On Sunday 17 February 2019 Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi will continue with the Enduro National Championship Wotomoto 2018/2019. This third event is to take place at the Barriera tal-Ballut of Naxxar and starts at 10.00am. Riders with non-ASMK membership can participate as well.
Meanwhile an overview of the Classification after two events shows that Bernard Sammut on a 300cc Beta is leading the classification with 40 points and is followed by Ian Scicluna on a KTM and by Matthew Gauci on a Beta with 30 points each. Third placed is Carmelo Borg on a Honda with 17 points.
Meanwhile, on Sunday 10th February 2019 ASMK organized the 5th National Championship race by ASMK Pasta Poiatti 2018/2019 with 19 participants divided into three classes, that for Autocross Modified, the Standard class and the new class named Autocross Diesel class for diesel powered cars.
A look at what happened during the day. Melo Zammit on his Opel Corsa won 2 of the 3 heats and scored highest points on the day. With Zammit for the Final Class A also qualified Karl Micallef, Terence Azzopardi and Jean-Paul Grech all on Opel Corsa cars, Noel Zammit on a Fiat Punto and the Ford Fiesta of Theo Micallef.
With the departure of this Final we saw a very well start by all the finalists but Melo Zammit took the helm of the race while being followed by Noel Zammit and Theo Micallef. The race continued where all finalists one after the other made use of the Joker Lap without losing a position. During this final the only overtaking was by Jean-Paul Grech and Karl Micallef who gained a placing over Theo Micallef. The 9 Laps Final ended with Melo Zammit winning this class followed by Noel Zammit and by Grech. Terence Azzopardi suffered a technical fault and withdrew from the race.
At Autocross Final for Modified cars of Class B we saw a Start Line composed by Andrew Pisani on an Opel Nova, Nicolai Aquilina on Opel Corsa, Paul Formosa on his Fiat Uno and Brandon Lee Vassallo on a Peugeot 205. Duncan Delia joined them on a Ford Fiesta from the Autocross Diesel Class .
With starting this final we had a good Start where Pisani took helm of the race followed close by Aquilina. During the first Heat Pisani took the Joker Lap and held his position to the second Lap when Aquilina made use the Joker Lap and managed to take the helm of the race. The race went on where Aquilina was followed by Pisani and Vassallo. During the sixth Lap Aquilina went a bit wide and while regaining control there was a contact between Aquilina and Pisani which resulted in Aquilina being over-turned as a result of the contact thus, the Referee had to stop the race with a red flag as a precaution. The Result of this issue and the race result will be published following examination of the case by the Disciplinary Board.
At Autocross Class Standard Start Line was composed by Johann Vella starting on an Opel Nova, Kyle Agius on an Opel Corsa, Jerome Peplow on a Kia Avella, Alex Fenech on Peugeot 106 and the Ford Fiesta of Liam Formosa. From the Start Line Vella took the helm of the race followed by Fenech and Peplow. To the end of the race we saw no change in positions until the last lap just before the Finish Flag where Fenech made use of the Joker Lap and took the Finish before Vella. This was the 1st win for Fenech while Vella and Peplow followed in 2nd and 3rd places. Fourth place finisher was new-comer Formosa.
On this same Sunday ASMK also held the fourth event of the National Trials Championship 2018/2019 where we had these results. Damon Bonello on his TRS motor registered his fourth victory of this season followed by Rowen Bonello and Ian Scicluna both on Beta motorcycles. Fourth place finisher was Antonio Leonardi on his Gas Gas while the fifth place was won by Beta driver Tony Curmi.
From Trials Juniors Class we saw Isaac Scicluna on a Gas Gas Trials bike to win this class and was followed by Julian Scicluna on an OSET electric motorbike. Karl Bartolo on a Beta followed while fourth place finisher on a Beta motorcycle was Micallef Dion.
More information can found on the website of the Association:- www.asmk.org.mt or Facebook pages named: A.S.M.K. Malta or: Assoċjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi. One can make contact by email: [email protected] or Mobile 99425489.
Photos by Mario Micallef