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The Sidecar World Championship is an annual event held by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first World Championship tournament took place in 1949. As all other World Championships in moto racing, it consists of a series of races run throughout a calendar year in which the riders with the most accumulated points are awarded as world champion
FIM Sidecar World Championship is the international sidecar racing championship. It is the only remaining original FIM road racing championship class that started in 1949.. It was formerly named Superside when the sidecars moved from being part of Grand Prix Motorcycles racing to being support events for the Superbike World Championship.
The 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the inaugural F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 600cc. It began on 17 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix on 4 September.
The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship. [1] There were five classes when the championship started in 1949; 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and sidecar (600cc).
The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship. [1] There were five classes when the championship started in 1949; 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and sidecar (600cc).
Eric Staines Oliver (13 April 1911 – 1 March 1980) was an English motorcycle racer best remembered as four-time Sidecar World Champion administered by the FIM, riding a Norton. His passenger in 1949 was Denis Jenkinson .
In December 1949, she married Belgian Jean Laforge but the marriage was short lived. [4] Her father retired in 1951 to concentrate on running his driving school. [6] She then joined sidecar driver Jacques Drion in 1952 [7] and won the 1952 and 1954 French Sidecar Championships. Stoll and Drion competed in the World Sidecar Championship events ...
This is a List of national sidecarcross champions, including the national championships of Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Latvia, the Netherlands, Lithuania Sweden and Switzerland. Of those competitions listed, the Belgian Championship is the oldest one, dating back to 1951, followed by the French, formed in 1956.