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22 maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017 Sport MOTORSPORTS Johnson, Muscat and Vella dominate Autocross THE 'Assocjazzjoni Sport Mu- turi u Karozzi' will hold the fifth Enduro programme of the ASMK Pasta Poiatti 2016/2017 season this Saturday at the Barriera tas- Saghtar in the limits of Naxxar. The programme starts at 3pm and is supported by Blokrete Ltd and Dunlop Tyres. The association's seventh Au- tocross programme was held last Sunday when a total of 27 cars registered for the race day. Dur- ing the three Heats of the day we saw Gordon Johnson on his Opel Corsa win all Heats, thus seal- ing his place in the Class A Final. Also qualified in this Class were Matthew Borg and Terence Azz- opardi, both on Opel Corsa cars, the Volkswagen Polo of Vince Farrugia, Christian Galea on his Fiat Ritmo and Jean Paul Grech on a Peugeot 106. From the start of this final race Johnson, Grech and Farru- gia made a very fast Start where Johnson took the helm of this Final followed by Grech and Far- rugia. All alertness remained on the first three competitors bat- tling for the lead. In the fifth Lap Farrugia managed to overtake Grech and he retained this posi- tion to the end of the race. The final result of Class A reg- istered another win for Johnson, who was followed by Farrugia and Grech in second and third places respectively. Fourth place finisher was Azzopardi, Borg fin- ishing in fifth place. Sixth placed Galea retired earlier in the race. The Autocross Class B Final Start Line was composed of Karl Micallef on a Ford Fiesta, Melo Zammit and Malcolm Borg both on Opel Corsa cars, Alan Muscat on his Peugoet 205, Keith and Andrew Borg and Pisani all on Vauxhall Nova's. From the Start of this final we saw Muscat make a good launch and so reaching the first corner and taking the helm of this Final. Malcolm Borg and Pisani fol- lowed close by. Yet the attention turned on Micallef and Zammit though they were in fourth and fifth places. Zammit was mak- ing pressure on Micallef and managed to do the overtaking move before the end of the first Lap. The race continued but dur- ing the fourth Lap Micallef once again repositioned his placing but the attention had gone on the leadership where Muscat was still occupying the first position until he suffered a mechanical fault in one front wheel, which resulted in him losing some speed. In spite of this Muscat lost only two places. Malcolm Borg won this final followed by Pisani. Muscat finished in third place followed by Micallef and Zammit in fourth and fifth place respec- tively. Keith Borg who retired early from the race placed sixth. In the Standard Class Final the starting line was composed of Karl Scicluna, Angelo Galea and Quinn Camilleri all on Peugeot 106, the Peugeot 205 of Nicov- ich Chircop, Johann Vella on his Opel Nova and Deane Farrugia on his Citroen AX. The start of this Final saw a good launch by Vella and Scicluna but Vella took the helm of the race final while Scicluna and Camilleri followed close behind. Throughout the race the focus was on Camilleri being pressed by Chircop until shortly and be- fore the end of the race Camilleri lost some control and Chircop took advantage but Camilleri soon gained his placing again. The Race Final result is:- Vella registering another victory while he was followed by Scicluna and Camilleri. Fourth place finisher was Galea while fifth and sixth place finishers were Chircop and Farrugia respectively. Meanwhile other ASMK event by the Autocross cars and Moto- cross will be held on Sunday, 21st May. Motocross starts at 8am while the Autocross cars start at 1pm. Further information is available on the website of the Association www.asmk.org.mt or Facebook pages named A.S.M.K. Malta or Association Sport Motorcycles and Cars. One can make contact by email info@asmk.org.mt Mo- bile 9942 or 5489.