F1: Top drag racers gearing up for new season – Gulf Digital News

F1: Top drag racers gearing up for new season – Gulf Digital News

The bright lights at Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) are set to shine once again on its world-class, quarter-mile drag strip as the long-awaited season-opening round of the 2022-23 Bahrain Drag Racing Championship takes place this week in Sakhir.

The region’s longest-running drag racing series and its most popular annual competition will be bringing the heated one-on-one action back to ‘The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East’, which is a part of the NHRA Worldwide Network under the umbrella of the U.S.-based National Hot Rod Association (NHRA).

The cars and bikes get out on track for the first time today and tomorrow for back-to-back nights of Test and Tune. That will be followed on Thursday by Qualifying, which will set the elimination pairings for Race Day on Friday.

Test and Tune is scheduled to be held between 6pm and midnight both days, while Qualifying will be from 3pm to 8pm. The engines will begin roaring from 3pm on Race Day and continue until the last run.

There are set to be 10 classes for both cars and motorbikes in this year’s championship. The cars classes include the Index 7.5, Super Street Outlaw 29.5, Outlaw 4 Cylinders, Outlaw 6 Cylinders, Index 10.00 and 9.00, Index