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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 11 APRIL 2018 Sport 22 MOTOSPORTS ASMK Autocross this Sunday at Ta' Qali ON Sunday 15th April 2018 Assocjazzjoni Sport Muturi u Karozzi will continue with the Autocross races of the National ASMK-Pasta Poiatti 2017/2018. The program be- gins at 12:00 pm at the ASMK Sports Complex at Ta' Qali. Grech and Scicluna win in Autocross Meanwhile after the Easter Holidays break the Associa- tion continued with the races as planned. On Saturday af- ternoon 7th April 2018 ASMK organised the two Autocross Finals of event number three which were postponed on that day. The results of these finals are as follows: - In the Autocross Modified Class A Final Jean Paul Grech on his Peugeot 106 along with Andrew Pisani on a Vauxhall Nova made a good start where Grech followed by Pisani took the lead during the race. Just after the second lap Pisani be- gan to slow down and retired from the race. Soon Karl Mi- callef on Ford Fiesta followed by Noel Zammit on Fiat Pun- to occupied the 2nd and 3rd placings on track. During the rest of the race final we saw all drivers defending their plac- ing to the end. Besides all this the final result shows Grech as the Class winner while Mi- callef and Zammit followed in 2nd and 3rd places respec- tively. Fourth and fifth place holders were Andrew Pisani and Vince Farrugia on a Volk- swagen Polo. In the final race of Auto- cross Modified Class B we saw a very good start from Gary Grech on his Opel Corsa along with Kieth Borg on a Vauxhall Nova and Ryan Sci- cluna on Ford Fiesta. During the first lap saw the cars took their place. Scicluna managed to take the lead of this race fi- nal ahead of Grech and Borg. However during this final we had no other changes in posi- tions. The final result shows that Scicluna was the winner while Grech and Borg fol- lowed in 2nd and 3rd places respectively. Fourth place was won by Brandon Lee Vassallo on his Peugeot 205. Paul Muscat wins all Motocross Class A On Sunday 8th April 2018 the Association organised the championship's sixth event of the Motocross National Championship for 2017/2018. The event was held at the ASMK Sports Complex at Ta' Qali ASMK where 20 compet- itors divided into three classes were registered for this event. The day began with the com- pulsory practice time for all before starting the qualifica- tion races of the day. Dur- ing the qualifying Heats Paul Muscat riding on a Yamaha registered the best time of the day by covering his fastest lap among all in 1 minute 22.88 seconds. Paul was followed by Trevor Muscat riding a Husq- varna but with a difference of 13.925 seconds. During the two Heats of the day we continued to see Paul Muscat to continue to dominate the class A when he managed to also win the two qualifying rounds of the day by registering his first win of this season too. Muscat won this event ahead of Clayton Camilleri on a KTM and Tre- vor Muscat on a Husqvarna. Fourth and fifth place finish- ers were Kyle Camilleri on a KTM and Chris Muscat also on a KTM. Sixth place was won by young Mark Mamo on a Yamaha motorcycle. In Class B Bernard Sammut on a Beta dominated the qual- ifying session in his class with his best lap time of 1 minute 30.574 seconds. Sammut was followed by Gary Debono on a Sherco motorcycle with 19.335 seconds more than the time of Sammut. In the Veteran Motocross Class Jethro Sant riding on a Yamaha motorcycle dominat- ed the qualifying race with his best time of 1 minute 36.929 seconds. Sant was followed by the KTM motorcycle driven by Paul Deguara with 0.551 seconds following Sant. In this Veterans MX Class we had these results. Paul Deguara on KTM once again dominated this class on his Yamaha. De- guara was followed by Jethro Sant and Daniel Bonnici on a KTM. Fourth and fifth place finishers were Andrew Cassar on a KTM and the Honda of William Sant. Joseph Azzopar- di placed sixth on his Yamaha. Further information and event photos/video can be found on the website of the Association www.asmk.org. mt or Facebook pages named A.S.M.K. Malta or Assocjazz- joni Sport Muturi u Karozzi or on You Tube. One can also make contact by email:- in- fo@asmk.org.mt or via mobile 99425489. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIO MICALLEF