{"id":30997,"date":"2013-06-07T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T12:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=30997"},"modified":"2022-06-28T13:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T12:05:06","slug":"sidecar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/sidecar\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidecar Racing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sidecar racing brings a whole new language to motorsport. Aesthetically it is like no other \u2013 not only a team sport in terms of its backup crew, the twin pilots of a full tilt sidecar crew perform a dance upon which life can depend. We think it&#8217;s time it reclaimed it&#8217;s slot on mainstream TV!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dsc04713b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dsc04713b.jpg\" alt=\"dsc04713b\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dsc04713b.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dsc04713b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dsc04713b-624x468.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dsc04713b-278x208.jpg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dsc04713b-526x394.jpg 526w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dsc04713b-592x444.jpg 592w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/dsc04713b-572x429.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like many disciplines of motorsport now marginalised and bleached out of the spotlight by the all conquering roadshow that is F1, sidecar racing enjoyed its heyday in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Dickie Davis&#8217;s World of Sport (see below) often featured the slip-sliding sideways sport in between the racing from Haydock and the Wrestling &#8211; but it still goes on &#8211; albeit usually amid a pod of enthusiastic stalwarts and mentalist amateur thrill-jockeys.<\/p>\n<p>The web is replete with the Sidecar scenesters: and you can find an event this summer by heading to the site run by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.steveenglish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve English<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vintage_sidecar_racing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vintage_sidecar_racing.jpg\" alt=\"vintage_sidecar_racing\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vintage_sidecar_racing.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vintage_sidecar_racing-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vintage_sidecar_racing-278x214.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"\" class=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CmqU0I1LzQA?rel=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;controls=1&#038;enablejsapi=\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sidecar racing brings a whole new language to motorsport. 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