On the Sunday 27th January 2019 ASMK is to continue motorsport events by organizing another event of the National Autocross Championship 2018/2019 sponsored by Pasta Poiatti. This fourth event will start at 10, 00am and is to take place at the ASMK Sports Complex in Ta' Qali.
A Look at the rankings situation of the Modified and Standard Autocross championship classes where in the Modified class we see that Terence Azzopardi on his Opel Corsa is leading the ranking for the first time. Azzopardi currently has 69 points and is followed by the Opel Corsa of Melo Zammit wth 61 points. The rating continues to show that the Opel Corsa of Joseph Micallef is placed 3rd overall with 59 points and Ryan Scicluna on a Ford Fiesta follows with 58 points.
In the Standard Class Melvin Buttigieg is on top of the chart driving his red Citroen AX and has won 18 points so far. Kyle Agius on his Opel Nova follows in 2nd place with 12 points. The list further demonstrates the Opel Nova of Johann Vella from Gozo is placed 3rd overall with 11 points and Jeremy Peplow on his Kia Avella and Quinn Camilleri on a Citroen Saxo have won 9 points each.
Meanwhile on Sunday 20th January 2019, the Association organized the second meeting of the National Enduro WotoMoto National Championship 2018/2019. This event was held in a Quarry in Fawwara limits of Siggiewi where the Association would like to publicly thank Barbro Group Ltd. for giving the Association the permit to use this locality for this type of motorcycle Off-road sports.
The Day was characterized by the overnight and early Sunday morning rain showers which left the ground in a wet condition and an amount of pools in several areas along the pre-planned and built race course. This resulted in more difficult riding conditions for the riders to manoeuvre their motorcycle in such conditions. This situation made each rider to waste more energy than usual to finally arrive at the destination to stop the lap recording clock. For this event 15 competitors were divided into three classes and a new 4th class was introduced for the first time for Under 15 years junior racers. This Class together with Class 3 for Novices are very promising.
The Overall event result chart declares Bernard Sammut on a Beta 350cc bike sponsored by WotoMoto continued to dominate this Enduro event with remarkable riding on difficult wet ground. Sammut excelled in the qualifying Heats and in the two Timed Heats of the day where he always improved on his timed Laps thus sealing his second win of this 2018/2019 Enduro championship with a Final time of 9 minutes 0.908 seconds. Sammut was followed in 2nd place by Ian Scicluna on a KTM motorcycle with timed Laps of 9 minutes 55.019 seconds. Third place finisher was Matthew Gauci on his Beta who registered his best Lap in 9 minutes 55.411 seconds.
The Results for Class B shows that Krist Falzon on a Husqvarna motorcycle won this class with his best time of 10 minutes 21.886 seconds followed by Gabriel Muscat on KTM motorcycle with a time of 10 minutes 24.642 seconds. Third place finisher is Aidan Camilleri on a KTM motorcycle with 10 minutes 33.182 seconds.
Results from Class C shows that Kyle Stone on a KTM motorcycle won this class with a total time of 12 minutes 15.177 seconds. Stone was followed by Kurt Muscat on a Yamaha motorcycle with his timed Laps of 12 minutes 33.998 seconds while third place winner was Mario Gatt on a Honda motorcycle with time Laps of 18 minutes 10.827 seconds.
The Results of this first Junior’s class is Julian Scicluna on an OSET electric motor cycle who won his class in 13 minutes 40.557 seconds. Julian was followed in second place by Antoine Muscat on a KTM motorcycle with a time of 17 minutes 35.693 seconds.
Another Enduro Race event will be held on Sunday 17th February 2019 starting at 10.00am. The location will be announced when the necessary permits from the authorities are issued.
More information can found on the website of the Association www.asmk.org.mt or Facebook pages named A.S.M.K. Malta or Association Sport Motorcycles and Cars. One can make contact by email:- [email protected] and Mobile 9942 5489.
Photos by Mario Micallef