Kerr and Jen (Image Courtesy of Murdoch Ferguson)

My name is Kerr Douglas and I am 38 years old. I took up sidecar racing in 2002 as a passenger on a Formula 2 outfit. A successful year followed with us winning the Scottish Sidecar Club Championship and the Melville Motorcycle Club Championship. Unfortunately after this initial success the driver had to give up to go and work abroad leaving me without a ride for 2003.
Fortunately another driver asked me to step in as his passenger in July. With several more successful results on this Formula 1 outfit I got my national licence in time to go to the Sunflower meeting at Bishopscourt circuit in Ireland. Against full grids we managed to get up into the prize money.
Returning to Scotland we rounded off the season at Knockhill at the Jock Taylor meeting where we led this prestigious sidecar race for 6 laps against World and European championship contenders, finally being beaten into a creditable 3rd place.

Unfortunately the week after our success at Cadwell Park I was involved in an accident on my road bike that left me paralysed from the waist down. I thought this might be the end to my sidecar racing ventures. However, my first trip out of rehab, just 6 weeks after my accident was to the Jock Taylor sidecar meeting at Knockhill. There I was introduced to Johan Reuterholt, a sidecar driver from Sweden racing in the final round of the European Championship. He too was paralysed from the waist and showed me that I may not be able to compete as a sidecar passenger but there was nothing to stop me taking up driving.
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