2024 Isle of Man TT Sidecar, Race 2: Crowes enter the 120mph Club | BikeSport News (2024)

Results from the 2024 Isle of Man TT Sidecar class will be posted here throughout this year's TT. Ryan and Callum Crowe were fastest in each of the four qualifying sessions, and secured their first TT win in Race 1.

Race 2

Ryan and Callum Crowe completed a sweep of the Sidecar races at the 2024 Isle of Man TT in Sidecar Race 2.

After winning Race 1 on Saturday, their first TT win, the Crowe brothers won by 20 seconds in Race 2 over Ben Birchall and Kevin Rousseau, who were forced to miss Race 1 after crashing in practice on Friday. The Crowe brothers also became the second sidecar pairing to lap the TT course at an average speed of over 120mph.

17-time TT winner Dave Molyneux made a long-awaited return to the podium in third place along with his 20-year-old passenger Jake Roberts.

Alan Founds and Rhys Gibbobs were fourth, ahead of Lewis Blackstock and Patrick Rosney who rounded out the top five, while Steve and Mathew Ramsden completed the top six.

John and James Saunders were seventh, ahead of Wayne Lockey and Matthew Rostron, Robert Dawson and Matthew Sims, and Conrad Harrison and Ashley Moore who completed the top 10.

Race 1

Sidecar TT Race 1 at the 2024 edition of the Isle of Man TT saw Ryan and Callum Crowe take their first TT win.

The Manx pairing took the lead from the start, and set a 119.800mph lap on their second tour which put them out of reach Peter Founds and Jevan Walmsley.

Founds and Walmsley secured second place and set their fastest lap of this year's event during the race.

Third place went to Alan Founds and Rhys Gibbons, Gibbons securing the fastest ever lap for a newcomer sidecar passenger on the way to his first TT podium.

One of the major contenders during practice week was the #1 outfit of Ben Birchall and Kevin Rousseau. However, following a crash during practice on Friday they were unable to get their outfit race-ready in time for Race 1.

Lewis Blackstock and Patrick Rosney took fourth place, ahead of Lee Crawford/Scott Hardie in fifth, Tim Reeves/Mark Wilkes sixth, and Todd Ellis/Emmanuelle Clement in seventh. Ellis and Clement's 113.443mph lap three makes Clement the fastest ever woman passenger around the Isle of Man.

Behind, John Holden and Frank Claeys took eighth place, ahead of John and James Saunders in ninth, while Conrad Harrison and Ashley Moore rounded out the top 10.

Qualifying 4 (Friday 31 May)

Fourth qualifying for the Sidecar class at the Isle of Man TT is often used as a shakedown for many of the crews who are looking to run-in a new engine ahead of the first race. Laps are also limited, with only one permitted for each outfit, meaning there are no flying laps in this session.

Nonetheless, Ryan and Callum Crowe completed their practice week with a sweep of the sessions. Due to the nature of the session, the times weren't pushing records, with the Crowes fastest on a 19:34.151, over half-a-minute off their best from Friday afternoon.

The times were relatively close, though with Peter Founds and Jevan Walmsley also lapping in the 115mph range. Alan Founds and Rhys Gibbons lapped at a 114.605mph average, too, meaning the top three were within 11 seconds of each other.

There was no lap from Ben Birchall and Kevin Rousseau, who crashed on Friday afternoon and were unable to get their outfit back to the paddock before the final practice session due to the Mountain Road remaining closed between the practices. The pair are reportedly okay, though, and planning to enter the first Sidecar race on Saturday (1 June), assuming they can get their outfit in a race-ready condition.

Qualifying 3 (Friday 31 May)

Ryan and Callum Crowe made it three-for-three in qualifying sessions topped this week at the Isle of Man on Friday afternoon. The #3 outfit lapped in a record pace for the brothers, who broke both the 19-minute and 119mph barriers for the first time in Q3.

Peter Founds and Jevan Walmsley had a huge moment at Schoolhouse on their first lap. They finished second, ahead of Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes, while Lewis Blackstock and Patrick Rosney were the final pair to lap in under 20 minutes in this third practice.

There was also a crash for Ben Birchall and Kevin Rousseau, who didn't set a time in the session. The most recent update at time of writing is that they were both okay.

Qualifying 2 (Wednesday 29 May)

Ryan and Callum Crowe continued their strong form from Monday by resuming their position atop the times. Ben Birchall and Kevin Rousseau were second, ahead of Peter Founds and Jevan Walmsley. Just over nine seconds covered the top three.

The session was red flagged at the end for an incident at Bishopscourt involving Chris Schofield and Tom Dawkins. Both were reported as conscious and airlifted to Noble's Hospital.

Full Sidecar Qualifying 2 times are below.

Qualifying 1 (Monday 27 May)

Ryan an Callum Crowe set the fastest time in the 2024 Isle of Man TT Sidecar class' first qualifying session of the week.

They were just over eight seconds clear of Ben Birchall and his new passenger, Kevin Rousseau, while Peter Founds and Jevan Walmsley rounded out the top three.

Tim Reeves and Mark Wilkes, and Alan Founds and Rhys Gibbons completed the top five in Sidecar Q1, while Steve and Mathew Ramsden were sixth. Daryl Gibson and Tom Christie, Lewis Blackstock and Patrick Rosney, Todd Ellis and Emmanuelle Clement, and Dan Knight and Ben Hughes rounded out the top 10.