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…
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
Following their crash on the second lap of the sidecar race at the Isle of Man TT Mansfield riders Ben and Tom Birchall were airlifted to Nobles hospital in Douglas for further assessment. Tom escaped with cuts and severe bruising and was released from hospital after a couple of days but Ben suffered a serious…
After completing one lap in Thursday evening practice the session was red flagged because of a non-racing emergency. The weather was also against the riders as it was wet on the mountain mile which made travelling at speed on slick tyres impossible. But once the emergency was cleared the racing continued which allowed Ben and…