Lebanese SWS 2011 round 3 – Summar and Pictures

The third round of SWS Karting in Lebanon was as thrilling as ever and yet again saw another winner. This time the winner is not a strange face. He is probably the most consistent figure in the championship so far after claiming third place in first round, fourth place in the second round and wing the event yesterday. Mohammed Basbous showed everybody that he is certainly the man to beat and he is the man with the highest points in Lebanon. Second place went to last event winner Ralph Matta. Ralph was determined to keep his string form after last round’s success and his Solid second place give him practically what he asked for. Third place went to Imad Diab who had the highest finish so far this season after Solid and unlucky displays in the last to rounds. Imad drove the race under difficult circumstances and made to third place to complete the podium. First round winner Karim Fakhry made it to 4^th place to improve on a very disappointing second round. Karim who is considered one of the fastest drivers in the field drove a very composed race to win the first heat and finish a solid fourth at the end. Joey haj last round’s second place winner made to the last heat and finished 7^th. Joey who had a big shunt in the race drove well and secured a good amount of points to put him 4^th overall between the Lebanese contestants in the SWS championship.

Final heat results:

1-      Mohammed Basbous

2-      Ralph Matta

3-      Imad Diab

4-      Karim Fakhri

5-      Georges Cherfan

6-      Mohammed Kaissi

7-      Joey Hajj

8-      Dany Mrad

9-      Jack Haddad

As usual the event saw some amazing displays for RC devices from HobbyMax and Tamiya the leaders and pioneers of RC cars and plane in Lebanon. This event was highlighted by an amazing performance from Garo Boyadjian who stunned the entire crowd with some exceptional Helicopter maneuvers. The event saw some amazing display by Nadim Shaar who also gave the crowd a big cheer.

On the other hand Lebanese motorsport startled Joe Ghanem and 2009 King of Drift Garo Haroutiounian presented the crowd with some amazing drifts and car stunts and gave the event another Dimension.

Pit Stop Karting as usual the pioneer in Lebanese karting hosted a spectacular and eventful round of SWS last Sunday and everyone is looking forward for the 2 remaining rounds.

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