Dubai Autodrome

GulfSport Racing has announced it will once again host the televised GulfSport Radical Cup – a national race series for drivers of lightweight sports cars, starting next month.

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Dubai Autodrome management today announced that they will not be hosting the final round of the FIA GT3 European Championship which was scheduled to be held on 11 and 12 November 2009. Dubai Autodrome wish to thank the FIA, ATCUAE, SRO the organizers of the FIA GT championship and teams for their support and understanding of these circumstances. We look forward to welcoming them back in years to come, for the event which has been a mainstay of the Dubai motorsport calendar.

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As the start of the 2009/2010 fast approaches there is one man who is looking forward to what is in store for local UAE motorsport. Dubai Autodrome Chairman Saeed Khalfan is enthusiastic about the prospects, attempting to develop and promote UAE national-level motorsport at Dubai Autodrome. This forthcoming season, events range from karting through to the newly introduced UAE GT Championship. Along with the UAE Sportbike Championship, the UAE Touring Car Championship and the GulfSport Radical Cup, local competitions move up a level. At karting level, there is the Sodi World Series (SWS) sprint races in conjunction with the Dubai Autodrome Motorsport Club (DAMC) Championship and the Nivea for Men Endurance Challenge.

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The 2010 Ford Mustang GT made its official UAE debut at an event on July 16th in the Dubai Autodrome, even while the car is already on sale. Looking very familiar, it has been overshadowed by the 2010 Chevy Camaro, so much so that Ford Middle East recruited the Emirates Mustang Club to drum up support for the launch event. Being among so many Mustang fanboys is enough to passively intimidate anyone into saying only positive things about the pony car.

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Round 2 of the 2009 DAMC Sprint Challenge at Dubai Autodrome on Thursday evening (11 June 2009) attracted a host of entrants, with more competitors and staff than actual spectators, as usual.

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A small but formidable field lined up for the opening round of the 2009 DAMC Sprint Challenge held under floodlights at Dubai Autodrome, Club Circuit configuration, on Thursday 21 May 2009.

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There was no mistaking the pride and joy etched on the face of Mohammed Al Owais, UAE Flag wrapped around his shoulders, as he made his way onto the top step of the Dubai Autodrome podium in early March during the international race weekend which featured UAE National Racing and Speedcar. Not only had he won Class 4 in the limited-attendance Yellow Hat UAE Touring Car Championship with House of Portier, he had also led home three other Emirati drivers and thus making history in local motorsport.

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The Volkswagen Driven By Performance seven day event brought together more than 200 dealers, partners and paid media from around the GCC region experienced the Volkswagen brand and technologies at the Dubai Autodrome recently.

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Renault was pulling off a publicity stunt at the Dubai Autodrome, where Mohammed Bin Sulayem was going to drive a Renault F1 car in straight-line drag-races against various supercars one after the other. We didn’t attend because it was simply a cheesy publicity stunt, but as soon as Bin Sulayem hit the track against a Ford GT, the car promptly spun out into the wall along the pit-lane, and a wheel came off from the crash. A Renault statement apparently says the car is “lightly damaged” and he is fine. More here.

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The 2009 Volvo XC60 is a new crossover SUV that the Ford-owned Swedish company thinks will raise regional Volvo sells by an unrealistic 30%. The GCC version was launched in Dubai a few days ago, and Volvo gave the press a taste of the XC60’s capabilities at the Dubai Autodrome on January 28. They certainly had an impressive line-up of events planned.

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