Ahmad Al Fahim has given an early indication that he is determined to hold on to his cars title in the Emirates Desert Championship, while fellow UAE competitors Mohammed Al Balooshi and Humaid Al Mashghouni also made a flying start to the new season, a Press release said.
Al Fahim, the defending champion, took an immediate lead in the national Baja rally series with a convincing cars victory in the opening round of the 2014-15 season which featured a record 100 starters on four and two wheels. Driving his familiar Polaris buggy, the Emirati won the short course event in the Al Qudra area of Dubai on Friday by 1min 37 secs from Mansour Al Helei in a Nissan Patrol.
Graeme Rose took third place in another Polaris,
In a fiercely contested battle of the bikes, multiple Arab motocross champion Mohammed Al Balooshi took his KTM to victory in the first of six rounds that make up this season's Emirates Desert Championship, winning by 1 min 39secs from Mohammed Jaffar. Ross Runnalls snatched third place.
Source: Khaleej Times