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Steve Webster (sidecar racer)

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39: 52: 1616: 149:, North Yorkshire, Webster began as a 19-year-old racing at club level, first racing at the Elvington Airfield circuit near York, and quickly moved up to national and then world championship in 1983, winning his first world championship in 1987 while partnered with Tony Hewitt, riding an 1653: 188:, shown many times on television where the sidecar left the track at high speed, slid along the grass before hitting a drainage ditch. The accident caused the pair to miss most of the season. 1533: 1529: 1522: 1518: 1511: 1507: 1383: 1379: 1682: 1707: 571: 1646: 162: 127: 206:
In 2004 Webster won British, European, and World titles, but in 2005 Webster announced his retirement after health problems prevented him finishing the season.
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and World Cup races entered, he has had 62 wins, 37 second places and 27 third places as well as 82 pole positions. He has won the
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Sidecar World Championship on 10 occasions (1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, and 2004), with Tony Hewitt,
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In 2015, Webster was reunited with Hewitt on track, the pair taking part in a test event at
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In 2006, Webster received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
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for services to sidecar racing. He was the recipient of the
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Sidecar Racing Legends Webster and Hewitt Back on Track
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In 1985 Webster and Hewitt had a massive crash at the
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Index

MBE

United Kingdom
British
Isle of Man TT
1983
MBE
English
sidecar
FIM
Sidecar World Championships
sidecar
Easingwold
LCR
Yamaha
Grand Prix
FIM
Gavin Simmons
David James
Paul Woodhead
Dutch TT
Assen
Member of the Order of the British Empire
1990 Birthday Honours
Segrave Trophy
Auto Cycle Union
Mallory Park


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