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maltatoday | WEDNESDAY • 11 JULY 2018 22 SPORTS MOTORSPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIO MICALLEF Vince Farrugia wins Autocross Championship; Larkin Butler wins Demolition ON Saturday evening 7th Ju- ly 2018 Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi closed the 2017/2018 season by organis- ing the last and 12th event of the National Autocross Cham- pionship sponsored by Pasta Poiatti. The day's program ended with the Big Van Demo- lition Derby 2018 after the past 24 years. 20 autocross cars registered for the Saturday evening races which were divided into three classes, that for Modified cars, for Standard cars and another Class for Gozo drivers only. During the heats of the day in the Modified class we saw Karl Micallef on his Ford Fiesta who dominated and secured his place in the A Final of the day. Vince Farrugia qualified on his Volkswagen Polo, Jean Paul Grech on his Peugeot 106, Melo Zammit and Jonathan Camilleri both on Opel Corsa and the Ford Fiesta of Ryan Scicluna. From the Start of this Final we saw Grech and Micallef make a very good launch and it was Grech taking the lead followed by Micallef and Zammit. Along the nine laps race we saw no changes in positions as all driv- ers defended their position- ing to the end. The final result shows that Grech won this Fi- nal A followed by Micallef and Zammit. Fourth place finisher was Camilleri whilst fifth and sixth places were won by Sci- cluna and Farrugia repectively. The final race of the Modified Autocross Class B registersed- Noel Zammit on his Fiat Punto as the winner of this final fol- lowed by Joseph Spiteri on his Opel Corsa and Brandon Lee Vassallo on his Peugeot 205. Fourth place was won by Keith Borg on a Vauxhall Nova. The result of the Standard Class shows that the Citroen AX driven by Lucas Pace won the race final. Nicovich Chir- cop on his Peugeot 106 won second place ahead of the Kia Avella of Jerome Peplow. Fourth place was won by Chris Formosa on his Ford Fiesta. The Result of the Gozo driv- ers class registers George Scer- ri on a Citreon AX as the class winner and Chris Sultana on a Daewoo Racer in 2nd place. Third place finisher was Clay- ton Cardona on his Peugeot 106. The Association officially an- nounced the champions and runner-up of the Pasta Poiatti Autocross National Champi- onships 2017/2018. Vince Far- rugia on Volkswagen Polo is the winner of the ASMK Pasta Poi- atti Autocross National Cham- pionship 2017/2018. Farrugia is going to put his name down for the first time as Champion in this section. During this sea- son Farrugia was followed by Karl Micallef on Ford Fiesta The Association also honours the class which is not held on National Championship ba- sis and also acknowledges the winner of the class. In the Au- tocross Class B the Ford Fiesta driver Ryan Scicluna drove to victory and won the Overall in Class B. Scicluna is followed by Keith Borg on Vauxhall Nova. The day's program ended with 2018 Big Van Demolition Derby where the main interest for this Demolition came from the competitors themselves who during these last months made efforts to purchase large vans for this event. The organi- iation of the three Demolition events organised so far this year are contributing to the environment as ASMK has re- duced no less 90 vehicles from the Maltese roads. The next big car Demolition is scheduled to be held next December just be- fore Christmas. Meanwhile for this Demoli- tion edition 13 vans were reg- istered but only nine managed to make it to the Starting line with drivers Mauro Cassar on a Tata Sumo, Leo Butler on a Fi- at Ducato, Massimo Borg on a Toyota Lite Ace, Michael Delia on a Tata Safari, Larkin Butler on a Peugeot boxer, Karl Mizzi on a Ford Transit, Jason Magro on a Tata Safari and Marlon Cassar and Frank Butler com- peted on Tata Sierra. From the Start of the Demoli- tion the drivers prepared a sur- prise for the spectators when the big Piaggo van of Larkin Butler opened its rear doors and out came a Piaggo small van which escorted the demo- lition vehicles during the two Laps which they normally do before the Start of the Demoli- tion. Following this show, the small van drove out of the track and the Demolition began by chas- ing and banging spectacular technical bumps which lasted about 30 minutes. The battle in the last few minutes before the end of the chase draws alert- ness among the spectators. This is mainly due to the state of the vehicles involved and be- coming almost unrecognisable. During this 'battle' Michael De- lia and Larkin Butler were seen to be the finishers but at one point Delia managed to re-start his Tata engine besides having problems with a broken front wheel. In the meantime it was not all plain sailing for Larkin but his big van was still moving under its own power. Although Delia managed to again restart his badly damaged van it was too difficult for him to contin- ue so he decided to switch off his engine to Larkin Butler who finished winning the Demoli- tion on his Peugeot Boxer and Delia won the Runner-Up. The Association would like to thank all participants of this 2017/2018 season for their Support, the Sponsors, Pasta Poiatti, Gasan Zammit of Hon- da Motors, Wotomoto of Beta and several other small firms for their support and making it possible to successfully organ- ise these competitions. The Association stops its ac- tivities during these two sum- mer months but will be under- going the process to elect its Officers and sectional Com- mittees for its different disci- plines. Motorsport Activities will be returning by next Sep- tember for a set of new cham- pionships. Further information can be found on the website of the Association www.asmk.org. mt or Facebook pages named A.S.M.K. Malta or Assocjazzjo- ni Sport Muturi u Karozzi. One can make contact via email at info@asmk.org.mt or by calling on 99425489.

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