Spa 4 Hours Belgians favourites at ‘4 Hours of Spa Classic’ ?
It will be one of the poles of attraction on the preliminary program of the long-awaited 24H Spa EWC Motos on the first weekend of June. At the initiative of DG Sport, the '4 Hours of Spa Classic' will allow machines built between 1980 and 2001, known as 'Youngtimers', to take advantage of the limelight. And the Belgians might even be the stars in their own country...
To win, the regional and national teams will nevertheless have to overcome the international teams that have already announced themselves. Starting with the British Neate Racing, who line up in SSK Pro with Steven Neate, Sam Neate and Jonny Towers. Also from the United Kingdom is Young SCERT (SSK Pro) with Steve Clark and Steve Boam, or Team BIKE (SSK Pro), who had the excellent idea of putting their trust in a certain… Stéphane Mertens, partnered with the Frenchman Lancelot Unissart ! As for the Germans from ZXR H.P. Block Endurance (SSK Pro), they will be represented by the Flying Dutchman, Marcel Zuurbier, accompanied by Heinz Platacis.
The rest of the participants will defend the black-yellow-red flag, with in SSK Pro Z. Racing Endurance (Geert Verhelst - Christiaan Govaert), and in SBK Pro Wild Thing Racing (Bruno Weynand - Kevin Kaut - Stig Dupuis), The Flying Hermans (Maarten Van Den Eynde - Axel Windels) and Fly Killers Racing (Eric Delrez - Ludovic Landolfi)
As for the SSK category, the battle for the victory will be fought between the national teams Vulcanet (Marc Detournay - Arnaud Repaire), The Flying Hermans 2 (Gert-Jan De Hertog - Tom Mannaerts) and Warpspeed Classic Racing (Bart Alenus - Kris Reniers). Finally, in SBK, Les 400 Coups (Bruno Gohy, Roy Muzzoni and Frenchman Romain Fortemps) will try to get the best of the SRAD team (Angelo Grauwmans and Dutchman Frank Schouren). Many beautiful clashes in perspective…
This means that Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha motorcyles of 600, 750 and 1000cc will compete for four hours on the 7 kilometre ribbon of asphalt of the Ardennes… after taking part in the Wednesday evening Parade, in the heart of Malmedy. No doubt, the 'Youngtimers' will not go unnoticed on the occasion of the great return of the World Championship Endurance in the heart of the Ardennes ! Action…
