South Africans dominate racetrack

Dubai: South African Arushen Moodley once again dominated the bikes, while fellow countryman Jordan Grogor tried to keep pace in the cars category at the Dubai Motorsport Festival held at the Dubai Autodrome Friday.

Moodley, who had won convincingly at the UAE National Race Day in the second half of last month, was once again at the top of the pack in both races of the UAE Sportbike Championship yesterday.

Grogor, who had one first and one second in the opening two rounds last month, duplicated his performance with a first and second yesterday.

Jonathan Simmonds from the UK notched up yet another superior performance winning both races as the Seat cars took the top four places in the UAE Touring Car Championship and Karim Al Azhari once again emerged supreme in the Total UAE GT Championship.

Results

GulfSport Radical Cup: (Race 1) 1. Jordan Grogor (South Africa); 2. Ramez Azzam (Canada); 3. David Field (UK); 4. Usmaan Mughal (Pakistan); 5. Bob George (UK). (Race 2) 1. David Field (UK); 2. Jordan Grogor (South Africa); Ramez Azzam (Canada); Usmaan Mughal (Pakistan); 5. Bob George (UK).

UAE Touring Car Championship: (Race 1) 1. Jonathan Simmonds (UK/Seat); 2. Khalid Al Mutawa'a (UAE/Seat); 3. Khalid Bin Hadher (UAE/Seat); 4. Zoutan Zengo (Hungary/Seat); 5. Mark Hannak (USA/VW). (Race 2) 1. Jonathan Simmonds (UK/Seat); 2. Khalid Al Mutawa'a (UAE/Seat); 3. Khalid Bin Hadher (UAE/Seat); 4. Zoutan Zengo (Hungary/Seat); 5. Umair Khan (Pakistan/Honda).

UAE Sportbike Championship: (Race 1) 1. Arushen Moodley (South Africa); 2. Hussain Al Kooheji (Bahrain); 3. Rod Scott (UK); 4. Hendrik Sauerman (South Africa); 5. Pascal Grosjean (Switzerland). (Race 2) 1. Arushen Moodley (South Africa); 2. Scott Smart (UK); 3. Abdulaziz Bin Laden (Saudi Arabia); 4. Juzar Motiwala (India); 5. Grant Yake (Canada).

UAE GT Championship: 1. Karim Al Azhari (UAE); 2. Cabell/Tareq Fisher (USA); 3. Khalid Al Qubaisi; 4. Saif Al Assam (Canada); 5. Ebrahim Salloum (UK).