Al Musalam set to be first Middle East driver in V8.(Image: ) Fahad Al Musalam will be the first driver from the Middle East to participate in the Australian V8 Supercars Championship Series. Following talks between Bahrain International Circuit The Bahrain International Circuit (Arabic: حلبة البحرين الدولية) is a venue used for drag racing, GP2, and an annual Formula One Grand Prix. (BIC BIC See: Bank Investment Contract ) and Team Kiwi Racing Team Kiwi Racing is a V8 Supercar racing team that competes in the V8 Supercar series in Australia. Although the majority of races in the V8 Supercar series are run in Australia, Team Kiwi Racing is the only team to be based in New Zealand. it was confirmed that he was invited to race for the New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. outfit after his exceptional performance in Winton Raceway with the Garry Rogers Motorsport Garry Rogers Motorsport is an Australian Touring Car Team. Pre Touring Car Era Garry Rogers Motorsport started out as a small privateer team in the late 70's running a Holden Torana. team. Al Musalam had tested with the GRM GRM Gross Rent Multiplier GRM Geospatial Resource Management (GIS, mapping) GRM General Routing Matrix GRM General Relationship Model GRM Gregg Reference Manual GRM Gross Refining Margin GRM Global Request Manager team in Australia back in May as part of his prize after winning the Lumina CSV (1) (Comma Separated Value) Same as comma delimited. (2) (Computer System Validation) See software validation. CSV - comma separated values ME championship and impressing fans and racing executives, amongst them Team Kiwi Racing. As part of the agreement Al Musalam will make his debut guest appearance during the Gulf Air Desert 400 round of the Series this November 6-8, on home soil at the BIC. Al Musalam said: "I am looking forward to driving with Team Kiwi Racing and it gives me great honour to be the first Middle Eastern driver to be racing alongside some the world's top touring champions. "I am looking to compete in this race as I know I will be racing next to the Australian drivers with all their experience, but I aspire to start, finish and perform to the best of my ability." Having tested with the GRM team aboard a right-hand drive Holden, Al Musalam will now be driving a Ford as part of the Team Kiwi Racing outfit. On this subject he highlighted that he was looking forward to the experience as the two cars were each different with altogether different chassis' and character. Al Musalam thanked Team Kiwi Racing for making his driving dream a reality and added that he looked forward to meeting the team and drivers and hoped to make the kingdom proud. Shaikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at BIC, said that Team Kiwi Racing contacted BIC asking for Fahad to join them for the upcoming round in Bahrain. He added that it was a proud moment for the kingdom as a Bahraini driver had managed to attract the attention of teams in Australia and how delighted the BIC was to host the coming V8 race with a Bahraini driver on the grid. He also urged motorsport fans in the kingdom to come and show their support for the Bahraini champion during the three-day race weekend. Copyright 2008 www.tradearabia.com Copyright 2008 Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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