THEY say you need to be slightly demented to race sidecars around street circuits and the House of Madness team fits the bill.
Twenty-three-year-old Wanganui dairy farming mates Cory Winter and Tim Shepard come into the final round of the Suzuki Series F1 sidecar championship in third place on points.
And surprisingly, the pair race a F2 600cc machine up against series leaders Aaron Lovell and Tracey Bryan's 1000cc grunter. Second placed on the leader board, former Wanganui lads Adam Unsworth and Stu Dawe now based in Auckland, also race a 1000cc machine.
House of Madness team manager Dave Lett tipped his crew to produce a podium performance over the two races of the final leg on Boxing Day.
"These guys are the up-and-comers in sidecar racing in this country and really exciting to watch," Lett said yesterday.