BURAYDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation (SAMF) has released the entry lists for Qassim Rally Toyota, round three of the 2024 Saudi Toyota Championship.
Thirty-nine cars, 18 motorcycles and six quads are entered for the three-day Buraydah-based event, including 16 cars in the Ultimate category. It is organised with the Ministry of Sport, official partner Jameel Motorsports and strategic partner Saudi Investment Bank, led by SAMF President HRH Prince Khalid bin Sultan Al-Abdullah Al-Faisal.
The contenders
Defending champions Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Timo Gottschalk head Ultimate in their Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux, facing team-mates Dania Akeel and Stéphane Duplé and Eastern European pair Miroslav Zapletal and Marek Sykora in a Ford F-150. The rest of Ultimate is made up of Saudi drivers in Nissans and Toyotas, including Abdulaziz Al-Yaeesh, Khaled Al-Shammeri and Mubarak Al-Alzbidy.
Saleh Al-Saif heads Challenger against Dark Horse team-mate Maha Al-Hameli, Germany’s Annett Quandt (X-Raid Yamaha) and Can-Am drivers Hamza Bakhashab and Hamad Al-Harbi. Dark Horse, Shegawi Racing and R-X Sport dominate SSV with Ahmed and Abdullah Al-Shegawi, Moaaz Al-Hariri, Esraa Aldkheil, Orwan Ammar, Mona Kurdi and Kuwait’s Salem Al-Dhafeeri. Nissans dominate Stock, led by Jafar Al-Qahtani, Majed Al-Thunayyan and Sufian Al-Omer.
Two-time winner Mohammed Al-Balooshi heads the bikes on his KTM against Kuwait’s Abdullah Al-Shatti, Emiratis Hamdan Al Ali and his brother Sultan Al-Balooshi, and Saudis Abdulhalim Al-Mogheera, Ahmed Al-Jaber and Mishal Al-Ghuneim. Five Yamaha riders and a CF Moto contest the quads, led by Haitham Al-Tuwaijri ahead of Hani Al-Noumesi, Abdulaziz Al-Shayban, Abdulaziz Al-Atawi, Abdulrahman Al-Abdulattif and Hussam Al-Khowiter.
The event is based at the Mövenpick Qassim in Buraydah, with the ceremonial start in the nearby National Park from 14:00 on Thursday.