KARACHI, Jan 15: The exciting Round 1 of Xtreme Autocross Championship 2011 was contested in front of a packed crowd recently at Clifton which also included a ladies category race which was won in thrilling fashion by Urooj Mumtaz Khan.

Seven categories were contested during round one including three stock categories and four prepared categories, all based on the international autocross racing formats.

Driving in extremely difficult conditions on a slippery track, brilliant race driver Shamyl Khuhro displayed his fantastic skills in a stylish Mazda RX7 to post the fastest time of the day.

In other categories, the A-Stock category was won by Waqas Rathor, driving Nissan 350zx. The B-Stock category saw the highest number of participants competing and was finally won by Mansoor Halim who excelled on the track in his Honda Civic.

The C-Stock category saw some fine driving from talented new contestant Jam Kamal who won the race in style to make it two in a row after his superb victory in the recent Jhal Magsi Desert Challenge.

The ever-reliable Ghazanfar Agha, who has made the D-prepared category as his own with consecutive victories, once again kept the rivals at bay to win the race.

The C-Prepared category was the most exciting race of the night which saw wheel-wizard Mukesh Chawla and talented Imam Ali Shah competing neck and neck throughout the contest. However, Imam Ali Shah came out the winner with some great under-pressure driving on a slippery track.

The B-Prepared category race was won by Shamyl Khuhro again as his competitors were outclassed by a long margin.

The A-Prepared category race was Mercedes versus BMW clash, both the vehicles appearing in top condition for the exciting event. In the end it was Zaheer Hussain Shah driving his Mercedes C200 who outsmarted Kashif Sattar in his BMW as crowds broke into a frenzy.

The second round of this year’s Xtreme Autocross Championship 2011 is scheduled for Feb 26.

Following were the winners in their respective categories and their timings.

L - Stock: 1st – Urooj Mumtaz Khan – 01 minute and 10.81 seconds 2nd – Sonia Khuhro – 01 minute and 16.09 seconds C - Stock: 1st – Jam Kamal – 01 minute and 02.81 seconds 2nd – Rahil Aslam – 01 minute and 05.80 seconds 3rd – Ali Nadeem – 01 minute and 06.40 seconds B - Stock: 1st – Mansoor Halim – 59.75 seconds 2nd – Saleem Tabani – 01 minute and 01.53 seconds 3rd – Taimur Mustafa – 01 minute and 02.20 seconds A - Stock: 1st – Waqas Rathor – 01 minute and 02.35 seconds 2nd – Omer Hussain – 01 minute and 04.44 seconds 3rd – Taha Ashraf – 01 minute and 07.61 seconds D - Prepared: 1st – Ghazanfar Agha – 01 minute and 00.77 seconds 2nd – Farhan Ahmad – 01 minute and 03.92 seconds 3rd – Sarfaraz Dhanji – 01 minute and 04.86 seconds C - Prepared: 1st – Imam Ali Shah – 57.55 seconds 2nd – Mukesh Chawla – 57.91 seconds 3rd – Azim Bhurguri – 59.05 seconds B - Prepared: 1st – Shamyl Khuhro – 55.21 seconds 2nd – Khawaja Ahad – 01 minute and 02.28 seconds 3rd – Omer Zehri – 01 minute and 04.62 seconds A - Prepared: 1st – Zaheer Hussain Shah – 59.29 seconds 2nd – Kashif Sattar – 59.34 seconds 3rd – Amir Ali Shah – 01 minute and 01.11 seconds —Agencies