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Spills and thrills as tuk tuks battle in Sri Lanka

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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE RED BULL TUK IT RACE, A TWO-DAY TUK TUK RACE THROUGH SRI LANKA, SOUNDBITE FROM ONE OF THE RACE PARTICIPANTS

SHOWS:

HANWELLA, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 22, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

1. TUK TUKS ON OBSTACLE COURSE AS PART OF THE RED BULL TUK IT RACE

2. CREW MEMBERS HANGING OFF TUK TUKS AS THEIR TEAMS MAKE A SHARP TURN ON THE COURSE

3. TUK TUK GETTING STUCK GOING UP A HILL AND CREW MEMBERS JUMPING OUT TO PUSH

4. VARIOUS OF TUK TUKS GOING THOUGH COURSE

5. TUK TUK CRASHING AND SPILLING OVER ON COURSE / CREW PUSHING IT BACK UPRIGHT

6. TUK TUK NEARLY TIPPING OVER

WEE OYA, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 22, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

7. VARIOUS OF CREWS LEADING THEIR TUK TUKS THROUGH CREEK

MADULKALE, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 22, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

8. VARIOUS OF TUK TUKS TRAVELLING JUNGLE ROAD AT NIGHT

HANWELLA, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 22, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

9. CREW INSIDE THEIR TUK TUK, ONE MEMBER TELLING DRIVER IN ENGLISH TO "GO FASTER"

MADULKALE, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 22, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

10. (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED PARTICIPANT, SAYING:

"I don't know what kind of person comes up with a road that is good for a tuk tuk to drive on, but some of the roads are pretty crazy. But it's been an adventure for sure. We already had a few little happenings, you know. We broke the engine mount, right? So, that was exciting. That took us a while to figure out and like, pushing the tuk tuk through the off-road bits until we eventually got to a garage"

WEE OYA, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 22, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

11. CREW PUSHING TUK TUK THROUGH CREEK

MADULKALE, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 22, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

12. TUK TUK ON A JUNGLE ROAD

SEMBUWATHTHA, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 23, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

13. TUK TUKS ARRIVING TO SEMBUWATHTHA NEAR THE FINISH LINE

NAULA, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 23, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

14. TUK TUKS ON SEMBUWATHTHA ROAD

15. TUK TUK NEARLY SPINNING OUT ON SEMBUWATHTHA ROAD

16. TUK TUK ON ROAD

MATALE, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 23, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

17. TUK TUKS RACING TOWARD THE FINISH LINE

18. CREW MEMBERS HANGING OUT OF THEIR TUK TUKS ON FINAL STRETCH

DAMBULLA, SRI LANKA (FEBRUARY 23, 2020) (RED BULL CONTENT POOL - SEE RESTRICTIONS BEFORE USE)

19. WINNERS TAKING A LAP AT FINISH LINE

20. OTHER TUK TUKS ARRIVING TO FINISH LINE

STORY: Daring Sri Lankan tuk tuk drivers put their three-wheeled vehicles to the test in a gruelling race through city streets and off-road jungle terrain in a two-day adventure that ended with one crew crowned the winners of the annual Tuk It race.

A total of 237 teams of three competed in the fourth edition of the race that took them through an obstacle course in Hanwella before making their way through the Sri Lankan jungle and past cities on their way to the finish line in Dambulla about 140 kilometres (86 miles) away.

Crews led their iconic Sri Lankan tuks through three stages on day one, leaving the fourth and final stage for the second day.

Blow outs, engine failures and countless tippings-over could not stop the tuk tuk crews as they ploughed through the course, but it was Team 93-4 who crossed the finish line first to top this year's podium.

(Production: Kurt Michael Hall)