European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship

The European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship is a motorcycle event and is organised by Union Européenne de Motocyclisme. The first championship took place in 1980 at Melsungen, West Germany. It has run every year since except for 2015 as it was cancelled due to Stefan Muller losing his life in practice. The most successful nation is Germany. The European Solo Grasstrack Championship start in 1978.

European Grasstrack Sidecar Championship
CategoryMotorcycle Racing
CountryVarious
RegionEurope
Inaugural season1980
Riders' champion2019: William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema

The championship are run for 500cc Sidecars only and to qualify for the Final there are semi-finmals. From 1980 there were two semi-finals and from 2012 there has been just one semi with the others qualifying automatically through there domestic championships. The first ever semi-final took place at Assen in the Netherlands on 19 April 1980. The first winners were the West German team of Otto Bauer and Peter Stiegelbrunner, second were England's Rob Stoneman and Rowland Broomfield and another West German team took third on the podium Harald Haus and Dietmar Haus.

The sport is popular in Germany, the Netherlands, France and the United Kingdom although there have been teams from Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Russia also.

Most Successful

Thomas Kunert is the most successful rider. He has taken the title on at eleven occasions and he also has five second and one third. He also holds the record for semi-final wins with 19. Kunert won a semi-final in every year from 1994 to 2007.

Medalists

Year Venue First Second Third
1980 Melsungen Otto Bauer & Peter Stiegelbrunner Egon Waller & Edgar Starke Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann
1981 Assen Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann Heinz Pagel & Hans Werner Kempa Otto Bauer & Peter Stiegelbrunner
1982 Schwarme Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann Heinz Pagel & Jurgen Zaddach Rudolf Meyer & Diter Held
1983 Assen Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann Michael Lippmann & Willi Ganss Heinz Pagel & Jurgen Zaddach
1984 Berghaupten Michael Datzmann & Rosamunde Datzmann Heinz Pagel & Jurgen Zaddach Ulrich Wehrle & Stefan Rufat
1985 Kuinre Heinz Pagel & Jurgen Zaddach Ewald Heim & Robert Heim Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg
1986 Bad Waldsee Josef Onderka & Franz Onderka Karl Keil & Reiner Ganster Heinz Pagel & Herbert Bucker
1987 Valence Josef Onderka & Franz Onderka Hans Bolliger & Bernhard Gloor Karl Keil & Reiner Ganster
1988 Celle Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Josef Onderka & Franz Onderka Marco Glorie & Erik van Dijk
1989 Berghaupten Josef Onderka & Josef Feigl Hans Bolliger & Bernhard Gloor Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg
1990 Haunstetten Josef Onderka & Robert Wolf Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Bernd Soger & Heinz Brandt
1991 Eenrum Josef Onderka & Robert Wolf Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Eward Heim & Robert Heim
1992 Berghaupten Josef Onderka & Walter Huber Thomas Kunert & Josef Feigl Laurent Sambarrey & Lionel Sambarrey
1993 Harsewinkel Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Josef Onderka & Josef Feigl Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth
1994 Lattrop Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth Karl Keil & Joachim Reeg Eward Heim & Robert Heim
1995 Melsungen Thomas Kunert & Wolfgang Maier Peter Murmann & Stefan Muller Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth
1996 Eenrum Thomas Kunert & Marco Hundsrucker Josef Onderka & Uwe Kuhberger Jacues Leduc & Michel Gorget
1997 Melsungen Josef Onderka & Uwe Kuhberger Thomas Kunert & Marco Hundsrucker Oswald Bischoff & Mario Siebert
1998 Morizes Josef Onderka & Uwe Kuhberger Thomas Kunert & Hermann Bacher Oswald Bischoff & Mario Siebert
1999 Vechta Thomas Kunert & Hermann Bacher Josef Onderka & Uwe Kuhberger Oswald Bischoff & Mario Siebert
2000 Lattrop Josef Onderka & Martin Wamprechtshammer Thomas Kunert & Hermann Bacher Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth
2001 Melsungen Thomas Kunert & Marco Hundsrucker Oswald Bischoff & Mario Siebert Marco Glorie & Harry Drenth
2002 Siddeburen Josef Onderka & Martin Wamprechtshammer William Matthijsen & Erwin Boers Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl
2003 Angenrod Thomas Kunert & Hermann Bacher Oswald Bischoff & Rainer Falter William Matthijsen & Erwin Boers
2004 High Easter Thomas Kunert & Bernd Kreuzer Tjeerd Hoekstra & Henk Auwema William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen
2005 Siddeburen Sven Holstein & Desiree Daubert William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen Mark Detz & Gerald Eelding
2006 Melsungen Thomas Kunert & Bernd Kreuzer Markus Brandhofer & Helmut Beller Karl Keil & Berit Tralau
2007 Eenrum William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen Markus Venus & Florian Niedermeier Sven Holstein & Desiree Daubert
2008 Bielefeld Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen Stefan Brandhofer & Marco Hundsrucker
2009 Wimborne William Matthijsen & Nathalie Matthijssen Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl Markus Brandhofer & Corinna Gunthor
2010 Uithuizen Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema Sven Holstein & Anthony Goodwin
2011 Noordwolde William Matthijssen & Nathalie Matthijssen Mark Detz & Bonita van Dijk Stefan Brandhofer & Daniel Eibl
2012 Werlte Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl Markus Venus & Markus Heiss Stefan Brandhofer & Daniel Eibl
2013 Loppersum Thomas Kunert & Markus Eibl William Matthijssen & Nathalie Stellingwerf Christophe Grenier & Gerben Sanders
2014 High Easter Josh Goodwin & Liam Brown Nick Radley & Abi Radley Markus Venus & Markus Heiss
2015 Hertingen Cancelled
2016 Vries William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema Markus Venus & Markus Heiss Markus Brandhofer & Michael Zapf
2017 Tayac William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema Markus Brandhofer & Tim Scheunemann Markus Venus & Markus Heiss
2018 Wertle William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema Mitch Godden & Paul Smith Markus Venus & Markus Heiss
2019 Eenrum William Matthijssen & Sandra Mollema Markus Venus & Markus Heis Mitch Godden & Paul Smith
2020 Cancelled

Driver Champions

CountryPassengerFirstSecondThirdPodium
Kunert, Thomas115116
Onderka, Josef104014
Matthijssen, William75214
Datzmann, Michael4015
Keil, Karl24410
Pagel, Heinz1326
Glorie, Marco1056
Holstein, Sven1023
Bauer, Otto1012
Goodwin, Josh1001
Venus, Markus0437
Bischoff, Oswald0235
Brandhofer, Markus0223
Bolliger, Hans0202
Heim, Ewald0123
Detz, Mark0112
Godden, Mitch0112
Waller, Egon0101
Lippmann, Michael0101
Murmann, Peter0101
Hoekstra, Tjeerd0101
Radley, Nick0101
Brandhofer, Stefan0033
Meyer, Rudolf0011
Wehrle, Ulrich0011
Soger, Bernd0011
Sambarrey, Laurent0011
Leduc, Jacues0011
Grenier, Christophe0011

Passenger Champions

CountryPassengerFirstSecondThirdPodium
Eibl, Markus 4116
Datzmann, Rosamunde4015
Matthijssen (Stellingwerf), Nathalie3317
Mollema, Sandra4105
Reeg, Joachim2327
Kuhberger, Uwe2204
Bacher, Hermann2204
Onderka, Franz2136
Hundsrucker, Marco2114
Wolf, Robert2002
Wamprechtshammer, Martin2002
Kreuzer, Bernd2002
Zaddach, Jurgen1214
Feigl, Josef1203
Drenth, Harry1045
Daubert, Desiree1012
Stiegelbrunner, Peter1012
Huber, Walter1001
Maier, Wolfgang1001
Brown, Liam1001
Heiss, Markus0325
Gloor, Bernhard0202
Siebert, Mario0134
Heim, Robert0123
Boers, Erwin0112
Smith, Paul0112
Starke, Edgar0101
WernerKempa, Hans0101
Ganss, Willi0101
Ganster, Reiner0111
Muller, Stefan0101
Falter, Rainer0101
Auwema, Henk0101
Beller, Helmut0101
Niedermeier, Florian0101
van Dijk, Bonita0101
Radley, Abi0101
Scheunemann, Tim0101
Eibl, Daniel0022
Held, Diter0011
Rufat, Stefan0011
Bucker, Herbert0011
van Dijk, Erik0011
Brandt, Heinz0011
Sambarrey, Lionel0011
Gorget, Michel0011
Eelding, Gerald0011
Tralau, Berit0011
Gunthor, Corinna0011
Goodwin, Anthony0011
Sanders, Gerben0011
Zapf, Michael0011

Results by country

TeamFirstSecondThirdPodium
TeamDriverPassengerDriverPassengerDriverPassengerTotal
Germany293127272424162
Netherlands10877111154
England1142019
Switzerland0022004
France0000325


Medal percentage

CountryPercentage
Germany71.2
Netherlands22.2
England2.3
France2.3
Switzerland1.9


European Solo Championship

The European Solo Grasstrack championship first ran in 1978.

References

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  1. "European Motorcycling Union". Fim Europe. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  2. "European Sidecar Championship". Grasstrack GB. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
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