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Sidecar Racing History
Sidecar Racing's Past - Thundering Into
The Future.
1968 - 2007
The first AMA Sidecar Road Racing Championships were
organized in 1968, continuing in this format until 1985.
Wilson/Taylor - Sears
Point, CA, ca. 1980s
From 1968 to 1975 it was a one-shot unofficial event
at Laguna Seca, CA with regulations allowing engine sizes up to 1300cc.
From 1976 to 1985 it became a series and was an official championship
Coleman/Andrews - 1976
and 1977 Champions, Ontario Raceway, CA
Coleman/Bevins - 1979
Champions, a recently completed portrait by Harry Miller
Since 1986 the USCRA, and later the Sidecar Racers Association
(SRA) took over organization of sidecar road racing, running mostly
vintage events. By the late 1980s and early 1990s sidecar races were
unfortunately reduced to demonstration events, often with no more
than four sidecars.
In the early 1990s, SRA West was formed as a sister
organization of SRA. The two groups known as SRA East and SRA West.
SRA-West Championship was originally known as the Barnett Sidecar
Challenge Series, named after its sponsor, starting from 1994.
Sidecars also participated in the Bonneville Land Speed
Records trials. Here's Bob Bakker's Land Speed Sidecar from 1991.
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North American Sidecar Championship Roster
1968 - present
Year
Series Driver/Passenger Sidecar/Engine
1968 AMA Doug Bingham/Ed
Wade Bingham/NA
1969 AMA Doug Bingham/Ed Wade Bingham/NA
1970 AMA Dean Hummer/Rulon Gulbransen NA/Harley Davidson
1971 AMA Dean Hummer/Rulon Gulbransen NA/Harley Davidson
1971 AFM Ozzie Auer/Walter Garnett RGM/Kawasaki
1972 AMA Jim McNeil/Sky Curley NA/Honda
1973 AMA Larry Coleman/Wendell Andrews NA/NA
1974 NASC Greg Cox/Bill Davidson Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1975 NASC Greg Cox/Bill Davidson Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1976 AMA Larry Coleman/Wendle Andrews NA/Suzuki
1977 AMA Larry Coleman/Wendle Andrews NA/Suzuki
1977 AMA Greg Cox/Bill Davidson Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1978 AMA Gary Gipe/Peter Essaff Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1978 AFM Gary Gipe/Peter Essaff Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1979 AMA Larry Coleman/Mark Bevans Fiddiman/Yamaha
1980 AMA Peter Essaff/Ken Harrold Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1980 AFM Peter Essaff/Ken Harrold Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1981 AMA Jack Hart/Bruce Lind Windle/Yamaha
1981 AFM Peter Essaff/Dennis Crueger Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1982 AMA Peter Essaff/Dennis Crueger Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1982 AFM Peter Essaff/Dennis Crueger Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1983 AMA Jack Hart/Bruce Lind Windle/Yamaha
1983 AFM Peter Essaff/Dennis Crueger Fiddiman/Kawasaki
1984 AFM Peter Essaff/Dennis Crueger NA/NA
1985 AMA Mack Hart/Bruce Lind Windle/Yamaha
1986 Infomation Not Available
1987 AFM Peter Essaff/Dennis Crueger NA/NA
1988 Infomation Not Available
1989 Infomation Not Available
1990 Infomation Not Available
1991 Infomation Not Available
1992 Infomation Not Available
1993 Infomation Not Available
1994 SRAW Rick Murray/Heather Belletto Baker/Kawasaki
1995 SRAW Rick Murray/Heather Belletto Baker/Kawasaki
1996 SRAW Rick Murray/Heather Belletto Baker/Kawasaki
1997 SRAW Rick Murray/Heather Belletto Baker/Kawasaki
1998 SRAN Kurt Dillman/Peter Essaff Windle/ADM
1998 SRAW Rick Murray/Heather Belletto Baker/Kawasaki
1999 SRAN Rick Murray/Heather Belletto Baker/Kawasaki
2000 SRAN Rick Murray/John Scott Baker/Kawasaki
2000 SRAE Werner Kull/Scott Taylor LCR/Kawasaki
2001 SRAN Wade Boyd/Rory O'Connor Kal Guard/Suzuki
2001 SRAW Rick Murray/John Scott Baker/Kawasaki
2001 SRAE Werner Kull/Scott Taylor LCR/Kawasaki
2002 SRAN Wade Boyd/Rory O'Conner Kal Guard/Suzuki
2002 SRAE Kevin Gale/Sean Nova Sunderland/Kawasaki
2003 SRAW Rick Murray/Mark Paget LCR/Suzuki
2003 SRAE Jean-Guy Ractliffe/Christine Ractliffe CSR/Honda
2003 AFM Frank Riolo/Dennis Crueger LCR/Kawasaki
2004 SRAW Frank Riolo/Dennis Crueger LCR/Kawasaki
2004 NACS Frank Riolo/Dennis Crueger LCR/Kawasaki
2004 SRAE Jean-Guy Ratcliffe/Steve Brown CSR/Honda
2005 SRAE Oliver Brama/Brian Dare BLR/Yamaha
2005 SRAW Doug Dano/James Cornell Sutherland/Suzuki
2006 SRAE
2006 SRAW
2007 SRAE
2007 SRAW
Superside
America Champions
2005 Jean-Guy Ractliffe/NA CSR/Honda
2006 Frank Riolo/Dennis Crueger LCR/Suzuki
2007
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