Moori scored his first victory in Speed Star Championship by clinching the second round by clocking 00:52.443 at the Jeddah Raceway here last week. Ahmad Al-Esa managed to finish second in 00:55.995 and Al-Sharief third in 00:56.775. Al-Moori charged through the grueling qualification process and won the battle of driving skills. Al-Moori said, “I would like to thank motorsport organizing team and Abdullah Bakhashab, motorsport developer in the Kingdom, for making the sport increasingly more challenging. I am also happy to win here and waiting for the third round to win the overall championship.” The races were attended by enthusiastic motorsport fans, including women and children, who enjoyed the high-speed action. The race was very interesting among those who used the modified cars. The race began after grouping the participants into four classes according to the capacity of the engine, its power and its production year. They were standard six cylinders, modified six cylinders, modified eight cylinders and standard eight cylinders. Speed Star is a high skill and high power motorsport that calls for drivers to control a car while it slides at high speeds through a marked course. It is similar to rally racing, but is done on a closed course. It is judged on execution and style rather than just who finishes the course the fastest, similar to skateboarding and freestyle motocross. The sport caters well to spectators and is exciting to watch. Bakhashab said, “Speed Star has come in for a lot of criticism in Saudi Arabia. Exciting as it may be, this is not the kind of driving we encourage on public roads, hence our involvement in transforming it into an organized motor sport discipline. Saudi drivers who are undoubtedly skilled in speed driving technique can now find an outlet for their talents on the race
