Tom Cossar a major doubt for Empire Classic Sidecar Speedway event at Brandon - The Rugby Observer

Tom Cossar a major doubt for Empire Classic Sidecar Speedway event at Brandon

Rugby Editorial 24th May, 2016 Updated: 27th Oct, 2016   0

RUGBY’s Tom Cossar faces a race against time to get himself and his bike back together for the Empire Classic Sidecar Speedway event at Brandon on June 3.

The 24-year-old sent his sidecar skywards in an alarming crash at Swingfield in Kent and suffering bad bruising to his right leg when hit from behind by another rider. The crash also caused severe damage to his 1,000cc engine.

“It’s not exactly the preparation I had in mind for Brandon, but it could have been much worse,” said Tom. “I’m still going to have a go at the Empire Classic. I can’t miss it, especially as it might be the only sidecar event there this season.”

The younger of the Cossar racing brothers will be taking his hopefully repaired grasstrack bike onto the Coventry shale, determined to get off to a good start.




“It’ll be okay at the beginning of the meeting if the conditions are grippy,” he added. “But it’s a definite disadvantage if and when it goes slick.”

The youngest ever winner of the British Masters Grasstrack at just 17, when he was passenger to brother Mark in 2009, Tom has made rapid strides this year as a rider in his own right.


He has further hindered at Brandon by having to bring in a replacement passenger, but one way or another, hopes to force his way into the reckoning and give big brother Mark a run for his money.

The first race of the Empire Classic Sidecar Speedway on June 3 is at 7pm. Tickets are priced at £10 for adults while children under the age of 16 get to enter for free.

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