The Jordanian driver Sanad Shannak has launched his new website, www.sanadshannak.com the site will be updated frequently with the Bank of Jordan Karting Team news and pictures that will be also be available for download.

 

Very bad weather during the week and heavy showers forced the drivers to do all the track work only the day before the race when the track dried up. The track was so slippery and all drivers were slower than the average.

Top three drivers are fighting for the championship lead with one point only between each of them.  Mohammad Bustami, Ahmad Sukhtian and Tarek Sukhtian, all desperately need the first position 12 points to take the lead.

Championship current leader and Ramadan Champion, Bustami was fastest in the qualifying sessions and placed himself in pole position ahead of Sukhtian brothers, Anwar Malas, Sanad Shannak, Othman Abu Samra and Mohammad Abdeen.

On the start of the pre-final race, Bustami easily maintained his position and flew to widen the gap. The 2007 champion, Tarek Sukhtian, overtook his brother on the first turn of the race, but Ahmad was faster and regained his 2nd place on the 6th lap and started to widen the gap as well.

Anwar Malas faced technical problems and had to leave the race. Othman Abu Samra was racing for the first time on the ICA engine and on the RACJ circuit, was fighting for 4th place with Sanad Shannak who was defending his position. Abdeen did not start in the pre-final because of technical problems.

After the pre-final race, Tarek Sukhtian says “Yesterday I was much faster, the kart is not handling well and I am not being able to push to the maximum.” 

On the final race, Mohammad again maintained his first place and won the race to extend his championship lead! But this time with much more pressure from Tarek Sukhtian with two attempts to take over the lead. Ahmad Sukhtian spun on turn two and lost 3 laps before he restarted!

Malas mounted his spare engine, but again faced a technical problem and forced him to leave the race. Abu Samra put much more pressure on Shannak this time and tried to overtake him but he spun off.
Race winner and championship leader Mohammad Bustami said “It was a great race! Everything was running perfect! Many thanks to my sponsors Jordan Karting and Makaseb. I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank Hamza Dirani and Emile Azar for the great support!”

Faisal Bustami and Mahmoud Dajani were not able to take part in this race as they have travelled for university. 

 

Overall race results:
Mohammad Bustami                      Jordan Karting / Makaseb
Tarek Sukhtian                                  Bank of Jordan
Sanad Shannak                                Bank of Jordan
Mohammad Abdeen
Ahmad Sukhtian                  Bank of Jordan

 

	Overall Championship Standings
Pos	Driver	Total	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5
1	M. BUSTAMI	43	10	9	12	12
2	T. SUKHTIAN	40	12	12	6	10
3	A. SUKHTIAN	37	9	10	10	8
4	M. ABDEEN	20	5	6	-	9
5	M. DAJANI	16	0	8	8	-
6	F. BUSTAMI	13	8	5	-	-
7	S. SHANNAK	10	0	0	-	10
8	F. ABDELHADI	9	-	-	9
9	S. ABDELHADI	7	-	7	-	-
10	A. MALAS	7	7	-	-	0
11	N. HADDAD	7	-	-	7
12	I. BUSTAMI	6	6	-	-	-
13	L. HADIDI	0	0	0	-	-
14	O. ABU SAMRA	0	-	-	-	0
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Karaz Photos has now launched its new website that aims to cover all motorsports events in Jordan through high quality digital photos. On the website you can search photos by events, drivers and cars. Karaz Photos was created by Hasan Dirani, a young photographer (18 Years old).

Click here to visit the website.

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The final round and the most exciting was held at the Jordan Speed Center. The results were changing all the time and no one could tell who the winner was before the end of the race.  The pre-final race started with Mohammad Bustami who was in pole position leading the field followed by the championship leader Mahmoud Marabeh, Saif Abdelhadi 3rd and his younger brother 4th.  Marabeh spun on the first turn and dropped to last, but managed to restart and compete again.

Hot battle for the 2nd place was between Saif Abdelhadi, Faisal Bustami and Faisal Abdelhadi. The three drivers were so close with less than a second between them all.  Faisal Bustami’s kart flipped and he had to leave the competition on the 9th lap.

Mohammad Bustami who was fastest in the official testing led the race and flew to widen the gap with no competition around. Marabeh, sponsored by Al Nahda Press, was able to overtake many drivers and finished in 5th place behind the promising driver Hashem Tabbaa who showed big improvement during the Ramadan Challenge.  Ahmad Sukhtian’s car stopped at the beginning of the race, but he also managed to restart, but finished last.

Pre-final race results:

Mohammad Bustami, Saif Abdelhadi, Faisal Abdelhadi, Hashem Tabbaa, Mahmoud Marabeh, Anwar Hamdan, Nabih Muammar, Izz Bustami, Abdullah Bustami, Othman Abu Samra, Omar Bustami, Ahmad Sukhtian.

Final Round:

The final round starting grid was according to the pre-final results. Mohamamd Bustami kept his first place, but this time with a very high competition behind. Saif Abdelhadi, Faisal Abdelhadi and Mahmoud Maraba were all on Mohammad’s tail. Top four drivers were so close, so fast, they all break the record of the track!

Anwar Hamdan lost control and spun, but he managed to restart and follow the drivers ahead.
On the 9th lap, M Bustami started to widen the gap slightly, because the level of competition was very high and driver wouldn’t leave him alone! Ahmad Sukhtian did a good job overtaking the drivers to reach Abdullah Bustami and fight with him for more than 6 laps for the 5th place.
On lap 17 – out of 25 – drivers leading the race started to overlap the slower drivers. 3 laps before the end of the race, Faisal Abdelhadi had to leave the race because his rear protection went off. Mahmoud Marabeh has set the fastest lap and broke the track record (35:682).

Final Results:

Mohammad Bustami, Mahmoud Marabeh, Said Abdelhadi, Faisal Bustami, Ahmad Sukhtian, Abdullah Bustami, Anwar Hamdan, Izz Bustami, Haitham Quqa, Othman Abu Samra, Omar Barakat, Omar Bustami.

Juniors Race:

Hamza Bustami was fastest in the qualifying session, followed by the first round winner Omar Bdour, Nafe Jarrar in 3rd place and Terry Farah 4th.
Juniors’ race was delayed because it started to rain. But when the ten laps race started, Hamza Bustami maintained his first position and flew to win the race. 2nd place was for Omar Bdoor, Nafe Jarrar 3rd and Tery Farah last.

At the end of the race, the rally champion, Maarouf Abu Samra, gave the winner the trophies and prizes. Prizes for top 5 winners were presented by Bridgestone Tires, Liqui Moly oils and Jordan Speed Center.

 Final Results for Ramadan Challenge after 3 races:

Mohammad Bustami was crowned champion for the 2008 Ramadan Karting Challenge after strong competition with Mahmoud Marabeh who proved himself. In the 3rd place came the 2007 Ramadan Champion, Faisal Bustami.

The juniors champion was Hamza Bustami, the younger brother of the seniors’ champion! In 2nd place was Omar Bdour and Nafe Jarrar 3rd.

The final round of the Ramadan Karting Challenge will be held on the coming Friday on the Jordan Speed Center circuit. 17 drivers have registered for the race headed by the championship leader, Mahmoud Marabeh, who’s sponsored by Al Nahda Press, followed by the record holder Mohammad Bustami and Faisal Bustami the 2007 Ramadan Champion.

Mohammad Bustami, once again, has set the fastest lap during the official testing that took place on Wednesday night. 2nd place went for Saif Abdelhadi who surprised all the drivers with his result followed by Marabeh who took the 3rd place from Ahmad Sukhtian in the last few laps.

None of the driver was able to break the times set in the last round because part of the track was wet.

Tony Kart Team and Vortex won the World Championship which was run on the fantastic Italian track of La Conca.

Marco Ardigò confirmed his title in the main category, KF1, and our team is at the top of the world for the third time running. In KF2 a Tony Kart- Vortex driver led the race as well, always with an Italian driver, the young Flavio Camponeschi, belonging to the Tony Kart Junior Team led skillfully by Paul Spencer.

The 2^nd round of Ramadan Karting Challenge had 17 senior drivers and 5 juniors all competing to win the race title. The competition started in the qualifying session where Mohammad Bustami came in pole position, followed by Bank of Jordan driver Ahmad Sukhtian and Mahmoud Marabeh winner of the first round.

Pre-final
When the series creator – Hamza Dirani – waved the Jordanian flag to start the pre-final race, Mohammad Bustami easily maintained his lead. Mahmoud Marabeh and Faisal Bustami overtook Ahmad Sukhtian who finished the pre-final race in the 7^th place. The youngest driver in the Seniors Category, Abdullah Bustami, did a great job and finished in 4^th place. Middle East Champion Othman Abu Samra finished in 8^th place ahead of Izz Bustami. Many drivers had to retire from the pre-final race due to technical problems.

Final Race
The starting grid of the final race was according to the results of the pre-final race, so Mohammad Bustami was still starting in the first place. M Bustami was not satisfied with being first only, he flew to widen the gap between him and the field and set a new track record! Al Nahda Press driver Mahmoud Marabeh and Faisal Bustami were fighting for the 2^nd place during the 25 laps of the race, but Marabeh got the position.  4^th place went to Hobby Center with Saif Abdelhadi, followed by Ahmad Sukhtian.  The stewards of the race disqualified Faisal Abdelhadi because he pushed Mazeen Al Khatib off the track and ended her race.

Race winner was satisfied with his result. “It was a perfect race! It was easy to maintain my position but I decided to keep on pushing to widen the gap. I am looking forward to the final race of the series.  It great to be on the podium in all the races this year! I’d like to thank my team for all the hard work! ”
At the end of the race, Mr. Maamoun Shalabi and Mr. Hasan Tabbaa gave out the trophies and prizes to the race winners. The prizes were presented by Bridgestone, Liqui Moly and Jordan Speed Center.

 Juniors Race
The younger brother of race winner, Hamza Bustami, qualified in pole position followed by Farah Khaled Zakaria and Omar Bdour who was racing for the first time. When the race started, Farah took the lead and Hamza dropped to 4^th place on the first turn, Nafe Jarrar became 3^rd. Hamza managed to overtake Nafe and the stewards penalized Farah by ten seconds because of her jump start.

Juniors’ final results:
Omar Bdoor, Hamza Bustami, Nafe Jarrar, Farah Zakaria, Terry Farah.

Ammar Hijazi in the pace car

Special thanks to Al Mimari Rally Team. Ammar Hijazi led the formation laps of the race with his Subaru N14 Rally Car which he will be using to participate in the upcoming Jordan International Rally.

 

	Race #	Driver	Time	Chassis	Class	Age	Sponsor
1	98	Mohammad Bustami	36:170	Tony Kart	Pro	16	Jordan Karting – Bridgestone
2	6	Mahmoud Marabeh	36:586	Tony Kart	Pro	29	Al Nahda Press
3	1	Faisal Bustami	36:432	Tony Kart	Pro	18
4	2	Saif Abdelhadi	36:701	Intrepid	Pro	17	Hobby Center
5	46	Ahmad Sukhtian	36:520	Intrepid	MAX	21	Bank of Jordan
6	95	Abdullah Bustami	36:824	Tony Kart	Pro Jr.	13	Bridgestone Tires
7	81	Anwar Hamdan	36:613	Tony Kart	Pro	27	Umniah
8	16	Hashem Tabbaa	37:002	Trulli Kart	Pro. Jr	13	Liqui Moly
9	67	Othman Abu Samra	37:247	Tony Kart	MAX	13	Naqel Group
10	94	Izz Bustami	37:377	Tony Kart	MAX	13	Bridgestone Tires
11	10	Omar Bustami	38:508	CRG	MAX	14	Bridgestone Tires
12	19	Haitham Quqa	37:564	CRG	MAX	13	Quqa Bros

22 drivers registered for the 2nd round of Ramadan Karting Challenge, 5 of them are junior driver (under 13). The race will start at 9:00pm at the Jordan Speed Center circuit, sponsored by Peugeot and Mazda.

Most of the drivers tested their karts in the official practice session (Wednesday night) where the local championship leader, Mohammad Bustami, was fastest followed by the 07 Ramadan Champion Faisal Bustami.  In the 3rd place came Anwar Malas, the 07 Rotax Champion. Winner of the first round Mahmoud Marabeh did not test in the official practice session as well as Ahmad Sukhtian who had technical problems in his kart.  Haitham Quqa was fastest in the Rotax Class and 5th in the overall standings.

Last year’s series winner, Faisal Bustami, is satisfied with his time during the official practice. “I drove to the limit today and I was the fastest till Mohammad broke my time in the last few minutes of the session. During the race it’s going to be different, I will be running on new tires which will make me much quicker”.
Mohammad Bustami changed the setup of the kart to get better grip and said that there is still more to give. “I had a bad tire choice in the first round which resulted in being slower by one second. Now we’ve changed the setup of the kart and the tires are working much better. The engine is running perfectly and I still have more to give, many thanks to my mechanic Emile Azar”

The top five winners will be awarded with prizes from Bridgestone, Jordan Speed Center and Liqui Moly.

 

	Race #	Driver	Time	Chassis	Sponsor
1	98	Mohammad Bustami	36:573	Tony Kart	Jordan Karting
2	1	Faisal Bustami	36:914	Tony Kart
3	3	Anwar Malas	37:275	CRG
4	81	Anwar Hamdan	37:407	Tony Kart	Umniah
5	19	Haitham Quqa	37:558	CRG	Quqa Bros
6	94	Izz Bustami	37:837	Tony Kart	Bridgestone
7	56	Faisal Abdelhadi	38:356	Tony Kart	Hobby Center
8	95	Abdullah Bustami	38:515	Tony Kart	Bridgestone
9	67	Othman Abu Samra	38:629	Tony Kart	Naqel Group
10	10	Omar Bustami	39:286	CRG	Bridgestone
11	7	Terry Farah	39:943	CRG
12	16	Hashem Tabbaa	40:549	Trulli Kart	Liqui Moly
13	2	Saif Abdelhadi	54:693	Interpid	Hobby Center
14	88	Mazeen Khatib	55:352	Tony Kart
15	6	Mahmoud Marabeh	-	Tony Kart
14	46	Ahmad Sukhtian	-	Interpid	Bank Of Jordan

The first round of Ramadan Karting Championship which is sponsored by Peugeot took place yesterday on Jordan Speed Center circuit. 19 participants started with warm up sessions, where the Jordan Championship leader Mohammad Bustami came in first, followed by Ahmad Sukhtian sponsored by Jordan Bank, while the 07 Ramadan Champion Faisal Bustami came in third position.

After the warm session, a technical examination for all participating karts was conducted under the supervision of Jordan’s Champion, Tarek Sukhtian. The test included weighing the karts, numbering the tires, and checking on the general safety of the kart.

Initial results took a turn in the qualifying session that determines the starting positions, as Ahmad Sukhtian advanced to the first place, followed by Mahmoud Marabah, and the young driver Abdullah Bustami, while Mohammad Bustami came in fourth.

On the starting grid of the first round, Mohammad Bustami retired due to a technical problem. Ahmad Sukhtian maintained his first position until he had to retire for a technical problem as well while the competition was intense between Mahmoud Marabah and Faisal Bustami, until Bustami was able to take over.

On the seventh lap, Khaled Hataba and Terry Farah crashed and the race was stopped by the race director. Hatabah was moved to the Hospital.

The stewards of the race decided to cancel the pre-final and take the results of the final race as the official results. The competition of the first position was very intense between Ahmad Sukhtian and Mahmoud Marabah, until Sukhtian had to withdraw due to a technical problem again. Faisal Bustami was in the second place, without any competitors close by, while a fierce competition was on the third place between Mohammad Bustami, Anwar Malas, and Faisal Abdelhadi, which ended with Bustami winning the position. The competition on the other positions remained between Haitham Qoqa, Othman Abu Samra, and Izz Bustami who was the fastest between them. Nabih Muammar withdrew on the start line due to a mechanical fault, followed by Mazin Khateeb and Sulaiman Zaza.

The karting commissioner Hasan Tabbaa gave out the trophies for the race winners. The top drivers also won prized presented by Bridgestone, Liqui Moli, and Jordan Speed Center.

Final Results:

Mahmoud Marabah	Sponsored by Al Nahda Press
Faisal Bustami
Mohammad Bustami	Sponsored by Jordan Karting / Bridgestone
Anwar Malas
Faisal Abdul Hadi	Sponsored by Hobby Center
Izz Bustami	Sponsored by Bridgestone
Othman Abu Samra	Sponsored by Naqel Group

 

Official Testing

First Session	: 09.30 – 10:30
Second Session	: 11:00 – 11:30

21 drivers registered for the first round of the Ramadan Karting Challenge the coming Friday. In the official testing, more than ten teams were testing their karts’ engines and setup. The local championship leader, Mohammad Bustami, only ran for five laps before his engine seized. Those laps were enough to warm up his tires and set the fastest time for the first session. Saif Abdelhadi, sponsored by Hobby Center was 2nd fastest followed by Ahmad Sukhtian, who is running on a Rotax engine for the first time. Last year’s RMC champion Anwar Malas is running on ICA engine this year and was 4th fastest followed by the junior drivers Abdullah Bustami and the MEKC Champion Othman Abu Samra.

More drivers tested in the second session. Mohammad Bustami mounted his spare engine and was even faster than the first session and set a new track record (36:311). Abdullah Bustami was much quicker than the first run and moved up to 2nd place followed by 07 Ramadan Champion Faisal Bustami. Anwar Malas came in 4th, Saif Abdelhadi 5th and Ahmad Sukhtian dropped to 6th place. Faisal Abdelhadi and Terry Farah faced technical problems and couldn’t benefit from the 2nd testing session.

First Session Results:

	Race #	Driver	Time	Chassis	Class	Age	Sponsor
1	98	Mohammad Bustami	37:445	Tony Kart	Pro	17	Jordan Karting
2	2	Saif Abdelhadi	37:938	Intrepid	Pro	17	Hobby Center
3	46	Ahmad Sukhtian	37:970	Intrepid	Max	21	Bank of Jordan
4	3	Anwar Malas	37:988	CRG	Pro	16
5	95	Abdullah Bustami	38:357	Tony Kart	Pro Jr.	12	Bridgestone Tires
6	67	Othman Abu Samra	39:140	Tony Kart	Max	13	Naqel Group
7	16	Hashem Tabba	39:402	Trulli Kart	Pro	14
8	63	Suleiman Zaza	55:032	Tony Kart	Pro Jr.	11	Al Nahda Press

 

Second Session Results

	Race #	Driver	Time	Chassis	Class	Age	Sponsor
1	98	Mohammad Bustami	36:311	Tony Kart	Pro	16	Jordan Karting
2	95	Abdullah Bustami	36:722	Tony Kart	Pro Jr.	13	Bridgestone Tires
3	1	Faisal Bustami	37:309	Tony Kart	Pro	18
4	3	Anwar Malas	37:474	CRG	Pro	16
5	2	Saif Abdelhadi	37:607	Intrepid	Pro	17	Hobby Center
6	46	Ahmad Sukhtian	37:701	Intrepid	Max	21	Bank of Jordan
7	16	Hashem Tabbaa	38:045	Trulli Kart	Pro	14
8	67	Othman Abu Samra	38:211	Tony Kart	Max	12	Naqel Group
9	19	Haitham Quqa	39:078	CRG	Max	14
10	56	Faisal Abdelhadi	39:241	Tony Kart	Pro Jr.		Hobby Center
11	10	Omar Bustami	40:726	CRG	Max	14	Bridgestone Tires
12	7	Terri Farah	3:09:048	CRG	Pro Jr.	12

The Rotax Max Challenge is a series of five races. The Winner of the Challenge is determined by the total number of points collected though the five races.

Round 1	: 12 September
Round 2	: 19 September
Round 3	: 26 September
Round 4	: 4 October
Round 5	: 10 October

 

Rotax junior

1st place	: Gold Trophy
2nd place	: Silver Trophy
3rd place	: Bronze Trophy

Rotax Senior

1st place	: Gold Trophy
2nd place	: Silver Trophy
3rd place	: Bronze Trophy

Rotax Class winner:
The winner from each class will represent Jordan at the RMC Grand Finals in Italy

 

Rotax MAX Challenge

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2

 

Contact info:

For information regarding the Rotax Max Challenge please contact:

Rania Ibrahim

Phone   :           +962 79 9222600
E-mail   :           Rania.Ibrahim@jsc-kart.com

After the huge success of Ramadan Karting Challenge last year, we are now preparing to launch the series again but extended to include more categories and drivers! We invite you all to compete or watch the competition at Jordan Speed Center on the following dates:

Round 1           : 12 September
Round 2           : 19 September
Round 3           : 26 September

The races start at 9:00pm and will stay on till midnight.

For more information about the series, the regulations are available to download at www.jordan-karting.com as well as the Entry Forms. For further inquiries, please contact the series coordinator Mr. Nicola Fanous by:

Phone  : +962 (79) 5600700
Email   : info@jordan-karting.com

With lots of accidents this weekend, Mohammad Bustami managed to lead the race starting from the Qualifying till the end of the race. M Bustami set the fastest time during qualifying in his last lap followed by Faisal Bustami who was fastest in first two rounds. The Sukhtian brothers came in 3rd and 4th followed by their team mate, Sanad Shannak.

In the pre final race, the pole man had a great start and flew to widen the gap. Current champion Tarek Sukhtian retired few laps after the start due to a crack in his chassis. Faisal Bustami and Ahmad Sukhtian were competing on the 2nd place. Nadim Haddad, one of the new drivers to the championship had an accident with Mahmoud Dajani which resulted in missing few laps of the race. Saif Abdelhadi also had some technical problems and had to leave the race early.

At the grid of the Final Race, Faisal Bustami’s kart had some electric problems in the engine to he couldn’t start the race. Tarek Sukhtian managed to weld his chassis so he can at least finish the race to get some valuable points for his overall standings. Mohammad Bustami started in first place, followed by Ahmad Sukhtian but on the 7th lap of the race, Sanad Shannak flipped over and the race was stopped. Shannak was taken to the hospital for check and the race was restarted.

On the restart of the race, Mohammad started in first place and  again flew to widen to win the race and this time to set the fastest lap as well. Faisal Abdelhadi jumped to 2nd place right on the start of the race, but it was east to Ahmad Sukhtian to take the position back. Tarek Sukhtian spun off but managed to restart. Tarek had to take it easy and was aiming to finish the race only.

Final Results:

 

1st	:	Mohammad Bustami	Makaseb / Jordan Karting
2nd	:	Ahmad Sukhtian	Bank of Jordan
3rd	:	Faisal Abdelhadi
4th	:	Mahmoud Dajani
5th	:	Nadim Haddad
6th	:	Tarek Sukhtian

 

Seniors Race:

Organizer’s penalty forced Tarek Sukhtian, leader of Bank of Jordan Karting Team, to start his race from the back of the grid, but this did not stop the local champion from winning both the pre-final and final races!  His brother, Ahmad Sukhtian, was fastest during qualifying session and started the race in pole position followed by Faisal Bustami and Mohammad Bustami.

In the pre-final race, Tarek had a great start and jumped to 6^th place then started his battle with the drivers ahead. Faisal Bustami and Sanad Shannak had technical problems and couldn’t finish the pre-final. The new comer, Saif Abdelhadi, spun off but still managed to restart and finish his race and won the beginners cup. The Sukhtian brothers came in first and second place followed by Mohammad Bustami.

In the Final race, Tarek started first and started to widen the gap after the 15^th lap. Faisal Bustami faced technical problems again, so he lost couple of laps to go out to the pits fix his kart and returned back to the circuit to mark the fastest lap of the race. Mahmoud Dajani sponsored by Jordan Kuwait Bank had a smooth race and finished both the pre-final and final races in 4^th place.

Two races passed and two podiums for Mohammad Bustami. The Makaseb driver managed to finish the race in 3^rd place.

Mohammad Abdeen was going easy and finished the race to win the Group B Cup.

Lina Hadidi, daughter of local champion Abeer Baitikhi faced so many technical problems and had to retire from the race.

 

 

Local champion Tarek Sukhtian won the first round of the Jordan Karting Championship after a great battle with Faisal Bustami who won the pre-final round of the race. Sukhtian who was in pole position lead the pre-final up to the 10th lap when Faisal Bustami took the lead and started to widen the gap. Tarek also lost his 2nd position to his brother Ahmad Sukhtian and finished in 3rd place.

Mohammad Bustami, sponsored by Jordan Karting, qualified in 4th place but had a terrible start. He bumped into the kart in front and was passed by the entire field. Although he restarted from the back of the grid, he pushed hard and managed to put himself again in the top five.

In the final race, Tarek and Faisal were fighting for the lead with many attempts by Faisal to overtake, but unfortunately he spun and dropped back to 4th. Mohammad Bustami did a better job on the finals start and he was so close to the race leaders and finished in 2nd place.

Ahmad Sukhtian made it to the podium although he had a very bad start. Anwar Malas, local champion for the Rotax Max series, was competing with Group B champion, Mahmoud Dajani who retired due to technical problems.

Race Final Results:
Tarek Sukhtian
Mohammad Bustami
Ahmad Sukhtian
Faisal Sukhtian
Anwar Malas

 

 

Photos by:
Hasan Dirani - Karaz Photos

The Jordanian Karting Team presented by the Jordan Champion Hamza Dirani and Othman Abu Samra finished the Middle East Karting Championship in top positions. Despite of the technical problems that Dirani first, he finished the race in 3^rd place. The junior driver Othman Abu Samra took the lead in the final race and won the Middle East Karting Championship.

 

Seniors Championship Final Results:
Kevin Rechard	:	Austria
Piero De Marchi	:	Italy
Hamza Dirani	:	Jordan

Juniors Championship Final Results:
Othman Abu Samra	:	Jordan
Pierre Georges	:	Syria
Amin Soufrakis	:	Lybia

 

 

Please take a moment to check www.farahzakaria.com. Farah is 9 years old junior driver. She started karting at age of 7 and won many junior races.

 

The CIK-FIA sanctioned Middle East Karting Cup (MEKC) is a new professional series in the exciting motorsport of karting, considered the stepping stone to Formula One racing. It is one of only six internationally approved international series by the world federation, the CIK-FIA and is included in the yearly racing calendar.

The series takes place from January to April, 2008 over three rounds: two in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and one in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The three categories are Juniors
(13 – 16 years of age), Seniors (17+), and Masters (32+). A celebrity charity race will accompany the final round of the championship.

Jordan has two registered drivers, Hamza Dirani and Othman Abu Samra, who will compete in the seniors and juniors classes. The team from Jordan is leaving to Sharm Al Sheikh on the 14^th of January to start preparing for the race.

For more information about the championship please visit www.mekc.com

 

Juniors race:
Winner of last round, Taj Abu Namous, was able to set the fastest time in qualifying again and start the race from pole position. On the first turn, Taj and Farah tried to go in together and pushed their selves off the racing line which opened the way to Suleiman Zaza to take the lead.

Suleiman started to widen the gap between him and other drivers. Taj finished in 2^nd place, Farah Zakaria in 3^rd and Khaled Abu Hassan in 4^th.

Suleiman set the fastest time in the race and was crowned the champion of the Tony Kart Ramadan Challenge for Juniors class.

 

Seniors Race:

Six of the thirteen drivers were fighting and all were very close to win the title of the series. In the warm up session, Omar Farrah was fastest followed by Mohammad Muradi and Mahmoud Dajani. Top 5 drivers were competing with in less than one second. Abdullah Bustami, 12 years old, surprised all by being 4^th fastest.

In the qualifying, Faisal Bustami moved up from 5^th place to pole position. Othman Abu Samra, also 12 years old, drove amazingly and was 2^nd fastest. Group B Champion, Mahmoud Dajani came in 3^rd position.

When the race started, the organizers stopped the race because of an accident that blocked the track. In the restart, Faisal took the lead, followed by Othman who kept himself in the 2^nd position. Mohammad Muradi started the race in 6^th position and fought to take the 3^rd position from Dajani in the last lap of the race.

Hayat Abu Samra, the only lady driver finished the race in 6^th position.

 

• Faisal Bustami takes the victory of the 2^nd round in the Tony Kart Ramadan Challenge.
• Taj Abu Namous led the Juniors’ race all the way!

Juniors Race:

The juniors’ race was nothing like the first round. The schedule of the race started with the qualifying for Juniors where Taj Abu Namous came in pole position, sponsored by Makaseb, followed by Suleiman Zaza, Farah Zakaria who won the first round and Khaled Abu Hasan who came in 4^th position.

In the Juniors’ race, Taj led the race from lap one. The competition was on the 2^nd place between Farah and Suleiman. Khaled finished the race in the fourth position.

 

Final Results:

Position	Driver	Sponsor
1	Taj Abu Namous	Makaseb
2	Suleiman Zaza	Al Nahda Press
3	Farah Zakaria
4	Khaled Abu Hassan	Luigi's Pizza

 

Seniors Race:

It was a very competitive round since the testing days. Times were extremely close and everyone was excited to watch the race.  In the warm up session, Ahmad Sukhtian was fastest and was able to break the fastest time set by Mohammad Bustami who was fastest in the testing on Thursday.

Positions changed in the qualifying session. Faisal Bustami was able to set the fastest time and placed himself in pole position followed by Ahmad Sukhtian and Mohammad Bustami. During the pre-final session, Faisal Bustami took the lead and finished the round in first position. Ahmad Sukhtian came in 2^nd place and Mohammad Muradi 3^rd. Mohammad Bustami had to retire due to technical difficulties.

Mohammad Muradi, Abdullah Bustami and Sanad Shannak were penalized by dropping them one position back because they did not comply with safety regulations.

Othman Abu Samra and Anwar Hamdan were fighting back to back and the battle ended when Abu Samra won the position.

In the final race, the first 7 laps were extremely aggressive. The top three positions kept on changing non-stop between Faisal Bustami, Ahmad Sukhtian and Mohammad Muradi. Unfortunately, Sukhtian left the battle because of engine seizure. Bustami started to widen the gap between him and Muradi and led the race till the end. Mohammad Muradi broke the track record in his 17^th lap.

Abdullah Bustami did a great job and surprised all the spectators by fighting from 7^th place to place himself on podium. With no racing experience, the 12 years old driver easily overtook experienced and managed to keep on going for better position.

Anwar Hamdan protested against Abdullah Bustami’s weight which was 4 KGs under the minimum weight set by the regulation. The stewards decided to disqualify Abdullah from the race.

 

Final Results

Position	Driver	Time	Sponsor	No.
1	Faisal Bustami	38.022	Bridgestone	21
2	Mohammad Muradi	37.908	Al Nahda Press	33
3	Anwar Hamdan	39.263	Bank of Jordan	81
4	Omar Farrah	39.222		5
5	Mousa Qawasmi	40.054	United Racers	18
	Best lap:
	Mohammad Muradi	37.908

 

 

On the circuit in Mariembourg, our Team lived another unforgettable day gaining the well-deserved World Championship thanks to Marco Ardigò.

The result of the KF1 class is more than clear: our Racing Team showed its solidity for the whole weekend gaining the prefinal pole-position with Gary Catt and placing a great double-barrelled in the queen class of Karting.

During the qualifying our Driverslay the foundation for the victory: Gary and Marco literally fly and monopolize the list of the timing. Catt scores immediately a magnificent and unreachable 53”530, followed by the 53”595 scored by Marco in the second manche of the qualifying.

In the manches Gary gets no penalty and winning three times, he get the pole position of the prefinal and also Marco’s rhythm is very good. Marco is only stopped by the Team-mate and by Sauro Cesetti (Birel-Iame-Bridgestone).

The starting grid of the final is decided at the beginning of the prefinal: at the starting-signal Marco, on the external side of the track, sprang very fast and drove to the finishing line in front of the Team-mate Gary. Behind the green drivers, immediately arrive the blue-cousins of the Kosmic Team, Niko Bollingtoft and Bailly, followed by the other Tony Kart English driver James Calado.  

The result of the final was the decided when the drivers started : Marco is perfect and goes away very fast imposing an incredible rhythm , impossible to be reache by the competitors. Gary looses two positions and he is obliged to display his determination in order to recover and get back to his second position. Our English driver overtakes Kozlinski at first (Crg-Tm-Bridgestone) and Bollingtoft then (Kosmic-Vortex-Bridgestone), trying to follow and catch Marco.

The race is an amazing fight through fastest laps between Marco and Gary, the competitors cannot keep the rhythm and the check-flag kisses the head of Tony Karrt-Vortex-Marco Ardigò. With all the green on the podium, we also have our Team Manager Giacomo Aliprandi, completing the success of a Team in which the armony of the group and the organisation are some of the most important features.

Not so lucky was the race of our Drivers in the KF2 class: the performances of the European Champion Will Stevens were ok, but an ill-fated, stupid failure stopped our Driver when he was ready to get the front line.

Although these troubles, in the final, Will recovered from the back-lines and demonstrated how big our potential is. For the young Driver there is a important challenge in the next future: he will drive in the KF1 with our Official Team.

Our Customers made also very good performances, especially the Ward Team and the JJ-KS Racing who placed respectively Wernersson and Deschamps in the 4^th and 5^th placement.

The title in the KF1 is the seal of a season that gave us unforgettable satisfactions, giving us also a push to go on with the intense job of research and development of out means.

 

 

Juniors’ Race:

The first round of the Tony Kart Ramadan Challenge was a great success! Thirteen drivers registered for the race to compete in the juniors and seniors races. In the juniors race, Farah Zakria came in pole position and lead the race till the end. Taj Abu Namous and Suleiman Zaza were competing on the 2^nd place. Technical difficulties faced Taj and forced him to retire. Khaled Abu Hassan finished the race in 3^rd position.

Seniors Race:

The competition was very high starting from the warm up of the race. Mohammad Muradi, Sponsored by Al Nahda Press,  was driving a Tony Kart for the first time was able to set the fastest lap on the track. In the qualifying session, Omar Farah was fastest but he was penalized because he was under the minimum weight set by the regulations. Therefore Faisal Bustami, sponsored by Bridgestone, was in pole position followed by Ahmad Ashi and Mohammad Muradi.

On the start of the race, Faisal Bustami maintained his first position and led the race for more than ten laps. Ahmad Ashi took the lead after Bustami had to retire. In 2^nd place came the Jordan Champion for Group B, Mahmoud Dajani and maintained the position till the end of the race. Mohammad Muradi who was one of the fastest drivers lost two laps because of a pit stop but managed to finish the race in 5^th place.

Final Results:

1. Ahmad Ashi
2. Mahmoud Dajani
3. Omar Barakat
4. Omar Farrah
5. Abdullah Bustami
6. Waleed Barakt
7. Mohammad Muradi
8. Hashem Tabbaa – retired
9. Faisal Bustami - retired

 

Under the supervision of Hamza Dirani, Tony Kart Jordan will be organizing series of races in Ramadan on the Jordan Speed Center circuit. The events will have 2 races, juniors and seniors. Winners of each race will get trophies and prizes from Tony Kart, Hobby Center and Liqui Moly. Hamza Dirani will be the head of the organizing team for the Tony Kart Ramadan Challenge.

 

Challenge dates:

Friday   21 September
Friday   28 September
Friday   5 October

 

Challenge schedule:

Time		Description
8:30		Drivers’ Briefing
8:30		Technical Check up
9:00		Warm-up
9:20		Qualifying – Juniors
9:45		Qualifying – Seniors
10:15		Juniors Race – 10 laps
11:45		Seniors race – 15 laps
12:00		Prize Giving

Running of the Race:

• All drivers should attend the drivers’ meeting
• Drivers who do not attend the meeting will be penalized up to exclusion of the race.
• Starting position will be determined by the best lap of each driver in the qualifying session. The fastest driver will be the first on the grid and so on.
• Race 1 (10 laps) for Juniors
• Race 2 (15 Laps) for Seniors

All races will be held at the Jordan Speed Center full circuit. Races one and three will be running clockwise on the circuit. Race two will be running counter clockwise.

One person is allowed on the starting grid to assist in starting the kart with each driver.

 

Prizes

Juniors’ winners:
1st place	:	Gold Trophy
2nd place	:	Silver Trophy
3rd place	:	Bronze Trophy

 

Seniors winners:
1st place	:	Gold Trophy
2nd place	:	Silver Trophy
3rd place	:	Bronze Trophy

 

Top five drivers from the seniors’ class will get gift vouchers from:

Jordan Karting:	Hobby Center
200 USD 150 USD 100 USD 75  USD 50  USD	300 USD 200 USD 150 USD 100 USD 75 USD

 

Optimal Auto Service:
50 USD voucher for top 5 drivers.