As Israel’s invasion of Gaza continues, Palestinian racers hoped to deliver a glimmer of sunshine. The brightest to this point got here on Friday when Palestinians swept the highest 4 total within the Jordan 4×4 Championship‘s season opener at Wasfi Al-Tal Forest in Amman.
Emad Khabeis, with Basel Nawasha as co-driver, received the Professional class with the quickest time outright. Hazem Foudeh completed second adopted by Wisam Khalileh, simply beating out Muhammed Hananah for the final step on the rostrum. Hussein Sheyoukhi completed eighth to mark 4 Palestinians within the prime ten. Two different Palestinians, Mahmoud Hafez and Amjad Hanana, retired with mechanical points.
Forty-three automobiles took half in Friday’s race. The Palestinian Motor Sport & Bike Federation labored with Jordan Motorsport to deliver rivals from Palestine’s West Financial institution, the place the PMSMF is headquartered, to Amman.
Jordan shares a border with Israel and the West Financial institution; though the latter isn’t the first focus of Israel’s operations of their warfare with Hamas, varied skirmishes and air strikes have nonetheless occurred with civilian casualties. Varied American army bases in Jordan have additionally been focused as a part of the warfare’s spillover. With the battle so near residence, JMS cancelled final November’s Jordan Baja which might have concluded the FIA and FIM Bajas World Cups.
“Regardless of ache, there’s hope,” begins an announcement from the PMSMF. “The Palestinian workforce continues to realize success after success. Palestinian rivals collaborating within the Jordan 4×4 Championship started the 2024 season with the highest 4 positions within the remaining outcomes of the primary spherical within the Kingdom. It’s price mentioning that the Jordanian vehicle affiliation did all the pieces attainable to facilitate the entry of the sporting delegation and lift the Palestinian flag on this sequence.
“These outcomes got here as an indication of hope regardless of the continued aggression at residence. Almost thirty rivals competed for the highest positions, however the podium was all Palestinian.”
The 2024 Jordan 4×4 Championship consists of three rounds, with the subsequent two scheduled for 19 July and 6 September.
