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Written by Andrew Jones
First there was Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines. Then came the Merry Pranksters. After that there was the Wacky Racers, the Cannonball Run and Burning Man. So just when you think that the whole creativity/machines/party thing has been milked dry, along comes the inimitable Sultans of Sprint. Its origins are French. Considering their invention of the Etch-a-Sketch, drinking champagne while hot air ballooning and nudity in cinema, who else could it have been" So like an impossible circus full to the brim with high octane, neon colours and crazy smiles, they recently descended on Belgium’s famous Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for their own special brand of folie. Here’s what went down. Amelie Mooseder Launches VTR’s ?Spitfire? BMW
Hosted alongside the ?Bikers’ Classics? retro racing event at the legendary racetrack, the second round of the Sultans of Sprint Challenge for 2018 was a hot blast in more ways than one. With extreme temps, the weather had exactly nothing in common with those of last year; the mercury reached almost 40°C in the shade. So with more nitrous than a Las Vegas dentists? convention and more speed than a long distance truck driver, things kicked off.

While the speed and their fellow competitors are usually a S.O.S. rider’s biggest challenge, the silly high temperatures at Spa were a new test to face for all of the Sultans of Sprint racers, riders & teams. Who said Belgique ca...