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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 25 MARCH 2015 Sport MOTORSPORTS Galea wins ASMK Autocross as Camilleri dominates Motocross ON Sunday 22 March 2015 'As- sociation Sport Muturi u Karozzi ' (ASMK) continued the Autocross and Motocross Championship races sponsored by ASMK – Pas- ta Poiatti 2014/2015. Thirt y com- petitors registered their partici- pation in this event. Meanwhile, a look at the Auto- cross Modified Class of the day Philip Vella on his Opel Corsa dominated the three heats, won the highest score and secured his place in the Class A Finals. Chris- tian Mark Galea on his Fiat Ritmo together with Josef Abela on his Opel Nova, Matthew Borg on a Vauxhall Nova, Noel Vella on a Ford Escort Mk1 and Malcolm Borg on Opel Corsa also quali- fied for the Class A – 9 Laps final race. Right from the 6 car Start line of this final we saw Philip Vella and Galea reaching the first cor- ner on track. They were followed close by Noel Vella and Borg brothers Malcolm and Matthew. Galea took the lead and was seen advancing ahead of the rest on each while Philip Joe and Noel Vella were in combat ahead of Abela and Borg brothers. Here the spectators followed ex- citing racing on the loose surface ground until Noel Vella played an unsport y move on Philip Joe which action left no choice to the referee but to take action against Vella. At some point later during the 6th Lap Vella who was in 3rd place succumbed to the pressure from brothers Matthew and Mal- colm Borg but it did not take long for Malcolm to reduce his speed due to a mechanical fault in his car. This interesting race was won by Galea ahead of Philip Joe Vella and Matthew Borg. Abela and Noel Vella finished in 4th and 5th places respectively. The Class B Final Start Line was composed of Gordon Johnson on his Peugeot 205, JeanPaul Grech on his Peugeot 106, Godfrey Gau- ci on his Ford Fiesta, the Opel Corsa of Martin Godwin, Noel Zammit on his Fiat Punto and the Opel Corsa of Jonathan Camilleri. Right from the Start of this final we saw Martin and Johnson mak- ing an excellent sprint to the first corner but Martin who was on the better side of the track took the helm of this final followed by Johnson. These were followed by Gauci and Grech respectively and Camilleri c and Zammit follow- ing too. During this final every driver properly defended his place while the two leaders Martin and Johnson battled for the lead. On the sixth Lap Camilleri lost con- trol of his car which forced him to retire from the race as a safet y precaution. The final result of this spotless race declared Mar- tin registering his fourth win in this Class B. He was followed by Johnson and Gauci. Fourth and fifth places were won by Grech and Zammit. The newer Class for Autocross Standard Cars had different win- ners during the first two heats be- tween the 4 cars in the race. The 7 Laps Final for this class was won by Deane Farrugia on his Citroen AX and Saviour Micallef on Volkswagen Polo won second place while Vella on a Ford Fi- esta and John Agius on his Peu- geot 206 won the third and fourth places respectively. In the Motocross class A race heats Clayton Camilleri on KTM dominated the class by winning in both heats. Camilleri was al- ways followed by Edward Ciantar on a Kawasaki motorcycle and the KTM of young Kyle Camilleri. In the Motocross Class B we saw again Ludvick Muscat on his KTM motorcycle who dominated and win this class for the third consecutive time. Muscat was followed by Elvin Debono on a Kawasaki and Mark Mamo on a Yamaha motorcycle. The Motocross Category Open Race was won by the Camilleri brothers. Clayton won first place followed by brother Kyle both on KTM motorcycles. Third and fourth places were won by Ed- ward Ciantar on a Kawasaki and Ludvic Muscat on his KTM re- spectively. The Association takes this oc- casion to wish a Happy Easter to members and followers of ths ASMK motorsport. ASMK in- forms that there will be no racing events during these two coming weekends until the Easter holi- days. The ASMK Activities will continue next Sunday 19th April 2015. The Trials section will be organizing the 5th Champion- ship event and the Autocross and Motocross races will be held at the ASMK Motorsport Complex in Ta Qali. For more information one can visit the electronic site w w w.asmk.org.mt or through the Facebook page A.S.M.K. Malta. Christian Mark Galea in his Fiat Ritmo