National Karting Sprint begins

Manama : As the temperatures begin to rise, so too will the level of action and intensity at Bahrain International Karting Circuit (BIKC) over the next two weekends.

The Bahrain Karting Sprint Championship (BKSC) heads into the final two rounds of its 2015/2016 season, and both are set to be hotly contested events with all still to play for.

The BKSC’s penultimate meeting takes place today in the world-class Sakhir karting facility; and then the championship finale will be held the following weekend on May 6.

Racing in the back-to-back includes the Bahrain Rotax Mojo Max Challenge (BRMMC) and the Bahrain SWS Sprint Championship (SWS).

The BRMMC is a category exclusive for Rotax kart owners, while the SWS is an arrive-and-drive championship that is open to interested participants above the age of 16 of any nationality and skill-level.

They compete in identical RT8 Sodikarts, provided by BIKC.

Stakes are higher than ever before with the season’s titles of both the BRMMC and SWS still up for the taking.

Action begins at 4pm and ends before 7pm. Race one in the SWS is at 5.05pm, followed by race one in the BRMMC at 5.30pm. SWS race two will then be held from 6pm and the BRMMC race two from 6.25pm.

Heading into this weekend’s events in the BRMMC, which marks its fifth and penultimate round, Zaid Audih (140) is the favourite to clinch the title in the Junior Max category, while Talal Beshara (90) is second.

In the BRMMC’s Max/Max Masters class, Shaikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Khalifa (103) is in first place slightly ahead of Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (100) with Hussain Hassan (56) in third.