Dubai: The sixth and final round of the 2008/2009 DAMC Karting Championship took place at the Kartdrome on Friday.
Although a smaller than normal field of competitors turned up on a dusty day, most of the top drivers were present including Speedcar Series driver Shaikh Hasher Al Maktoum.
In the DAMC Max Seniors Class, Scott Latham, who had his sights set on the title, was the driver to beat and Shaikh Hasher his biggest threat to clinching the title in style.
Latham won the pre-final and was battling with Shaikh Hasher for the lead in the final when the two collided, bringing out the yellow flag.
Both resumed but had lost a great deal of time which enabled Arnaud Bouf and Jason Scott Poupard to get through, with a delighted Bouf taking his first Class win and Poupard claiming second ahead of Latham.
In the DAMC Max Masters Class, the day belonged to Hassan Dargahi who in both the pre-final and final took top honours ahead of Paul Healy and Damian Knott. Third place was enough to give Knott the class Championship title.
Edward Jones entered round six as favourite for the DAMC Max Juniors title which he clinched by the end of the day, but it was Grace Brownlee who stole the show on the day with victory in the final ahead of Jones and Elliott Patrick. The DAMC TAG class suffered with small fields through most of the season but this did not dilute the action at the front where Fadi Al Aswad deservedly took the 2008/2009 title after a season long duel with Warren Christie and Ian Prestwich.
On the final day Christie won the pre-final from John Mace, but Al Aswad bounced back to win the final from Christie and thus notch up the title.
Tom Bale has been the dominant driver in the 2008/2009 DAMC Cadet Class Championship and took the title in fine style, winning everything on offer on the final day.
The SWS Sprint Race concept was introduced on the final day. Shaikh Hasher went on to win the final.
