Bahrain ace Khaled Mohammed scored a fine double in an exciting third round of the 2015-2016 Bahrain Drag Racing Championship, hosted last week by Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir.
Mohammed triumphed in both the Super Street V8 and Pro Mod classes to headline a fine performance from the E K Kanoo Racing Team during an action-packed and chilly night, in which American teammate Garry White also won in the Outlaw 6-Cylinder division.
“It was a very good round from us,” said Mohammed. “We were testing all week so we were as prepared as we could be for the event.
“The track was also very good. The weather was perfect, so everything was in place for us to do well.”
A total of 95 participants, competing in 13 different categories for cars and bikes, turned up at Sakhir for the head-to-head battles.
The meeting was organised by Bahrain Drag Racing Club (BDRC) in cooperation with BIC and Bahrain Motor Federation (BMF).
In the Super Street V8 category, Mohammed steered his Lexus ISF challenger to first place after defeating Sulyman Abdulla in a tightly contested final.
The winner registered an elapsed time of 4.474 seconds, while his Kuwaiti rival had a mark of 4.869s. Khalid Akhthar of Saudi Arabia finished third.
In the Pro Mod class, Mohammed was behind the wheel of a Camaro and he did not disappoint. Going up against Kuwait’s Abdulla Al Suri in the final run, Mohammed won in 3.844s. Al Suri finished behind in 4.058s, while Bader Orshid was third.
Meanwhile, White was a big winner in the Outlaw 6-Cylinder category. He clocked a final run of 7.074s, easily beating Bahraini Mohammed Shakeeb who completed the quarter-mile in 14.786s. Jassim Zaman was ranked third.
“We are very pleased to have done so well; but now our team is already looking forward to the next round,” Mohammed added. “We are starting from now to prepare, which shows how much we enjoy doing this.
Elsewhere in the cars classes, it was a good night out for the Bahraini drivers. Adel Hassan won the Street 4 and 6 category with a time of 9.761secs, Mohammed bin Hasher won in the Outlaw Front-Wheel-Drive in 8.834secs, Hamad Al Murbati clinched first place in the Super Street 6-Cylinder class in 7.468secs, and Khalid Abdulkareem won in the Index 10.5 in 11.070secs.
Also victorious were Mohammed Sulyman in the Street V8 in 8.226secs, Kuwaiti Abdulrahman Salim in the Competition 4.5 class in 4.557secs, and Abdulla Alsory in the Outlaw 10.5 category in 4.362secs.
In the bikes classes, Saudi riders made a clean sweep of the top of the podium.
Mashari Al Muri won the Street Bike category in 9.008secs, Mashari Al Turki triumphed in the Super Street Bike in 6.952s and Fahim Zahran won the Index Bike 9.50 in 9.725s.
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