By Aficionados, super enthusiasts, will be firmly aware of Mettet (Circuit Jules Tacheny) place in pure road racing’s rich history.
Legends, icons, superheroes have previously graced the Wallonia located circuit, including:
The only Motorcycle Grand Prix & F1 World Champion in history, John Surtees, Rod Coleman, Fergus Anderson, 1949 500cc World Champion Les Graham.
IRRC great Sebastien Le Grelle, ten times TT winner, fifteen times World Champion Giacomo Agostini, Dave Simmonds, Stephane Mertens and Patrick Pons.
Recently, the 38th Superbiker Mettet edition sped into fruition, with a gargantuan international field.
Five times successive Supermoto World Champion, a previous IRRC Superbike race winner at Schleizer Dreieck, Marc Reiner Schmidt, kept at bay Austrian rider Lukas Hollbacher for Superbiker final victory.
Behind Reiner Schmidt, notable race finishers, carrying alternative bulks of roads scene adventures included treble race winner on debut at Oliver’s Mount, during the Barry Sheene Festival, Storm Stacey (P10), Superbike TT winner, Armoy ‘Race of Legends’ lap record holder Davey Todd (P23).
Jamie Cringle (P44) and brother, TT 2023 RST Star of Tomorrow award winner Ryan Cringle (P47).
Marcus Simpson, widely known as ‘Spartacus,’ Jim Genin, a previous Chimay Open Trophy competitor were also competing but neither qualified for the feature race.
Photo credit: Thijs Van Der Horst
Words by Stevie Rial #dontletfearcontrolyou
