Crowe brothers storm to fourth Sidecar TT win
Manxmen Ryan and Callum Crowe stormed to a second Sidecar victory of the 2025 Isle of Man TT, romping home more than a minute ahead of their nearest rivals.The siblings from Jurby set the fastest ever lap from a standing start in the class on the opener with a time of 18 minutes, 52.374 seconds.Despite a consistent performance from Ben Birchall and his new passenger Patrick Rosney, the Crowes secured their fourth victory on the 37.7-mile (61km) Mountain Course.Driver Ryan Crowe told Radio TT achieving the double in the class in two consecutive years was a "dream come true again".
The brothers set a new outright Sidecar TT lap record in their victory in the first race on Monday.The race, which had been originally due to be run on Wednesday but was postponed due to poor weather, was shortened by organisers from three laps to two.
The duo, who are the sons of five-time TT sidecar champion Nick Crowe, started first on the road and consistently pulled ahead of their rivals throughout the two-lap contest.The brothers had pulled out a 17-second lead on 14-times TT winner Birchall by Ballaugh on the first lap, stretching it to 30 seconds at the Bungalow on the climb over the mountain.They finished the lap with a 37-second lead at an average speed of 119.950mph.The charge continued on lap two, with the advantage building to 54 seconds at Ramsey, stretching to over a minute by the Bungalow, ultimately bringing their Honda outfit home 01:08.903 ahead of Birchall and Rosney.Meanwhile, the battle for third was hard fought by the pairings of Lee Crawford and Scott Hardie and Lewis Blackstock and Oscar Lawrence, before the latter pairing was forced to retire on lap two.
Ryan Crowe said the pair started well and "kept that pace going" for the remainder of lap one and although it was a "bit windy" on the mountain the conditions were good for the race.However, he said despite being on lap record pace in the first few sectors of the second run, they were not as "as pushy" to Glen Helen because it "just safer" to bring the outfit home given the advantage.Passenger Callum said the win, which takes the siblings to one behind their father's tally, had been a "massive family effort"."This is what the prize is, this awesome feeling winning a TT," he added."We keep living the dream," Ryan added.
Sidecar TT race 2 result
Ryan Crowe/Callum Crowe (Honda)Ben Birchall/Patrick Rosney (Honda)Lee Crawford/Scott Hardie (Kawasaki)Todd Ellis/Emmanuelle Clement (Yamaha)Kieran Clarke/Andrew Johnson (Yamaha)George Holden/Mark Wilkes (Yamaha)Stephen Kershaw/Rhys Gibbons (Honda)Greg Lambert/Andrew Haynes (Honda)Steve Ramsden/Mathew Ramsden (Honda)Renzo van der Donckt/Vale van der Donckt (Suzuki)
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