Camilleri Kyle wins ASMK Motocross, Micallef Farrugia win the ASMK Autocross

On Sunday, 26 November ASMK organised the second programme of the Honda Motocross National Championship 2017/2018. On the same day there was also the second race of the Autocross Cars running in the ASMK Pasta Poiatti 2017/2018 National Autocross Championship.

On this day 45 competitors registered for these events. The day started at 10am with Mass celebrated by Fr Mark Mallia Poles in the Association’s complex. This was said in memory of deceased ASMK members.

After mass, the day began with Motocross racing in their qualifying. Kyle Camilleri riding a KTM dominated Class A, followed by Stefan Dimech on a Honda motorcycle and Paul Muscat on a KTM in third place.

During the qualification of class B James Zahra on Sherco registered his best time ahead of Bernard Sammut on Beta. In the Veterans’ qualifying runs Jethro Sant was the leader on his Yamaha followed by William Sant on a Honda.

During the Class A Heat we saw the Camilleri brothers Kyle and Clayton both riding on KTM bikes to register a win each. Clayton won the first Heat while Kyle won the last Heat thus Kyle closed the day on the podium in first place and registered the second win of the season. Clayton followed his brother in second place. The Camilleri brothers were followed by Stefan Dimech on a Honda and fourth-placed finisher David Dimech also on a Honda.

In Class B James Zahra continued to dominate by registering two wins of both Heats and he too registered a second Class win of this season. Zahra was followed by Brandon Slowe on a Honda and by Arthur Micallef on a KTM.

In the Veterans’ Class Paul Deguara was seen to dominate and although he did not win any of the two Heats, he won the highest points in Class on the day. Deguara was followed by William Sant on a Honda and third-place finisher Jethro Sant on a Yamaha.

On the day the Autocross cars were racing too. Twenty-one competitors divided into two classes competed in the ASMK Pasta Poiatti National Autocross Championship. Unfortunately the day was characterised by accidents with some cars being damaged or suffering mechanical failures. Two cars suffered considerable damage, but thanks to the security built in the cars and inspected by the Association no one was injured. Nev- ertheless, the Association still takes all the precautions and the drivers involved are examined by a medical team who are always on site.

Meanwhile in the Modified class we saw the Peugeot 106, driven by Jean Paul Grech, on the Race Final List of Class A. Gordon Johnson on Opel Corsa, Ryan Scerri on Opel Corsa, the Volkswagen Polo of Vince Farrugia, Noel Zammit on his Fiat Punto and the Vauxhall Nova of Andrew Pisani made it to the Final A Race.

For Class B the qualifiers were Karl Micallef on a Ford Fiesta, Keith Borg on a Vauxhall Nova, Ryan Scicluna and Theo Micallef on a Ford Fiesta, the Vauxhall Nova of Richard Spiteri and Jonathan Camilleri on his Opel Corsa. With the departure of this final Camilleri was seen to make it to the lead by the first corner and was followed by Scicluna and Theo Micallef. Up to the first five laps we had no overtaking until on the sixth lap Camilleri experienced problems in his car. Karl Micallef took the opportunity to take the lead but soon after an accident took place between Camilleri and Theo Micallef which resulted in both cars overturned on the track. The race was Red flagged as a precaution and to assist the drivers involved. This race resulted with Karl Micallef winning this race final followed by Scicluna and Spiteri. Borg finished in fourth place.

In the Standard Class the race start line was composed of Deane Farrugia on a Citroen AX, Kyle Agius on a Renault 5, Joseph Spiteri on his Opel Corsa, Nicovich Chircop and Quinn Camilleri both on a Peugeot 106 and the Ford Fiesta of Chris Formosa. From the start Farrugia was seen to take the helm followed by Agius and Chircop. The attention was directed to the last two cars where Chircop passed Agius who suffered a blown tyre following the overtaking and overturned his car. Once again the race had to be stopped for safety reasons. Meanwhile, the final result shows that Farrugia won this race final ahead of Chircop. Camilleri won third place and Spiteri fourth.

The Management Committee of ASMK announced that it was not going to carry on with the race programme despite the fact that the Class A race was not yet done. This Race Final was postponed for another day still to be announced.