Category Archives: RacingNews(ENG)

RacingNews(ENG)

Pro Ski Open was the only IJSBA class at the World Finals that had three motos. Each and every one of them was so hard since the boats were faster this year and the riders showed up with great fitness a fact that made racing even more exciting. Tyron and Dustin Motzouris along with Kevin Reiterer appeared on a new set up (New hull with a New engine), Mike Klippenstein competed on a very fast boat too and the big news was that Chris MacClugage was not competing in this class. Two strokes were far less behind in terms of horse power and top speed compared to the four-stroke missiles however when the conditions became rough Valentin Dardillat and Jeremy Poret closed the gap. In Moto 1 the situation was pretty clear. Klippenstein got the lead in front of Reiterer and Dustin Motzouris. However Klippenstein had his own issues therefore Reiterer got the checkered flag in front of Dustin Motzouris and Dardillat. Jeremy Poret appeared very strong in Moto 2 when the wind was blowing hard and the riders on four-strokes seemed to be be having an issue to ride hard their extra strong boats. Many riders experienced problems in the log jump or they were missing buoys. Poret, Dardillat and Jimmy Wilson were the top three finishers. Poret took the lead in Moto 3 in front of Skion and Dardillat. Reiterer, and Dustin Motzouris were following further back. Poret was in a very good pace. Dardillat passed the Norwich rider to get second and finally Reiterer moved up to third place. However, due to many rider that missed buoys and docked a lap (like Motz) Reiterer managed to clinch his second world title at the World Finals with Dardillat getting second overall and Skion Schjetlein toping the top three. Motz and Klipper did not manage to get a podium finish.

Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Botti proved to be in a class of his own since he won both motos of this class. However the rider who actually made a strong point out there was Gyogy Kasza from Serbia who appeared to have the fastest race craft. However Jean-Baptiste Botti took the holeshot and never looked back until the end of the race. Kasza made a jump start so he had to start on a dead engine a fact that did not put him up in the front for the beginning. Bushell took second in front of Kasza who made it to the finish line with a great effort. Chok-Uthit Molee toped the first five finishers behind Chowalit Kuajaroon. In Moto 2 Hajime Isahai took the lead with Iantosca on his back and Botti as a viewer. However, Botti having been master on riding in rough conditions soon took the lead and started building a safety margin form his competitors by racing on a completely higher pace. There is no question about it that the Frenchman was the only rider out there who could push his race craft 110% and he had a fast pace through out the whole race.

This Japanese rider made a huge point out there and still he did not made it to top three. It was so unfair... Congratulations...

It was a great race for the spectators to watch since Aqsa and Aero Aswar were up in the front having their own pace and duel followed in third place by Eric Francis. Francis managed to close down the gap between him and Aero when they approached lappers. However, he never got to pass Aero and Mohammed Al Baz who was viewing the situation finally managed to pass Francis to get third place in Moto 2. Overall Aero Aswar got the win with Eric Francis in second and BJ Ang in third since Ryan Harwick of Mountain Motorsports got disqualified in Tech. The interesting fact in this class was that the majority of the riders were racing Yamaha FZR and some were on Ultra’s and whilst there was only one rider on a RXP-X.

We have not seen any other team at the IJSBA World Finals winning so many titles and podium. Team structure: Hussain Dashti (Team manager), Abdullah Burabayea (Coach and Mechanic), Yousef Albusairi (Mechanic). Team riders: Mohammed Burabeya (# 66), Khaled Burabeya (#20), Mohammed Albaz (#38), Abdulrahmed Alomar (#33), Abdulaziz Alomar (#17), Yaqoub Alhuwaidi (#58), Rashed Alrashed (#11), Nawaf Alfarhah (#3), Fahad Alkrhan (#27) and Saoud Alsherifi (#44). Assistance: Waleed Aladsani, Sami Aljasmi, Abdulwahab Alumar, Abdulah Mandani, Andi Alessa, Saoud Alwazzan, Abdulaziz Albloushi, Jarrah Alshehab, Muhammad Alyousef and Qassem Alnassar. The riders entered many Runabout classes during all week and overall they scored 20 podiums. Among them 7 World titles, 9 second place finishes and 4 thirds. To all this success many number plates up to 10th places were added under their belt. According to what we have seen the last few years, Team Kuwait has been an amazing team, with a complete structure that fights everyday for the win. Riders, mechanics and assistance crew are all united and very friendly to each other. The main sponsors of Kuwait Team are: Kuwait Finance House, Zain Telecom, Pro Rider High Performance Shop, Kuwait Sea Sports Club, and the Public Authority of Youth and Sports of Kuwait.

Eric Francis had taken the lead in Moto 1 after coming 3rd from the Holeshot buoy and all seemed to be driven him to win however he went to pick up the equalizer buoy due to a mistake he made and Aero Aswar took the lead. Finally Aero won the race leaving second place for Francis and third for Mohammed Al Baz OF Team Kuwait.