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The sixth and final round of the 2009/2010 Bahrain National Drag Racing Championship set the Bahrain International Circuit strip alight this past weekend, with more than 110 cars and motorbikes from Bahrain and across the GCC battling it out for pride and glory.
The event was organized by the Bahrain Drag Racing Club (BDRC), in cooperation with the Bahrain Motor Federation (BMF) and 'The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East'.
SMS Racing's Bahraini racer Salah Salahuddin was the star of the evening, setting a new world record in the Street V8 category with a drive of 8.45secs down the quarter-mile track eclipsing the previous record of 8.53secs. Kuwaiti Mohammed Suleiman was second in 8.908secs, while Bahraini Khalid Saif finished third.
"Breaking the record is a great thing, but it was something very difficult to do," Salahuddin said. "I knew that the car was fully equipped to run its best possible time, and I thank my team and all its members."
In other categories, Bahraini Saad Al Murran won first place in 4.320secs, as he beat the UAE's Rashid bin Tamim who had a time of 4.809secs. Bahrain's Tariq Al Hadi came third.
In the Outlaw 10.5 category, Kuwaiti Turki Al Hammadi claimed victory ahead of Salahuddin in a time of 7.230secs. Kuwait's Abdulla Shatti was third.
Mohammed Saleh took first place in the Street FWD. He in 10.829secs, while Adel Hassan was second in 11.229secs. Abbas Saleh was third in the category.
Other results:
Street RWD: 1 Jamal Ibrahim 11.496s, 2 Sayed Ahmed Alawi 11.576s, 3 Salman Mohammed. Super Street FWD: 1 Jassim Qambar 9.442s, 2 Mohammed Abdul Ridha 9.780s, 3 Ali Moussa. Super Street RWD: 1 Mohammed Chakib 8.974s, 2 Yousuf Zayani 14.491s, 3 Salman Taqi. Super Street V8: 1 Mohammed Ismail 9.077s, 2 Talal Bin Eidan 9.086s, 3 Saleh Mohammed. Competition 7.5: 1 Adel Shajji 7.655s, 2 Hisham Al Mulla 7.449s, 3 Mohammed Hussain. Outlaw FWD: 1 Adel Salem 9.562s, 2 Abdul Rahman bin Hasher, 3 Yousuf Zayani. Outlaw RWD: 1 Yousuf Zayani 8.325s, 2 Mohammed Hajji, 3 Ibrahim Kanoo.
Street Bike: 1 Khaled Al Dossari 8.737s, 2 Ali Jacob 9.020s, 3 Mahdi Al Sarraf. Super Street Bike: 1 Hattan Abadi 8.082s, 2 Mishari Turki 8.911s, 3 Mazen Mindura. Pro Bike: 1 Ahmed Al Niklan 9.146s, 2 Hassan Bu Aymeen 9.589s, 3 Mohammed Alyageth.
The winners of each race were presented their trophies by officials from the circuit, BDRC and BMF.
