Dave Molyneux has taken his 17th Isle of Man Sidecar TT victory after an engine problem for leader John Holden saw Moly convert an 18s disadvantage halfway through lap two to a 17s lead at Ballaugh Bridge on the final circuit.
Race one winner Conrad Harrison also took advantage of Holden’s misfortune to take second place while Holden limped across the line to occupy the final podium spot with four-times World Sidecar Champion Tim Reeves in fourth place.
Molyneux completely swapped his electronics system back to a Kawasaki kit last night and said he struggled with the outfit on lap one because of a full fuel tank while Harrison also had problems but he nursed his outfit to take the overall Sidecar title even though it was cutting out all over the lap.
With the race run on damp patches at the Waterworks and further up the mountain, and the choice of tyres different down the grid, Holden was 1.986s in the lead over Harrison at Glen Helen which he has upped to 5.305 at Ballaugh and then nearly 14s at the Bungalow with an opening lap of 113.253mph.
Molyneux went into second place at the Grandstand and set about hunting down Holden. An 18.897s lead at Ballaugh was down to 15.137 at the Bungalow and then 11.668 at the end of lap two. As his problems mounted, Holden's lead was only 2.668s at Glen Helen on lap three while Moly was the leader by 17.171s at Ballaugh eventually crossing the line with a 44s advantage.
Karl Bennett and Lee Cain finished in fifth after taking the spot from the retiring Bell boys with Alan Founds and Tom Peters in sixth. Greg Lambert and Kenny Cole were seventh, Wayne Lockey and Mark Sayers eighth, John Saunders and Robert Lunt ninth with Robert Hancock and Basil Bevan rounding out the top ten.
Sure Sidecar race two - conditions mostly dry
1 1 Dave Molyneux / Patrick Fa DMR / DMR 01:00:01.355 113.147 Silver
2 5 Conrad Harrison / Mike Ayl Shelbourne Honda / PRINTING ROLLER S 01:00:45.285 111.784 Silver
3 4 John Holden / Andrew Wink LCR / Silicone Engineering/Barnes Racing 01:01:21.282 110.691 Silver
4 3 Tim Reeves / Gregory Cluz DMR / SMT 01:01:26.906 110.522 Silver
5 11 Karl Bennett / Lee Cain Kawasaki / T D racing 01:01:36.566 110.233 Silver
6 56 Alan Founds* / Tom Peters* LCR Suzuki / PME Aerospace 01:03:03.517 107.700 Bronze
7 10 Gregory Lambert / Kenny C GLR Honda / Greg Lambert Racing 01:03:12.024 107.458 Bronze
8 18 Wayne Lockey / Mark Saye Ireson Honda / Real Racing 01:03:13.207 107.425 Bronze
9 26 John Saunders / Robert Lu Shelbourne / Stapletons Tyre Services 01:03:42.483 106.602 Bronze
10 14 Robert Handcock / Basil Be baker / Maddockhire/Portable Energy 01:03:47.042 106.475 Bronze
11 22 Mike Cookson / Alun Thom Honda 01:03:50.616 106.376 Bronze
12 61 Dwight Beare* / Noel Beare LCR / Clive Coates Racing 01:04:03.938 106.007 Bronze
13 16 Gordon Shand / Phil Hyde Shand F2 / Kevin Ashworth Machined Timb 01:04:13.303 105.749 Bronze
14 44 Matt Dix / Shaun Parker Baker / DWM Technical Solutions 01:04:21.176 105.534 Bronze
15 30 Howard Baker / Mike Killing Shelbourne Honda / BK Racing 01:04:24.116 105.453 Bronze
16 28 Pete Alton / Keith Brotherto Yamaha / OTC Dyno Centre 01:04:31.051 105.264 Bronze
17 57 John Lowther* / Jake Lowth Honda / KATYS HOME TANNING 01:04:33.850 105.188 Bronze
18 41 Estelle Leblond / Sebastien SGR / racingside 01:04:34.883 105.160 Bronze
19 24 Dean Banks / Ken Edwards LCR Suzuki / Magnam Racing 01:04:58.491 104.524 Bronze
20 36 Michael Grabmuller / Justin Yamaha / Delta-Racing-Team/Polizeisportv 01:05:25.417 103.807 Bronze
21 31 Brian Kelly / Jason O'Conn Yamaha 01:05:31.134 103.656 Bronze
22 25 Vincent Biggs / Robert Bigg Honda / Evans of Warrington Ltd 01:06:02.989 102.822
23 33 Francois Leblond / Anne Ga Suzuki 01:06:18.144 102.431
24 48 Deborah Barron / Karl Scho Kawasaki Ireson / Team Oscar Racing 01:08:56.143 98.518
25 50 Nigel Smith / Chris McGaha Honda 01:10:10.982 96.767
26 58 Phil Biggadyke* / Hayley Ja Ireson Honda / Veeco Eng NL 01:13:50.452 91.973
27 55 Kevin Thornton / Wayne Ke suzuki / Thornton Racing 01:17:13.272 87.947
28 6 Gary Bryan / Jamie Winn Baker / GBM UK / Drury Eng / Bass Tyres 01:24:10.634 80.680
