Double delight for Jackson, Khaled

Manama : Steve Jackson and Khaled Mohammed were amongst the biggest winners in the 2016/2017 Bahrain Drag Racing Championship-Arabian Pro Series, which came to a close on Saturday night with an end-of-season awards ceremony held at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir.

Jackson and Mohammed came away with two titles, having won categories in both the national championship and the Arabian series, which they share hosting privileges with Doha.

The ceremony was attended by several high-ranking officials including BIC Chairman of the Board, Arif Rahimi and BIC Chief Executive Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa, along with guests, sponsors, and team members.

Competing for returning outfit Bahrain1Racing, Jackson triumphed in the highly competitive Pro Mod category, whereas Mohammed, driving for E Kanoo Racing, clinched both trophies in the Super Street V8. Jackson enjoyed a near-perfect debut campaign in Bahrain, winning four of the five rounds held at BIC while also setting a new World Record in his class.

“We had a lot of preparation and a lot of work went into this season,” said the American, who is more popularly known by his nickname “Stevie Fast”.

“This was a really great season for us, specifically for this Super Street V8 category because we were planning to take both championships here. We also did very well in the Pro Mod,” said the veteran Bahraini.

Three other drivers managed to come away with the Bahrain championship-Arabian Pro Series double. They included Kuwaiti Meshal Alsaber in the Pro Bike category, Saudi Mishari Al Turki in the Super Street Bike class and Kuwaiti Jamal Al Maghribi in the Index 4.5 category.

Others champions for 2016/2017 were Kuwaiti Shaikh Duij Al Sabah in the Outlaw 10.5 for Bahrain and Qatari Mustafa Al Atat in the Outlaw 10.5 of the Arabian Pro Series; American Gary White in the Outlaw 6-Cylinder for Bahrain and Bahraini Yousif Al Zayani in the Arabian Pro Series; and Bader bin Edan in the Street Bike’s Bahrain championship with fellow-Kuwaiti claiming the same category’s Arabian Pro title.

Several other titles were handed out in the Bahrain championship.

Salah Salahuddin won in the Street V8 to lead six Bahraini winners. 

His triumphant countrymen included Ahmed Aljalahma in the Street 4 and 6, Mohammed Mubarak in the Outlaw Front-Wheel-Drive, Hamad Al Murbati in the Super Street 6, Mohammed Jawad in the Index 9.50 and Hussain Hassan in the Index 8.50.

Kuwaiti Suliyman Dawood on in the Index 10.50 and Saudi Fadi Abu Jamoos was the champion in the Bike Index 9.50.