sidecar championship where they secured pole position in each of the two races, won both and broke their existing lap record twice in the second race. The Mitchells of Mansfield supported…
Following their crash at the Isle of Man TT races just a few weeks ago Mansfield sidecar racers Ben and Tom Birchall made a welcome return to the FIM world Sidecar Championship at the weekend when they rode to a second place finish at Assen where the race was featured as a support event to…
Unfortunately the feature by BBC East Midlands today regarding Ben’s crash and subsequent hand injury did not appear on TV last night as originally planned. The below link will take you to the BBC website where you can see in the interview on video. Ben Birchall BBC East Midlands Interview