{"id":699902,"date":"2026-05-28T11:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/699902\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:26:10","slug":"2026-isle-of-man-tt-no-risk-to-lives-of-sidecar-pair-after-big-off-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/699902\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Isle of Man TT: No risk to lives of Sidecar pair after \u201cbig off\u201d in practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Isle of Man TT Sidecar duo Ryan and Callum Crowe\u2019s condition has been described as non-life-threatening following a practice crash, though they will miss the rest of the event.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan and Callum Crowe came into the 2026 Isle of Man TT looking to continue their run of four successive victories in the Sidecar class.<\/p>\n<p>The duo also set a new outright lap record for the three-wheelers last year, making them the overwhelming favourite for success this year.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/crowes_1600x900.jpg\"   type=\"image\/jpeg\" alt=\"Ryan Crowe, Callum Crowe, 2026 Isle of Man TT.\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.78\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Ryan Crowe, Callum Crowe, 2026 Isle of Man TT.<\/p>\n<p> \u00a9\u00a0Isle of Man TT<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/rr\/news\/1096265\/1\/wednesdays-isle-man-tt-qualifying-red-flagged-after-ryan-crowe-callum-crowe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their 2026 TT came to a shuddering halt on Wednesday evening<\/a> during practice after a crash at the Crosby section of the course.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>The session was red-flagged and was not restarted.<\/p>\n<p>The TT reported at the time that both Crowe brothers were conscious and talking, and have been taken to Noble\u2019s Hospital for further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Their father, former racer Nick Crowe, provided an update late on Wednesday night, stating that both had suffered fractures and head injuries, but were not in a life-threatening condition.<\/p>\n<p>A brief statement from Nick Crowe read: \u201cAs you probably all know by now, the boys had a big off at Crosby leap.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate all the concern. Although they have fractures and a head injury, they are sedated at the minute, there is no risk to their lives.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will update you all when I know more; thanks for all your concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Crowe incident was the second major crash in the Sidecar class this week, after Tuesday\u2019s running was red-flagged following an off for Maria Costello. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/rr\/news\/1096257\/1\/maria-costello-serious-stable-after-isle-man-tt-qualifying-accident\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Her condition was described as serious but stable.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Dafabet Racing team also confirmed on Wednesday evening that its rider, Mikey Evans, was involved in a crash at the Greba section during the solo qualifying session.<\/p>\n<p> Show X Embedded Content<\/p>\n<p>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/p>\n<p>Following a trip to hospital for checks, he was later discharged.<\/p>\n<p>The team reported initially: \u201cYou may have heard, Mikey was involved in an incident this evening at Greba.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was taken to Noble\u2019s where he is conscious, talking and currently undergoing further assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It later reported: \u201cThe good news is that there are no broken bones and he has been discharged from hospital. He will be back in the paddock tomorrow [Thursday].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organisers confirmed on Wednesday evening that it would not be using Thursday\u2019s contingency qualifying sessions.<\/p>\n<p>Track action will resume on Friday with final qualifying before racing begins from Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isle of Man TT Sidecar duo Ryan and Callum Crowe\u2019s condition has been described as non-life-threatening following a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,28425,85],"class_list":["post-699902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-road-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}