BIKFAYA, LEBANON – Eddy Chalhoub won the 1st Rock Crawling Challenge of 2021, organised by the Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon (ATCL) in Bikfaya (Naas), with a record 24 four-wheel-drive vehicles taking part.
His brother Andy finished second and brother Jack third, giving the Chalhoub brothers all three podium places.
A long day of competition
The competition ran over a long, hard-fought day. Those attending included Michel Abi Hila, representing the Bikfaya municipality, Imad Lahoud, FIA representative for the Middle East and North Africa and coordinator of the organising club’s motorsport committee, Gaby Kraiker, head of the club’s motorsport department, and clerk of the course Jean Wannous. As always, the club applied strict coronavirus prevention measures.
Top five
- Eddy Chalhoub – Jeep Wrangler
- Andy Chalhoub – Toyota buggy
- Jack Chalhoub – Toyota FJ40
- Jimmy Agopian – buggy
- Karl Khalifeh – buggy
A tribute to Joe Noun
At the end of the event, Lahoud, Abi Hila and Wannous presented the prizes to the winners, and Kraiker gave Abi Hila a commemorative shield as a token of thanks.
After being crowned, the three Chalhoub brothers dedicated their achievement to the memory of firefighter Joe Noun, who was killed in the Beirut port explosion last August, and held up his pictures on the podium.