Ahmad bin Khadeya would be only too pleased to take you on – provided you have the right specifications.
Bin Khadeya, 22, recently broke the speed record of an exclusive UAE club by driving a quarter-mile in 10.5 seconds in a competition at Yas Drag Racing Centre.
“I was scared initially but then I calmed down,” he said. “A lot of people made me nervous by telling me it will get harder but I got over it.
“I was very happy. I was driving my uncle’s car and he gave me the confidence to drive it. I didn’t want to let him down.”
Bin Khadeya is a member of the Group 63 AMG, a club that consists of 1,016 owners of Mercedes AMG 63 series models.
He was clocked at 219kph in a Mercedes C Brabus Bullet.
“I was not fully prepared, honestly. I just changed the tires to be fit for a drag race,” he said. “All my friends attended and it was a motive for me to try harder.
“Drag racing is a different experience to regular street driving, especially with the prizes we get in the end.”
The club was founded in Dubai in 2010 by Khalid Al Mulla, and two of his friends. Al Mulla said this competition, one of a series he has organized, was contested strongly.
“We are always surprised by the events. There is always something new,” he said. “It is interactive and many people love these kinds of events.
Ahmad Al Janahi, 21, driving a Mercedes-Benz C63, was surprised to have made the finals.
“I felt I was prepared but I wasn’t expecting to reach the finals. It’s great I did,” Al Janahi said. “I tried to win but it’s all about how far you want to go and how far you want to risk it.”
He said it had been an exhilarating experience and he and would “definitely do it again”.
“On a scale of one to 10, I would say this experience is an 11,” Al Janahi said. “I’ve seen videos on YouTube and I thought of participating. I wanted to be competitive.”
He prepared by heading to the circuit the day before the race to test his car and skills.
Al Janahi said the competition looked scary, as the other cars had been modified for drag racing.
“My car was street-drivable, unlike theirs, and I still got to the finals,” he said.
“The day of the event I was nervous, there were many cars and they looked aggressive – drag ready.
“The cars were fitted with rims and tires and some of them had seats removed to reduce the weight of the car.”
Owners of more than 100 Mercedes-Benz cars, all in the AMG 63 series, gathered to watch the drag races, which were sponsored by Emirates Motor Company. The event was one of several for the year.
Generally speaking, the group consists of 63 members are mostly Emirati, with others from Yemen, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain. The group is planning a bigger event in January.
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