Bahrain Drag Racing Championship to flag off 2024/2025 season this week on BIC strip
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Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), ‘The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East’, is bringing back the region’s biggest and most competitive drag racing series this week for another action-packed campaign that will be lighting up the strip.
The first of five rounds in the 2024/2025 Bahrain Drag Racing Championship takes place this Tuesday to Friday (Editor’s note: 19 to 22 November) in Sakhir, with top drag racing teams and drivers from around the world set to compete.
They will be going head-to-head along BIC’s world-class quarter-mile drag strip – part of the Worldwide Network of the U.S.-based National Hot Rod Association (NHRA).
The championship, which is sanctioned by the NHRA, is being organised and run by BIC in cooperation with the Bahrain Motor Federation and Bahrain Drag Racing Commission.
The competing drag racers will be battling in their respective classes for glory and all-important championship points. At the end of the season, each category will crown their champion, who will get to take home a prestigious ‘Wally Trophy’ – awarded only to title winners of NHRA events.
The ‘Wally’ is drag racing’s most prestigious accolade. It has been named after NHRA founder Wally Parks, and has been handed out since the 1969 NHRA season in the US.
This week’s events at BIC get underway with two nights of Test and Tune on Tuesday and Wednesday from 6pm to 12midnight. Qualifying will then be held on Thursday, which will set the elimination ladders for race day on Friday. Action on both days is scheduled to be held from 4pm onwards.
Fans looking to attend the season-opener can watch all the excitement on the strip from BIC’s Beyon Grandstand. Tickets for each night of Test and Tune are BD2 apiece, while tickets for qualifying and race day are BD3 per person for each day.
Tickets can be purchased online at bahraingp.com, by calling the BIC Hotline on +973-17450000, or at the gate.
Racing this season will be held in 14 categories for both cars and motorbikes. The cars classes include the Index 7.5, Pro 29.5 V8, Outlaw 4 Cylinder, Outlaw 6 Cylinder, Index 10.00, Index 9.00, Index 8.50, Competition 4.5, and Pro Mod; while the motorbike classes are Pro Street Bike, Street Fight 9.5, Index 8.5 Bike, Outlaw Bike, and Street Fight.
The cars classes will be headlined by the ultra-competitive Pro Mod category, which is set to feature heated battles between top crews and their drivers – among whom are recently crowned NHRA world champions Bahrain1 Racing, owned by His Majesty the King’s Personal Representative and Supreme Council for Environment Chairman His Highness Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
Bahrain1 are perennial title contenders in the kingdom, and they are expected to once again be in the hunt for their category’s crown.
Also available to fans attending each night of the drag races is the Dragster Experience – BIC’s most adrenaline-pumping passenger activity.
Known as ‘the Fastest Ride on Earth’, this offers fans the chance to get a taste of pure speed as they are taken from zero to 100kph in just one-second while in the cockpit of a 10,500cc Top Dragster. It can be enjoyed individually or by two passengers at a time.
The Dragster Experience is available at BD44 for a first passenger, while a second passenger can join for half the price.
The 2024/2025 calendar of the Bahrain Drag Racing Championship is set to feature five rounds.
Round two will be held from 10 to 13 December, and then round three will take place next year from 21 to 24 January. The season’s fourth and penultimate round is then scheduled for 11 to 14 February, setting the stage for the grand finale the very next weekend on 18 to 21 February.
For more information on the Bahrain Drag Racing Championship or other events and experiences at BIC, visit bahraingp.com, call the BIC Hotline, or follow the circuit’s social media channels.
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