Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Kuwaitis In Liwa




Under the sponsorship of H.H. Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
The Moreeb Dune race will be held on the 1st and 2nd of Feb 2007. the event is managed by Abu Dhabi Motors Club as well as Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority.

Moreeb is the biggest sand hills in the UAE and maybe in the world as I didn’t see or hear about any thing like it. The Hill stand high with an altitude of 290 meters with a 50 degree leaning angle.
Its located about 250 KM from Abu Dhabi the capital of The UAE in the western region in a place called Liwa.
The first day will be for motor bikes & ATVs and day two will be for 4x4 Cars.
I will update you with photos and much more when I come back to tell you and show you why they call it Moreeb.
Wishing the best for our Kuwaiti teams taking part in the race (Top Gun Racing team and Mac one Racing team)




Saturday, January 20, 2007

FAST SWEET HAEARTS

Responding to the Sweethearts Campaign to give blood
The Middle East Rally Champion in the 1600cc for 2006 Mishal Al Nejadi and Co. Driver Mohd Jerry with the rest of Mishal Al Nejadi Motor Sport Team
Visited the blood bank on the 16th of Jan 2007 to take part in the Campaign and give back to society.
The team was welcomed by Gader Kajha and Maryam Al Rashed
We like to Thank all people that participated

in this campaign and hope to see more like it

Monday, January 08, 2007

Next door Spyker

Dubai – Spyker Cars has announced the establishment of its regional office in Dubai, called 'Spyker of the Middle East' and has appointed Al Tayer Motors LLC as their exclusive delaer for the UAE.Al Mutawa, Director Sales & Marketing Middle East said: “We are delighted to appoint Al Tayer Motors and its subsidiary as our dealer for the UAE. Al Tayer Motors with its extensive network and experience in the luxury automotive segment is the perfect partner for Spyker Cars.” Plans to open dealerships in Oman and Kuwait are in progress, he further added.Four Spyker models will be sold in the region - the Spyker C8 Spyder, the Spyker C8 Laviolette, the Spyker C12 LaTurbie and its newest model: the Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris. Victor Muller, CEO Spyker Cars, says: “These are exciting times for Spyker. After the successful launch of the Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris in Geneva last March we completed the acquisition of the Midland F1 Racing Formula One team in September, an absolute milestone for our 6 year old company. The team is now called Spyker F1 Team. The Formula One arena is an unparalleled way to both underline our commitment to racing and to benefit from a massive increase in brand awareness around the globe. We expect that our road cars will also benefit from the F1 technology we now have at our disposition in house. On September 30 last, we signed a three year engine supply agreement with Ferrari for the 2007-2009 seasons and on November 1st last Mike Gascoyne joined us as Spyker F1 Team’s Chief Technology Officer.”

2006 IMPREZA Group N Wins


We are three months away from the end of 2006/2007 racing season in Kuwait and from the last redBull kart race i don't have any local new to post Coz of whats going on between KMSC, KT and some guys running over us after the Chairman Chair
leading Kuwait motor sport fans to a dead end rode. So to keep you busy we will review the 2006 SUBARU IMPREZA Group N Wins.
FIA Production Car World Rally Championship (P-WRC) a SUBARU IMPREZA WRX STI driver won the series for the fourth year in a row. Meanwhile, in the FIA authorized regional rally championships (European Rally Championship, Middle East Rally Championship, Africa Rally Championship and Asia-Pacific Rally Championship), ranked one level below the world championship, IMPREZA drivers were crowned champion in three out of the four regions. IMPREZAs were also the champion cars in rally championships held in many other regions and countries, proving that the powerful IMPREZA Group N car has truly developed into the world standard for rallying.Below are the major championships won by IMPREZA WRX STI drivers in 2006.FIA Production Car World Rally Championship - Champion.

Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar) FIA Regional Championships
Middle East Rally Championship winner, Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar)
Africa Rally Championship winner, Patrick Emontspool (Belgium)
Asia-Pacific Rally Championship winner, Cody Crocker (Australia) Other Regional and National Championships (in no particular order)
South African Rally Championship winner, Roberto Sanchez (Argentina)
British Rally Championship winner, Mark Higgins (UK)
Poland Rally Championship winner, Leszek Kuzaj (Poland)
Swedish Rally Championship winner, Patrick Flodin (Sweden)
Turkish Rally Championship Group N winner, Hakan Dinc (Turkey)
Dunlop National Rally Championship of Ireland winner, Alan Ring (Ireland)
Italian Rally Championship Group N winner, Piero Longhi (Italy)
Estonia Rally Championship Group N winner, Martin Rauam (Estonia)
Rally America National Championship winner, Travis Pastrana (USA)
New Zealand Rally Championship winner, Richard Mason (New Zealand)
Russian Rally Championship winner, Alexandr Zheludov (Russia)
well don Subaru and hope to see them back in the WRC in 2007

Monday, January 01, 2007

2007

Happy new year and wish you all the best for 2007