MUSCAT, OMAN – Runner-up in the opener, Tommy Kiely went one better in Round 2 of the 2026 Oman International Drift Championship (OIDC), beating fellow Irishman Conor Shanahan in the final at the Muscat Drift Arena to take the overall lead with one round left.
Jordan’s Abdulla Hamada completed the overall podium after a semi-final run that also included Dutch driver Sebastian Fontijn.
Round 2 results
- Overall: 1. Tommy Kiely (Ireland), 2. Conor Shanahan (Ireland), 3. Abdulla Hamada (Jordan)
- MENA: 1. Abdulla Hamada (Jordan), 2. Khalifa Alfalasi (UAE), 3. Dany Neville (Lebanon)
- National: 1. Haitham Al-Hadidi, 2. Ahmed Al-Amri, 3. Tariq Al-Shaihani
- Ladies Cup: Adrienne Wheatley (Ireland)
How the weekend unfolded
Fifty-four drivers went through qualifying before the Twin Drift brackets. Round 1 winner Ahmed Daham, Kuwait’s Ali Makhseed, Lithuania’s Benediktas Cirba and Dutch pair Fontijn and Clint van Oort all reached the Top 32, along with four Omanis: Al-Amri, Al-Hadidi, Riyad Al-Mabsali and Al-Shaihani.
The Top 8 featured Kiely, both Shanahan brothers, Hamada, Fontijn, Nasser Al-Harbali, Robert Babagulian and Alfalasi, whose second MENA podium in two rounds kept the 17-year-old Emirati in the spotlight. In the national class, Al-Hadidi turned the tables on Round 1 winner Al-Amri.
OAA Managing Director Sulaiman Al-Rawahi presented the trophies, with Fahmi Al-Busaidy as race director. The round ran under the Muscat Nights Festival banner with Shell as main sponsor, and the title decider was set for 5–6 February.
Photo: Oman Observer
Sources: Oman Observer, Gulf News, Oman Automobile Association