The Classic MotorCycle

Triumphant times at Bonneville

Two vintage racers from Cornwall have achieved their ambitious targets of breaking American Land Speed Records against the epic backdrop of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Western Utah, USA.

Phil Betty and Miki Sprosen, both vintage and classic clubman racers for over 20 years, together form Team Wildcard. They are sponsored by Monty’s Classic Motorcycles, who, like the racers, is based in the Tamar Valley in East Cornwall.

Both riders have been track racing with British Historic Racing since the 1990s and four years ago they made the mutual decision to branch out

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