In Irkutsk Region, the results of Ice Autocross 2014 were summed up. Winners and prizewinners were determined in five car classes from front wheel drive to all wheel drive. 226 entries took part.
The winners and prizewinners were determined in five categories. In class A1 (front-wheel-drive cars with non-studded tires), Roman Khodyrev took first place, Evgeny Kuznetsov took second place, Aleksandr Sirazitdinov took third place, and Sergey Kharitonov came fourth.In class A2 (front-wheel-drive cars with studded tires), Mikhail Gafarov became the winner. Second place in this class was taken by Evgenia Valeeva, third place by Ivan Rogovtsev, and fourth place by Dmitry Zhuravsky.
In class Z1 (rear-wheel-drive cars with non-studded tires), the places were distributed as follows: Aleksandr Sirazitdinov took first place, Igor Safonov took second place, Evgeny Rozhembersky took third place, and Denis Borinets came fourth. Among rear-wheel-drive cars with studded tires (class Z2), Dmitry Protasov won the gold medal, the silver award went to Ilya Yakupov, the bronze medal to Maria Abakumova, and Anton Petrov took fourth place.
Among all-wheel-drive cars (class W), Sergey Sukharukov became the winner. Dmitry Babansky came second, Anton Mekhryakov took third place, and Dmitry Shturnev took fourth place.
As a reminder, the purpose of the competition is to popularize technical sports among young people, improve driving skills in difficult situations and safe vehicle operation in various road conditions, and increase the safety of road users. The participant’s task was to show the best time on a closed circuit.
The amateur autocross competition was held in several stages. Qualifying heats took place on February 15 and 22. A total of 226 applications were submitted for participation.
The organizers of “Ice Autocross - 2014” were the Irkutsk Center for Advanced Driving Skills, the first independent internet television channel “Made in Irkutsk,” with the support of the Ministry of Physical Culture, Sports and Youth Policy of the Irkutsk Region.
Based on materials from the press service of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Irkutsk Region