Birchall Brothers take race win
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Birchall Brothers take race win
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With the sun blazing down and the temperatures in the high thirty’s. The lights went out for the start of the FIM Sidecar World Championship. It was Tim Reeves and Gregory Cluze who got the whole shot into the first corner on their “The Relocater” LCR, Kawasaki, second to them was Jorg Steinhausen and Axel Kolsch on their “Steinhausen Racing” LCR, BMW.

On the outside of them was the Birchall Brothers on their “Mitchells of Mansfield” LCR, Suzuki. Right on the Birchall Brothers was Jacob Rutz and Thomas Hofer on their “Sidecar Racing Team Rutz” LCR, Yamaha. On the inside to Rutz and Hofer was kurt Hock and Enrico Becker with their “Hock Racing” LCR, Suzuki. Hock and Becker made a move on Rutz/Hofer straight away climbing up the hill from the start, they made it stick, and gave chase to the leading trio. Rutz and Hofer then had to contend with Uwe Gurck and Manfred Wechselberger on their “Polizei Sport Verein Wels” LCR, BMW.

Going into the first turn on lap one, three teams got all tangled together, all coming to a halt side by side, the teams all franticly trying to untangle their machines it was Bennie Streuer and Geert Koerts on their “Streuer Racing” LCR, Suzuki, who emerged back on track, it was short lived though as exiting turn three they had to pull off track with damaged body work, they would not restart. Nearly one and a half minuets had passed after Streuer/Koerts got going from the incident when Petri Makkula and Harri Asumaniemi on their “Team Makkula” LCR, BMW, got back on track, they had a lot of time to make up to try and catch the other teams. Unfortunatly for the other team in the incident, Janez Remse and Jamie Biggs on their “Remse Racing” LCR, Yamaha, were unable to restart and had to watch the race from the sidelines.

At the front of the race Steinhausen and Kolsch managed to get by Reeves and Cluze and tried to make a break, but Reeves and Cluze were right with them, and right on their tail was the Birchall Brothers Ben and Tom. By lap three The Birchall brothers passed Reeves/Cluze and gave chase to Steinhausen/Kolsch. By lap five the Birchalls were right on the tail of Steinhausen/Kolsch and managed to get by. When the brothers Ben and Tom were in front there was no stopping them. They started to pull a good gap on Steinhausen/Kolsch, and were not to be troubled for the rest of the race. They were to take the chequered flag for the win with a good gap of 8.398 over the second place team of Steinhausen and Kolsch.

Tim Reeves and Gregory Cluze battled away but could not stay with the leading pair; they fought hard and were rewarded with third place. Catching Reeves/Cluze towards the end of the race was Hock and Becker, they had worked hard all through the race but just could not get in tow with Reeves and Cluze, they crossed the line in fourth place. On the slowing down lap they had to be pushed back to the holding area with lack of fuel.

Fifth place would go to Gurck and Wechselberger, they had a good battle with Rutz and Hofer, swapping places towards the end of the race, but on lap twelve, Gurck/Wechselberger made the pass stick for the fifth place, leaving Rutz and Hofer taking the flag for sixth place.

A delighted Mike Roscher and Anna Burkard on their “Roscher Hanni Racing” LCR, BMW, were to cross the line in seventh place, it was a hard race for them but with no problems with their machine they were very happy.

French team Philippe Gallerne and Julien Chesneau were to cross the line in eighth place, they were happy to have good points for their championship. They hope they can get some more power from their machine before the next race.

Makkula and Asumaniemi battled hard all through the race after their first corner excursion, but with Makkula starting to get cramp in his right leg, the chequered flag was a great relief for the team. They were to take ninth place.

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14-04-2014, 10:06 AM
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