Motorcycle sidecar racing is one of the most extreme motor-sport events I’ve ever encountered. I can’t imagine the guts it must take to be the guy hanging off the side into every turn, with total faith in the chap holding the handlebars.
2023 Update: We received the following information about the above image from Steven Black, he explains: “the rainy sidecar image you
featured back in 2012 was taken by Dan Jess in 1978 at East Fortune Circuit in East Lothian, Scotland. The driver is Jim Anderson. I’m the wet passenger.”
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