BIC set for drag double-header

TDT | Manama

Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com

Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), ‘The Home of Motorsport in the Middle East’, is all geared up for plenty of intense, head-to-head battles on the strip over the next weekand-a-half.

Set to take place back-to-back in Sakhir are the third and fourth rounds of the 2025/2026 Bahrain Drag Racing Championship – the region’s biggest and most competitive series in this category of motor racing.

Round three lights up BIC’s quarter-mile this Tuesday to Friday (Editor’s note: 6 to 9 January) followed directly by round four from 13 to 16 January, ensuring non-stop action at BIC’s National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)-sanctioned facility.

Around 200 competitors flocked to the circuit in each of the first two meetings this season, and even more are expected to compete as the stakes are raised heading into the latter half of the campaign.

The championship is being organised and run by BIC in cooperation with the Bahrain Motor Federation, the Bahrain Drag Racing Commission, and the Bahrain Motorcycle Commission.

The competing drag racers will be battling in their respective competition categories to crown the champions at the end of the season, each of whom will take home a prestigious ‘Wally Trophy’, awarded only to title winners of NHRA events worldwide. The ‘Wally’ is drag racing’s most prestigious accolade. Named after NHRA founder Wally Parks, it has been handed out since the 1969 NHRA season in the US.

This week’s events get underway with two night of Test and Tune on Tuesday from 6pm to 11pm and on Wednesday from 4pm to 11pm. Qualifying will then be held on Thursday, which will set the elimination ladders for the one-on-one races on Friday. Action on both those days is scheduled to be held from 4pm onwards.

Fans looking to attend the round can watch the excitement unfold on the strip from the Start Line Grandstand or from BIC’s Beyon Grandstand. Tickets for the Start Line Grandstand are BD5 apiece, while tickets to the Beyon Grandstand for Test and Tune are BD2 each and BD3 per person for qualifying and race day.

Tickets can be purchased online at bahraingp.com, by calling the BIC Hotline on +973- 17450000, or at the gate.

There are 13 classes in this season’s Bahrain Drag Racing Championship. They include the Index 10.0, Index 9.0, Index 8.5, Outlaw 6, Index 7.5, Pro 29.5 V8, Comp 4.5, Outlaw 4, and Pro Mod for cars; and Street Fight 9.5, Index 8.5, Pro Street, and Outlaw for motorbikes.

The 2025/2026 calendar of the Bahrain Drag Racing Championship features five rounds. Following the upcoming double-header, the grand finale is set for 3 to 6 March.

For more information on the 2025/2026 Bahrain Drag Racing Championship or other events and experiences at BIC, visit bahraingp.com, call the BIC Hotline, or follow the circuit’s official social media channels.