Chris Etheridge
British sidecarcross rider
About Chris Etheridge
Chris Etheridge is a retired British sidecarcross rider. In the Sidecarcross World Championship his greatest success has been three top-ten finishes in a career stretching over sixteen seasons from 1986 to 2001, while domestically he has won ten national British Sidecarcross Championships, a record at the time but since broken. In this era however Paul and Mark Millard proved to strong for Etheridge on each occasion, the Millards taking out five consecutive national titles. The closest Etheridge came to finishing above the pair was in 1987 when he finished only thirteen points behind.
With a new passenger, Nick Brace, a new engine make, a Zabel, and the retirement of Paul Millard Etheridge started to dominate the national championship from 1991 onwards, winning six consecutive titles until 1997. The first three seasons were won with a comfortable margin, in 1994 however Etheridge took the title out by only four points. Etheridge had almost missed out because of a broken shoulder the week before the final round but rode despite the injury and against the doctors advice. From 1994 he switched to Garry Withers as his permanent passenger, having utilised him before sporadically.
His record of ten national titles was surpassed by Stuart Brown in 2013 when the latter won his eleventh title.
World Championship Chris Etheridge made his debut in the Sidecarcross World Championship at the opening race of the 1986 season, the British Grand Prix, finishing third in his first-ever race and eighteenth overall in the competition. The first seven seasons Etheridge experienced moderate success in the competition, racing sporadically, with a twelfth place overall and two podium finishes in races in 1991 as his best result. A more successful era followed from 1993 to 1995 when, racing with Garry Withers as his passenger he finished in the top-ten each season. The 1993 season became his best-ever in the World Championship, finishing seventh overall and taking out three race wins, one in Germany and two at the British Grand Prix in Langrish, thereby winning the later event, the only GP victory in his career.
Season by season The season by season results in the World Championship for Chris Etheridge: Season Passenger Equipment Position Points Races Wins Second Third1986 Shane SkeatsMaico-EML18475ββ11987 Shane SkeatsMaico-EML28143βββ1988 Shane SkeatsKawasaki-WASP24315βββ1989 Ray ElthamKawasaki-WASP5511βββ1990 Nick BraceKawasaki-WASP26213βββ1991 Nick BraceZabel-EML12585β111992 Garry Withers Shane Skeats Nick BraceZabel-VMC188212βββ1993 Nick Brace Garry WithersZabel-EML7239223121994 Garry WithersZabel-VMC10108151ββ1995 Garry WithersKTM-BSU 910613β1β1996 Mike Turner Garry WithersKTM-BSU165291ββ1997 Paul Henderson KTM-BSU18428βββ1998 Garry WithersZabel-BSU3773βββ1999 Jason Peters John ChambersZabel-EML19519βββ2000 John ChambersMTH-BSU233351ββ2001 John ChambersMTH-VMC21425βββ Overall 1986 β 2001934123634
Key 1 World Champions 2 Runners-up 3 Third placed 4 β 10 Driver finished fourth to tenth
Honours British National Sidecarcross Championship Winners: (10) 1991β1997, 1999β2001 Runners-up: (5) 1986β1991
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