THE engines were back roaring and tyres wailing as Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) hosted the season-opening round of the 2018-2019 Bahrain Drag Racing Championship in Sakhir.
Five of Bahrain’s leading talents - Nawaf Almanaai, Salah Salahuddin, Hussain Akber, Saad Saleh and Hamad Ahmed - raced to victory. Competition was held in 15 categories.
A total of 108 competitors gathered at BIC’s quarter-mile drag strip for four days of action. They came from all over the Gulf including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE and hosts Bahrain.
The meeting was organised by Bahrain Drag Racing Club (BDRC) in cooperation with BIC, Bahrain Motor Federation and Bahrain Motorcycle Club.
Almanaai (7.418 seconds) triumphed in the Super Street 6-Cylinder class, defeating Mohamed Hussain (11.740) from Saudi Arabia in the final. Mohammed Al Jlahma of Bahrain was third.
Salahuddin (7.618) followed suit, winning in the Street V8 category, beating Kuwait’s Mohammed Suliman (7.708s). Ali Aljoder, also of Bahrain, was third.
Akber (11.930s) won in the Outlaw 10.5 class, beating Nabeel Al Isa of Saudi while Khalid Ahmed Saif of Bahrain was third.
Saleh (4.092s) won in the Pro Mod category, beating countryman Hani Hussain (4.162s). Ali Haji made it an all-Bahraini podium finishing third.
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Ahmed (9.496s) then rounded out the Bahraini victors winning the Street Fight Bikes category, beating Abdulla Almunif of Saudi while. Fadi Abu Jamus of Palestine was third.
Other results:
Outlaw Front-Wheel-Drive: 1 Bader Dashtti (Kuwait) 2, Ahmed Mohamed (Bahrain).
Outlaw 6-Cylinder: 1 Jassim Ali Al Ali (UAE), 2 Jassim Zaman (Kuwait).
Competition 4.5: 1 Basil Abbas (Kuwait), 2 Abdulmajed Hussain (UAE).
Index 10.5: Suliman Dawood (Kuwait), 2 Ali Abdulaziz (Bahrain).
Index 9.5: 1 Mohamed Jawad (Saudi), 2 Khalid Abdulkareem (Bahrain).
1 Index 8.5: Adnan Hsisi (Kuwait), 2 Sayed Hussain Alhadad.
Street Bikes: 1 Ahmed Alarrouj (Kuwaiti), 2 Khaled Al Fowzen (Kuwait).
Super Street Bikes: 1 Mishari Al Turki (Saudi), 2 Meshari Al Mari (Kuwait).
Round two is set from December 18 to 22.
For more information on the Bahrain Drag Racing Championship, visit www.bahraingp.com or call BIC +973-17-450000.