Wednesday’s Qualifying Races for the FIM MiniGP World Final at Motorland Aragón in Spain were held in soaking-wet conditions with two Qualifying Races in both the 190cc and 160cc classes. For the American squad, it was Mahdi Salem who led the team in the 190cc races with a ninth-place finish in the first 190cc Qualifying Race and a fifth in the second-chance Qualifying Race 2.
However, it will be Jase Dill who will represent Team USA in tomorrow’s two 160cc races as he qualified 14th and will line up on the fifth row in the 160cc MiniGP Final.
The first of two 190cc Qualifying Races on the 10-turn, 1.038-mile racetrack went to Qayyim Razin with the Malaysian rider topping Britain’s Blake Wilson and Ukraine’s Yevsevii Kovalov.
The Americans were led by Salem in ninth with Ulises Weyrauch and Williams Dalu ending up 13th and 14th, respectively.
Kenzo Abadilla, of the Philippines, won the first 160 Qualifying Race in the soaking-wet conditions after besting Afghanistan’s Arkana Ardin by .287 of a second. Australia’s Chaz Williams rounded out the top three. American Connor Raymond ended up 18th.
The second of two 160cc Qualifying Races was won by Germany’s Fillin Lorenz by .192 of a second ahead of Australia’s Judd Plaisted with Latvia’s Timur Scicko third.
As for the team from the USA, Raymond pitted on the fifth of eight laps and was credited with 14th.
The Americans in the 190cc class got a second chance at moving on in the last race of the day with Salem taking advantage to finish fifth. Weyrauch and Dalu, meanwhile, were 11th and 12th.
The second 190cc Qualifying Race on Wednesday was won by the United Kingdom’s Henry McCartney over Germany’s Anina Urlass and McCartney’s teammate Marco Holt.
Six races will be held on Thursday: two 160cc races and two 190cc races followed by a 160cc Super Final Race and a 190cc Super Final Race.
