2nd Round of the Open Kart Championship (OKC)

14 drivers registered for the second round of the open karting challenge for the ICA and MAX classes and 5 drivers in the juniors’ class. Mahmoud Marabeh was the fastest in the official practice session on Thursday. In the qualifying session, the young driver Nabih Mummar came in pole position. When the race started, Saif Abdelhadi, Ahmad Sukhtian and Mahmoud Marabeh all had a better take off and over took Nabih. In the 2nd lap, Nabih bumped into Ahmad Sukhtian and spun and became last.

Saif Abdelhadi was leading the race with Sukhtian and Marabeh on his tail. Marabeh went off the competition because his rear protection was loose and he had to enter the pit to repair it.

Abdelhadi came in first place in the pre-final race, followed by Sukhtian and Haitham Quqa.

In the final race, Abdelhadi and Sukhtian had a very good start, but Nabih and Mahmoud were able to follow and also compete for the top positions. Abdelhadi’s chain went off and his race was over on the 15th lap.

In the back, four drivers were in a battle for higher positions. Haitham Quqa and Terry Farah for the 5th, Haitham overtook Terry when the blue flag was waving, so he got penalized one position back in the final results. Ali al Fayez and Izz Bustami were fighting for the 7th place till the last lap of the race.

In the juniors race, Nafe Jarrar came in pole position, but had technical problem on the start of the race. Hisham Najjar, son of the rally champion Ameer Najjar, took the lead for the first laps of the race but Jarrar insisted on the first place. Walid and Tala farah came in 3rd and 4th.

Race # Driver Time Chassis Class Sponsor
1 1 Ahmad Sukhtian 39:338 Intrepid MAX Bank of Jordan
2 14 Mahmoud Marabeh 39:080 Tony Kart ICA Zain
3 77 Nabih Muamar 39:518 CRG MAX
4 63 Suleiman Zaza 40:709 CRG ICA
5 7 Terry Farah 40:579 Intrepid MAX
6 19 Haitham Quqa 41:028 CRG MAX
7 96 Ali Al Fayez 40:606 Tony Kart ICA
8 94 Izz Bustami 41:201 Tony Kart ICA