Mohamed El Sawy speaks about the return of Autocross

CAIRO – 3 August 2017: The Egyptian autocross held a conference on Monday, August 31, in El Sawy Culture Wheel. Alamia is the official organizer of the 27 year old race. The races have attracted a lot of racers and fans since 1990.

Egypt Today met General Manager of Alamia Publishing and Advertising Mohamed El Sawy to speak about the Egyptian Autocross.

Sawy started talking about the history of Autocross in Egypt and why the Egyptian Autocross stopped in the last 2 years.

Sawy said “the races stopped due to regulatory procedures and licenses. But now Autocross returns in a new format.” He added that the return of Autocross was very welcomed so we will do our best to make the racers and the fans happy.

The general manager of Alamia spoke about the new track and the rules of participation.
He said “the tournament will be held in a special place in the north cost in our own track. The competition will take place on August 9-10.” He also said that every racer should have a sport driving license and the number of participants should not exceed 100 racers.

Sawy explained to Egypt Today the new format of Autocross Egypt which is completely different from the old format.

He said “on the first day, the first and second in the 8 categories will be qualified to the second day, according to their best recorded time in the 2 times." He also said that there will be a head to head race to choose the first of each category. And on the second day of the competition, the racers will compete in knock-out races to determine the winner.

Sawy explained that there will be a parallel competition for the third and the fourth in the eight categories from the first day, and that will give better winning chances to every racer in the competition.

The return of Autocross is very welcomed between the racers and the fans.