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54 maltatoday, SUNDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 2016 Sport DRAG RACING Virtù Ferries MaltaToday and Virtù Ferries have teamed up to take one lucky winner and a companion every week to Sicily, with two tickets to be won every week in our photography competition. Already been on holiday? Good: we're sending you back if your best photograph from your holidays and travels makes the cut. That's right: send us a good quality image of your holidays and we'll send the best one to the gateway of Italy with Virtù Ferries. Malta - Sicily Express Ferries For more information visit www.virtuferries.com or contact by telephone 23491000 RULES OF THE COMPETITION maltatoday Conditions apply: 1. Tickets for each week's competition can only be won by one person who submits one entry of a high-res image with description. Entrants with more than one entry WILL NOT be considered. Entrants must send a description of photo. 2. Winners will be informed before the end of the week, and then announced on maltatoday.com.mt and MaltaToday on Sunday. 3. By entering this offer, entrants consent to their photos being published and owned by Mediatoday Co Ltd. 4. The entrant with the best photograph will be awarded two (2) return tickets, valid for travel to any Virtù Ferries destination. Mediatoday's decision is final. 5. Tickets are issued free of charge, excluding port charges, and in accordance with Virtù Ferries' rules and regulations. All taxes and charges are to be paid accordingly by the winning entrant upon the issuance of tickets. 6. This offer is closed to employees and contributors of Mediatoday Co. Ltd and Virtù Ferries, or their family members. This week's theme: Travel SEND US PHOTOS FROM YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY PHOTO COMPETITION Photos should be a hi-res image (one per individual entry) with a sentence or two about what inspired you to take your photo. Entrants are kindly reminded not to send in personal family pictures that might be unrelated to theme subjects unless expressly requested. If sending a photo by post, address it to: 'MaltaToday photo competition', Mediatoday, Vjal ir-Rihan, San Gwann, SGN9016 Please supply your daytime telephone number, your name, your home address, email address and Instagram name. Send the photo via email on info@mediatoday.com.mt [SUBJECT HEADING: MaltaToday photo competition] by next Friday at 9am. Themes may change from one week to the other This week's winner is GEOFFREY BEZZINA with the photo of their holiday in Venice Close call for Malta's Whippy Racing as opponent has spectacular crash Malta's Mr. Whippy Racing put in a great time in the second qualifying round, but the same cannot be said for his opponent KEVIN GRECH MR. Whippy Racing is taking part in the NHRA Top Alcohol NHRA Drag Racing series in California, USA this year. The season has been success- ful so far, with good qualification results taking the Maltese team to the finals on a number of occa- sions. Fred Hanssen, of Afjord, Nor- way, was involved in this incredible crash during the second Top Alco- hol Dragster qualifying session for the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series portion of the Auto Club NHRA Finals. Hanssen's car went out of control just as Whippy Racing's Monty Bugeja passed him, Hans- sen made contact with the retain- ing wall before coming to a stop on the car's side. Hanssen exited the car under his own power, was alert and responding to commands. Bugeja managed to put in a time of 5.37s in that race. In the first qualification round, Bugeja had a better time of 5.32s. After two qualifying rounds, Monty Bugeja sits in fifth place. Mr. Whippy Racing will now race in the elimination round. Mr. Whippy Racing representing Malta in the USA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Monty Bugeja's (Whippy Racing) perfect start enabled him to escape collision with his opponent Fred Hanssen. Hanssen lost control of his dragster right after the start spinning out of control just behind Bugeja.

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