Birchall Brothers ready to battle for sidecar victory

Friday, 10 June 2016 00:00

The Birchall Brothers are hoping to repeat history today by taking victory in the second Sidecar race of TT 2016.

Last year the sidecar racers stormed to victory in the event - a win would help ease their frustrating start to this year's campaign.

The duo were forced to retire, with a 34 second lead, in the first Sidecar race last Saturday - just minutes earlier they'd set a new outright lap record.

Driver Ben says he's ready to take on the Mountain Course:

His brother Tom, who is the passenger in the outfit, says he just wants to keep getting quicker:

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