IOM TT action continues

Rob Fisher became the most successful sidecar driver in the 95-year history of the TT course with his 10th victory in Wednesday afternoon's Sidecar race on the Isle of Man.

Fisher, and passenger Rick Long, did battle with Dave Molyneux and Colin Hardman in a thrilling three-lap race, held in glorious conditions.

Fisher started the race 10 seconds behind Molyneux but caught the Manxman on the road before the two drivers with 16 TT wins between them fought it out for the victory.

It was Fisher who took the victory, by 14 seconds, to add to his victory in Saturday's opening race and to give the Cumbrian driver his fifth successive TT race win.

Runner-up Molyneux and his passenger Colin Hardman improved from fourth place in Saturday's opening race. Molyneux said: "I rode as hard as I could and I'm not disappointed with second. Rob (Fisher) rode well and I just concentrated on increasing the margin to third place."

Ian Bell and Neil Carpenter took third place, maintaining the final podium position throughout the race.

Sidecar OB¹ race result (three laps 113.19 miles): 1 Rob Fisher / Rick Long, GB (Yamaha) 1hr 01m 19.0s 110.75mph, 2 Dave Molyneux / Colin Hardman, GB (Honda) 1hr 01m 33.2s 110.33mph, 3 Ian Bell / Neil Carpenter, GB (Yamaha) 1hr 01m 49.7s 109.84mph, 4 Roy Hanks / Dave Wells, GB (Yamaha) 1hr 02m 37.3s 108.45mph, 5 Gary Horspole / Kevin Leigh, GB (Honda) 1hr 02m 45.5s 108.21mph, 6 Philip Dongworth / Stuart Castles, GB (Kawasaki) 1hr 03m 20.4s 107.22mph, 7 Kenny Howles / Doug Jewell, GB (Yamaha) 1hr 04m 11.2s 105.80mph, 8 Tony Baker / Scott Parnell, GB (Yamaha) 1hr 04m 13.9s 105.73mph, 9 Ben Dixon / Mark Lambert, GB (Honda) 1hr 04m 45.0s 104.88mph, 10 Andrew Laidlow / Darren Dodgson, GB (Yamaha) 1hr 04m 49.9s 104.75mph.