The 24H Series sports car and touring car international racing series is coming to Kuwait. Kuwait Motor Town is set to host the final round of the 2022 24H SERIES, marking the first time a venue in Kuwait has hosted an international circuit racing event.
The inaugural Hankook 12H KUWAIT will take place from 30 November to 2 December, just over two months after the final European round of the 24H SERIES at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on 9-10-11 September and just six weeks before the 2023 season opener at the Dubai Autodrome on 13-14-15 January, with a format and a date for the event also confirmed.
To summarize, this is a pretty big deal. KMT opened in 2018 with the aim to eventually host international racing events and this will be the first of eventually many more racing to come. We have a pretty great track layout (video above) so I’m really interested to see how it works for races. To stay posted on this event and other, Kuwait Motor Town is on Instagram @kmtkw
5 replies on “24H Series Coming to Kuwait”
Wow great! And season finale too!
I’m very optimistic, the track is well suited to high power cars. Are these equivalent to the LGMTE class in the WEC?
Are they going to erect large capacity bleachers around the track?
*giggity
The track already has a huge main grand stand, not sure if they’re gonna erect smaller ones in other places around the track. I doubt there would be that many people wanting to watch especially since this is a long endurance race
We need to have a burning man type festival in Kuwait.
So how we could do it is, you have a bunch of gear heads who buy tickets and using a lottery get assigned a scrap vehicle that can be brought back to working condition. Only thing is they cannot buy the parts/service with money only exchange for a service or request.
They bring the car to working condition and have to finish 40 laps. Every lap gives them credit to upgrade(faster their time in the lap, higher points). Once 20 laps are over they can work on the aesthetic of the car using the same credits. You can have local artisans work on the car in conjunction with spray paint and body kit guys. The car that finishes 1st wins and they best looking car also gets an award.
Only shit box cars allowed.
Whats so different with that vs normal everyday driving on the streets of kuwait ?