The Malta Drag Racing Association has organised the first Drag Racing event of the year.
The event commenced with a test and tune day, which was something new for this season as in the previous season we had two-day events but this year we decided to extend our events; 80 competitors took part and battled their way in 21 different categories. T
he track was prepared to a highly professional level by Lee Child, which the Mdra has contracted for the 2012 season
Lots of racers registered personal best times once again but this event was notable for the new track record from the Kalanc Racing team. Chris Polidano in his A Fuel Dragster registered an impressive 5.64 seconds making the Kalanc Racing team the fastest in Malta, winning the Dta 6 Class in style.
The Open 6 Class was won by Jason Grixti driving Emanuel Mangion’s Ford Cosworth-powered dragster with a 7.33 sec run and Ruben Scicluna won the D6 Class in his Cosworth-powered Dragster with a 7.65 sec run.
Mark Farrugia in his Pinto Turbo-powered Ford Escort managed to clock a personal best of 8.8 sec, winning the Open 2 Class. Paul Ciantar won the PS2 Class with yet another Escort Pinto Turbo and a personal best of 9.9 sec.
In the SS2 Class and Escort Class the battle was as always very exciting with eight vehicles within milliseconds in qualifying. In the end Chris Borg won the SS2 class in 11.18 sec and Gordon Micallef won the Escort Class and also the SM2 class running consistently in 11.30 secs.
The Motorcycles Open class was won by Franklin Borg with a 9.17 sec run and the SS1 Motorcycle category saw Glenn Borg as the winner with another personal best of 7.91 sec.
The most closely contested motorcycle category was the SS2A Class in which John Cutajar took first place with an 8.80 secs run, Melanie Schembri came in second and Simon Bonello third.
The Diesel-powered Fiesta was among the long list of Personal Bests with an impressive 10.47 sec run. This car is driven and owned by Jason Grixti, which won the Bracket Racing Category between 10.00 and 10.50 secs.
The next event will be the MDRA for Charity on 31 March. Any vehicle can take part in this annual charity show and race event.
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