Fadi Tammour won the 4.80 class in the Yas Drag Racing Centre’s Pro Series at Yas Marina Circuit in Friday night – just four races after gaining his NHRA licence!
The 33-year-old jeweller from Syria was trained at the Yas Drag Racing School this winter, entered the Pro Series four days later and won every one of his four races.
He recorded a perfect 0.000 reaction time in the semi-final race and just 0.001 in the final – a truly rare occurrence in drag racing anywhere in the world. “My fast reaction time actually made it quite tough in both races,” Tammour said. “It was hard not to get under the 4.80-second time, so I had to slow the car down just a fraction both times to be sure of the win. I knew the championship was mine anyway but I wanted to take it with four clean wins.”