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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 championships are run for 500cc Sidecars only and to qualify for the Final there are semi-finals. 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

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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

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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
2021   Cancelled
2022   Eenrum   Markus Venus & Markus Eibl   Mitch Godden & Paul Smith   Wilfred Detz & Wendy Arling
2023   Bad-Hersfeld   Markus Brandhofer & Sandra Mollema   Mitch Godden & Paul Smith   Wilfred Detz & Bonita Van Dijk

Driver champions

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Country Passenger First Second Third Podium
  Kunert, Thomas 11 5 1 16
  Onderka, Josef 10 4 0 14
  Matthijssen, William 7 5 2 14
  Datzmann, Michael 4 0 1 5
  Keil, Karl 2 4 4 10
  Venus, Markus 1 4 3 8
  Pagel, Heinz 1 3 2 6
  Glorie, Marco 1 0 5 6
  Holstein, Sven 1 0 2 3
  Bauer, Otto 1 0 1 2
  Goodwin, Josh 1 0 0 1
  Godden, Mitch 0 3 1 4
  Bischoff, Oswald 0 2 3 5
  Brandhofer, Markus 1 2 2 3
  Bolliger, Hans 0 2 0 2
  Heim, Ewald 0 1 2 3
  Detz, Wilfred 0 0 2 2
  Detz, Mark 0 1 1 2
  Waller, Egon 0 1 0 1
  Lippmann, Michael 0 1 0 1
  Murmann, Peter 0 1 0 1
  Hoekstra, Tjeerd 0 1 0 1
  Radley, Nick 0 1 0 1
  Brandhofer, Stefan 0 0 3 3
  Meyer, Rudolf 0 0 1 1
  Wehrle, Ulrich 0 0 1 1
  Soger, Bernd 0 0 1 1
  Sambarrey, Laurent 0 0 1 1
  Leduc, Jacues 0 0 1 1
  Grenier, Christophe 0 0 1 1

Passenger champions

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Country Passenger First Second Third Podium
  Eibl, Markus 5 1 1 7
  Datzmann, Rosamunde 4 0 1 5
  Matthijssen (Stellingwerf), Nathalie 3 3 1 7
  Mollema, Sandra 5 1 0 6
  Reeg, Joachim 2 3 2 7
  Kuhberger, Uwe 2 2 0 4
  Bacher, Hermann 2 2 0 4
  Onderka, Franz 2 1 3 6
  Hundsrucker, Marco 2 1 1 4
  Wolf, Robert 2 0 0 2
  Wamprechtshammer, Martin 2 0 0 2
  Kreuzer, Bernd 2 0 0 2
  Zaddach, Jurgen 1 2 1 4
  Feigl, Josef 1 2 0 3
  Drenth, Harry 1 0 4 5
  Daubert, Desiree 1 0 1 2
  Stiegelbrunner, Peter 1 0 1 2
  Huber, Walter 1 0 0 1
  Maier, Wolfgang 1 0 0 1
  Brown, Liam 1 0 0 1
  Heiss, Markus 0 3 2 5
  Gloor, Bernhard 0 2 0 2
  Siebert, Mario 0 1 3 4
  Heim, Robert 0 1 2 3
  Boers, Erwin 0 1 1 2
  Smith, Paul 0 3 1 4
  Starke, Edgar 0 1 0 1
  WernerKempa, Hans 0 1 0 1
  Ganss, Willi 0 1 0 1
  Ganster, Reiner 0 1 1 1
  Muller, Stefan 0 1 0 1
  Falter, Rainer 0 1 0 1
  Auwema, Henk 0 1 0 1
  Arling, Wendy 0 0 1 1
  Beller, Helmut 0 1 0 1
  Niedermeier, Florian 0 1 0 1
  van Dijk, Bonita 0 1 1 2
  Radley, Abi 0 1 0 1
  Scheunemann, Tim 0 1 0 1
  Eibl, Daniel 0 0 2 2
  Held, Diter 0 0 1 1
  Rufat, Stefan 0 0 1 1
  Bucker, Herbert 0 0 1 1
  van Dijk, Erik 0 0 1 1
  Brandt, Heinz 0 0 1 1
  Sambarrey, Lionel 0 0 1 1
  Gorget, Michel 0 0 1 1
  Eelding, Gerald 0 0 1 1
  Tralau, Berit 0 0 1 1
  Gunthor, Corinna 0 0 1 1
  Goodwin, Anthony 0 0 1 1
  Sanders, Gerben 0 0 1 1
  Zapf, Michael 0 0 1 1

Results by country

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Team First Second Third Podium
Team Driver Passenger Driver Passenger Driver Passenger Total
  Germany 31 33 27 27 24 24 166
  Netherlands 10 8 7 7 13 13 58
  England 1 1 4 4 1 2 13
  Switzerland 0 0 2 2 0 0 4
  France 0 0 0 0 3 2 5

Medal percentage

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Country Percentage
  Germany 67.48
  Netherlands 23.58
  England 5.28
  France 2.03
  Switzerland 1.63

European Solo Championship

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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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