Tim Reeves

Tim Reeves (born 28 August 1972) is an English sidecar racer from Tenterden, Kent. He is an eight times Superside FIM World Sidecar Champion, twice with his younger brother Tristan (2005, 2006), once with Patrick Farrance (2007) and once with Ashley Hawes (2012) as passenger.[1]

Tim Reeves
Reeves and passenger Mark Wilkes at Assen during a Guest Start in British Sidecar Championship, 2018
NationalityBritish
Born (1972-08-28) 28 August 1972
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Isle of Man TT career
TTs contested6 (2008 – present)
First TT win2013 Sidecar TT Race 1
Last TT win2013 Sidecar TT Race 1
Podiums6

In 2014 he won the Superside World Championship and the World F2 Sidecar Trophy in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben with French passenger Gregory Cluze.

In 2008 Reeves and Farrance entered in their first Isle of Man Sidecar TT finishing an outstanding third place in race one and sixth in race two. In 2013 Reeves, with passenger Dan Sayle finally got to the top step of the TT podium in Sidecar TT Race 1.[2]

In the 2008 Sidecar World Championship Reeves and Farrance placed second behind Pekka Päivärinta and Timo Karttiala (LCR-Suzuki GSX-R 1000). .[3]

In 2017, Reeves featured heavily in the film 3 Wheeling, an observational documentary filmed during TT period of 2016. The film premiered on the 7th May 2017,[4] followed by a limited theatrical release of 61 screenings in cinema's in Northern Ireland[5] and the Isle of Man.[6] Reeves received second billing for his work on the film, despite having almost twice as much screen-time as the highest billed Dave Molyneux.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Steve Webster
With: Paul Woodhead
World Sidecar Champion
2005–2007
With: Tristan Reeves (2005–2006)
Patrick Farrance (2007)
Succeeded by
Pekka Päivärinta
With: Timo Karttiala
Preceded by
Pekka Päivärinta
With: Adolf Hänni
World Sidecar Champion
2012
With: Ashley Hawes (2012)
Succeeded by
Pekka Päivärinta
With: Adolf Hänni
Preceded by
Pekka Päivärinta
With: Adolf Hänni
World Sidecar Champion
2014
With: Gregory Cluze
Succeeded by
Bennie Streuer
With: Geert Koerts
Preceded by
Ben Birchall
With: Tom Birchall
World Sidecar Champion
2019
With: Mark Wilkes
Succeeded by
Preceded by
none
World F2 Sidecar Champion
2014-2015
With: Gregory Cluze
Patrick Farrance (2015)
Succeeded by
Ben Birchall
With: Tom Birchall


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