Bustami Strikes Again!

November 30th, 2008

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 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