Spectators love watching sidecars race, this is demonstrated by the crowds that flock to the fence as the outfits head out to the grid.
The people who are associated with sidecar racing love it just as much. It truly is a labour of love for anyone involved with any class of sidecar racing that we love to share if given even half a chance.
Our guests are from all eras and disciplines of sidecar racing in Australia.
From one lunatic to another, we welcome you to jump on and have a listen as we share and preserve some amazing Aussie Sidecar Stories.
For this episode we start in the UK in the 1970’s when JohnWillmore first watched sidecars race on iconic tracks, and then he joined them out there for sometimes 30 plus racing events a year.
When John and his family moved to Australia, as fate wouldhave it the call of the track was not far away, as they moved within earshot of Lakeside in Queensland. He found himself racing once more until he and his wife hit the road and ended up settling in Tasmania.
There wasn’t any sidecars racing in Tassie when he arrived,but after making a few connections John has been a passionate advocate and big supporter of getting them back out on road and speedway tracks.
22 Oct 2026
Tony and Tamryn's Aussie Sidecar Story
When Tony Codrington started out racing the South Australian sidecar circuit he was in it to win it like many are, but over time his goals have changed and this year he half ticked off one of them when he entered the 24 Hour Reliability Trial with his daughter Tamryn on the side. We say half ticked, because they didn’t finish, but after and adventurous season they are looking forward to giving it another crack next year.
We catch up with Tony and Tamryn to recap the 2026 SouthAustralian Reliability Trial series and how Tony feels having now had his wife, son and daughter as his passenger.
Then we loop back to the 70’s and 80’s when he was introduce to she sport and the highs and lows of racing that followed.
15 Oct 2026
Nichola's Aussie Sidecar Story
The 2026 Australian Historic Road Race Championships have been run and won at Collie Motorplex in Western Australia, so we caught up with one of the period 4 sidecar competitors Nichola Caddy about how the event went.
Nichola and her passenger Dave Gardiner were riding a machine that holds special significance for the event, as it is one that Nichola made her debut on with her dad as the rider.
In this episode we talk the Aussie titles, the rebuild to get there, Nichola’s time as a passenger on a P4, and then what it was like jumping on to ride an F2 as well as the historic.
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