Louis Christen Racing (LCR) is a

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manufacturer named after founder Louis Christen. LCR sidecars have dominated sidecar road racing winning 30 World Sidecar Championships including every one of Steve Webster's 10 world championships. LCR started in 1971 building open wheel racing cars,

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and

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. In 1976 the first LCR sidecar was designed. From 1983 to 1989 they produced a series of successful

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frames for the 80 cc and 125 cc

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solo classes. The

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works team and later Krauser were using 80 cc frames and rider

Stefan Dörflinger Stefan Dörflinger (born 23 December 1948 in Nagold, Germany) is a Swiss former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Dörflinger won four consecutive FIM road racing world championships. In 1982 and 1983, he was the 50 cc world champion. In 19 ...

twice won the

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. There were several Grand Prix wins in the 125 class with

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engines. In 2007 LCR expanded into the Formula 2 sidecar class, supplying two sidecars for the

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, including the one campaigned by Manxmen Nick Crowe and Daniel Sayle that set a new lap record.http://www.iomtt.com/TT-Database/TT-Records/Lap-Records.aspx

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External links

www.lcr-sidecar.com
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