Oman IDC

NikNak wins in Oman as Daham’s engine explodes

The drifting season starts now, and drift.news will cover key points from the first round of the Oman International Drift Championship (OIDC).

Qualification

Haitham Alhadidy was the man to beat after the first qualifying session in Oman – a local drifter outscored everybody with 87.3 points. During his second run, he couldn’t improve and dropped to second as Alan Hynes’s show was awarded 87.7 out of 100.

Last year’s champion Steve Baggsy was third with 86.7, and Ahmad Daham – was fifth, scoring 85.

Nikolass Bertans come sixth, Benediktas Čirba – seventh.

PositionDrifterRun 1 Run 2 Best
1ALAN HYNES85.787.787.70
2HAITHAM ALHADIDY87.382.787.30
3STEVE BAGGSY79.786.786.70
4TARIQ ALSHAIHANI86.38186.30
5AHMAD DAHAM8570.385.00
6NIKOLASS BERTANS83.380.783.30
7BENEDIKTAS CIRBA73.782.382.30
8DMYTRO ZHAIVORONO7280.0180.01
9CLINT VAN OORT8068.380.00
10TYMUR LYPSKYI77.76977.70
11AHMED AL AMRI74.777.377.30
12NASSER ALHARBALI UR707777.00
13ROTYSLAV RARAHOVSK7076.776.70
14ALI MAKHSEED76.3176.30
15NASSER ALMUTAIRI73.366.773.30
16RAFAATH AL YAHYAI72.770.772.70
17ALI AL SHAIHANI17272.00
18EDGARS KROGERIS72172.00
19HAMDAN ALNAHYAN17272.00
20NICHOLAS SOLOMON71.36871.30
21ANDRIUS VASILIAUSKAS70170.00
22IAN BIZZ PHILLIPS656767.00
23RIYADH AL MABSALI476565.00
24ALI AL BALUSHI64.75464.70
25SAEED AHMAD63.75563.70
26HAZAA AL HOSANI6263.363.30
27MOHAMMED AL MANSO63.352.363.30
28MICK KELLY446363.00
29OLEKSANDR KATANTSE159.359.30
30AYMAN BOU FAKERELD157.357.30
31HUSSEIN MESSELMANI5356.756.70
32MESYAR NAWAF ABUSH56.744.356.70
33SERHII KREMETS55.75255.70
34FOO WEI SHERN52.3152.30
35YASSER AL SHATER344747.00


Top 32

This wasn’t an easy ride for some favourites. Qualification leader Irishman Alan Hynes had to go for OMT to beat Mesyar Nawaf Abush. A similar story has happened to Lithuanian Andrius Vasiliauskas with Nasser Alharbali.

Clint van Oort was also involved in the OMT battle with Ali Al Balushi, but the European drifter was knocked out in this case.

Top 16

Top 16 wasn’t the first time Ahmad Daham and A. Vasiliauskas met. Lithuanian made some mistakes in his lead run, and the judges awarded the win to Ahmad.

Top 8

OIDC photo

The first big surprise of the event. Lithuanian Benediktas Čirba met Edgars Kriogers from Latvia. Benediktas’s lead line wasn’t perfect, but the Latvian drifter wasn’t close either. In the second run, drivers made contact – B. Čirba crashed into Edgars and was knocked out himself from the competition.

OIDC photo
OIDC photo

In the last Top 8 heat, we saw a great battle between Steve Baggsy and Nikolass Bertans. There were great leads and chases, and it was only one way to go – to the OMT. During OMT, the Briton crashed, and the Latvian advanced to the Top 4 to meet his countryman E. Kriogers.

Finals

A. Daham was better than A. Hynes in the semifinals while N. Bertans moved other E. Kriogers. The qualification winner took the final step on the podium while the final battle was hot.

OIDC

During the first run engine of Daham’s Nissan exploded, covering the track in oil, but the chase driver managed not to crash his BMW. As Ahmad could start, a second run victory was awarded to Nikolass.

OIDC

The second round of OIDC will start on the 19th of January with free practice and qualification. Tandem battles are scheduled for the next day.

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