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Malaysian Drift Challenge Round 1 - Speedway Plus Circuit, 8-9 November 2008 - Malaysian Drift Challenge, was a series plagued with controversies every since its debut early 2007. Dubious judging, sub standard organizational skills and prize money and trophy embezzlement were the talk whenever the series were mentioned. Upon realizing this Comma Motorsport has seek the assistance of Sync Optima and Feinto-D to help manage and run this year's two round series .NEW!

Jebat Drift Competition - Stadium Hang Jebat, Melaka, 1-2 November 2008 - After two successful events held at the Hang Jebat Stadium last year, Sync Optima was called upon again to organise this year's Drift Competition. Being the first of two scheduled events for this year, this event had two categories of competition ;Expert and Novice with a total of 60 over drifters participating. NEW!

Port Dickson Drift Getaway Part 5 - Palm Springs Resort Extreme Park, 25-27 Octobver 2008 - Since everyone had so much fun during the last Getaway, we decided to have the next one during the long Deepavali weekend. This time around , we had Mike extreme, Cheril, Kit and Blitzin Silvia to join in the fun too. IAMTHELAW and Barry had even bought a drift spec'ed KE70 after seeing how much fun we had during the last event!! The following are the photos of the three day event taken by ;Cheaka, Tina, Cheril, IAMTHELAW, Hong Leong, I and everyone that got hold of my camera....NEW!

Rendezvous 2 Autocross - Genting Highlands, 19 October 2008 - The Autocross event for this leg of the Car Club Rendevous were commissioned to Dennis and Elaine from the MR-S/MR2 club. They had laid out a course, marked out with cones which is said to be simplier than the previous event. It was certainly a fun event. Cheaka and I had a ball during the event...so much so we forgot to take pictures of the event while it was running. NEW!

Formula Drift Singapore, Drift 101 - Nusajaya Track, Johor Bahru - 4 October 2008 - Formula Drift Singapore headed by Binter's General Manager, Marcus Lim had organise a one day drift clinic for twenty lucky Singaporeans. The clinic was conducted by Sync Optima Drift Academy, along with Singaporean Formula Drift drifters Ivan Lim and Colin Teo .NEW!

GRA 2008, Round 3 - SIC Car Park PA3 -  7 September 2008 - Grass Racing Autocross is Malaysia's premier autocross for grassroots racing and they are also the premier community for autocrossing in Malaysia. This club is formed by the Khong brothers, Ivan and Ian for the sole purpose of grassroots racing.

Merdeka Drifter Gathering 2008 - SIC Car Park PA1 - 30-31 August 2008 - In conjunction with the MME, Feinto-D and Sync Optima had the opportunity to organise a drift session at the PA1 car park at the Sepang International Circuit. With a total of 40 over drifters, this drift session which started at 8.30pm had lasted till 3 am the next day!

Maya & Steve's Wedding Dinner - FRIM - 29 August 2008 - Maya Karin was Cheaka's college mate back in the days, and has been friends every since. She attended our wedding but when it came to hers we couldn't go as it was in Italy. Anyway, she had one done in Malaysia, at FRIM as she is quiet a nature conservative/activist. She even gave out energy saving bulbs during the reception.

Golden Sun Vogue Supermodel Search 2008 Grand Final - Golden Sun Club - 27 August 2008 - A bevy of beautiful , talented and charismatic girls had paraded before us 'to flaunt their finest attributes' at the Golden Sun Seafood Restaurant in KL ,on the 27th August 2008. Golden Sun pageants has produced some of the most beautiful and talented models that Malaysia has to offer, most notably Ms Amber Chia who was Miss Golden Sun 2003 cum renowned international model. Sync Optima was invited to cover this event which was also in conjunction with their Annual Suppliers Gathering.

MME & Drift Merdeka session - KL Midnight Bazaar - 24 Aug 2008 - Being the organisers of the Drifers Gathering held in conjunction with the MME ,Feinto D and Sync Optima were asked to do a display and demo during their Road show held at the KL Midnight Bazaar. With seven car on display, we were hoarded with hundreds of people curious about the sport of drifting.

Sloggi Art of Humanity - Sunway Lagoon Theme Park - 23 August 2008 - Held at the Sunway Lagoon theme park like the previous year, this Sloggi event had a theme called the Art of Humanity which sounded promising but instead turned out to be a beauty contest, with the participants donning body paint along with Sloggi undergarments.

Port Dickson Getaway - PD Extreme Park - 16-17 August 2008 - Back by popular demand, we had a two day one night stay at the Port Dickson Extreme Park at Palm Springs Resort City. Drifting is done on a fun technical track that tends to eat up tyres when the weather is hot.

KBS Drift Gathering - Stadium Bukit Jalil - 2-3 August 2008 - In conjunction with the Bulan Kecergasan Kebangsaan 2008, a drifters gathering was funded by the Ministry of Sports and youth at the Stadium Bukit Jalil on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2008. With the total of over 40 drifters participating , gathered by Feinto-D and White Apple Management, this two day event was aimed at congregating and uniting the drifters; in the Kelang Valley at least There were also Pocket bikes and Footsal events among other events running concurrently for the span of event, organised by Comma Motorsport who were incidentally the principle manager of the entire event that weekend.

Performance Drift by Tengku Djan - Stadium Bukit Jalil - 20 July 2008 - Fresh from the D1 Tokyo Drift competiton held in Odaiba Tokyo Japan. Tengku Djan was humble to share with us his experience and showed us the proper line that should be taken to on a given course to gain maximum points. Held in a span of two days, Tengku Djan's drift lesson catered for the beginners for the first day, where the 'experts' gets to muck about in the track and on the second day, it was the experts turn to be tutored by the drift king himself.

Kementerian Belia & Sukan Drift Team Battle 2008 - Stadium Bukit Jalil - 12-13 July 2008 - Located at the Bukit Jalil on 12-13 July 2008, Kementerian Belia dan Sukan held its inaugural Team Battle event with tyre manufacturer Goodyear as the main sponsor. Launched by the Minister of Youth and Sports ,Sync Optima was called in by event organiser Comma Motorsport, to aid with safety issues , track design , event scheduling and competition format and judging for the two days. White Apple management was also present to aid with the track management, work force and event coordination which was credited to the smooth flow of the two day event.
 

Bukit Jalil Drift Academy Drift Session - Stadium Bukit Jalil - 6 July 2008 - With the encouraging response from the last drift session, forumer Rudsdrift and gang had decide to do another session the following. Anticipating the 'Drifters Traffic' on track, as it is only for one day as oppose to the two session previously, we decided to go there a bit late into the session. True enough , arriving at 3.30 pm, most of the drifters had left but the action was nevertheless just as hot!!

Bukit Jalil Drift Academy - Stadium Bukit Jalil - 28-29 June 2008 - With Jane starting to drift again, with a new platform, and me , wanting to just relax for a change, I thought it was most appropriate for us to join the Bukit Jalil Drift Academy. So we rounded up forumers and SODA students ryuk1d, Jimmy and Mary and off we went. Pictures uploaded.

Roxy Summer Splash - Sunway Lagoon Theme Park - 7 June 2008 - There a fine line between a 'Happening' event and a event that is 'Too Happening'. The Roxy Summer Splash was a classic example of the latter. Held at the Sunway Lagoon's Surf Beach on the 7th June 2008, co sponsored with Seventeen Malaysia and Quiksilver, this event had a Beach Hunk and Beach Babe contest and live performances from top local acts such as One Buck Short and Pop Shuvit. Pictures uploaded.

Hari Belia Negara - Stadium Bukit Jalil - 15 May 2008 - Drift Demo Sempena Sambutan Hari Belia Negara which was held on the 15th May 2008 certainly proved to be an eye opener, well for me at least.Making their appearence were Team Dunlop with Sean and Yoong; Team Maxxis with Rudy , Jack and Alex and Team Goodyear with Johan being their sole representitive With 20 drifters already booked for this 'demo' , for this National Youth day celebration ,I was suprised with the level of aggression !!Pictures uploaded.

Formula D Singapore - Changi Airshow Ground - 27 April 2008 - Marcus Lim from Binter called asking if I was interested in representing one of the many tire brands they carried for the Formula D* round in Singapore.After the facade I went through with a tyre sponsorship here, I was glad to take up the offer and proudly represented Firestone for the three days that I was there! Pictures uploaded.

Drift Demo, Karnival Rukun Negara, PISA, Penang - 23-24 February 2008 - Nowadays ,it is difficult enough to find someone to recite all five of the Rukun Negara ( Nation's Pledge) let alone know the meaning of it. Upon seeing this, the Government had decided to do a campaign in a form of a carnival to help promote public awareness of the Rukun and decided to have a drift demo/taxi ride to help draw in the crowd at the Penang International Sports Arena. Sync Optima with the attendance of Drift Ventures and Feinto D were commissioned to run the event which was held in the parking lot area. Pictures uploaded.

Campus Dori - UKM Bangi - 17 February 2008 - The Campus Doricon is a drift session circuit that Drift.com does at the universities around the Kelang Valley. As the sessions are usually very laid back and relaxed, we thought it would be the perfect oppurtiunity for the members of the Magicdurians to have our gathering. It was great that all the members were present that day! Here are some of the photos from that day. Pictures uploaded.

Super Drift Challenge - Shah Alam - 9-10 February 2008 - In conjunction with the " Karnival Permotoran Belia Sempena Kempen Keselamatan Jalanraya 2008 " organised by Belia Umno, Drift Venture had organised a drift competition at the Shah Alam parking space on the 9th and 10th of Feburary 2008. A total of 40 drifters had participated on this two day event which had Along and I as the judges for this competition. Here are photos on the competition day. Pictures uploaded.

Quiksilver Revolution 2.0 - Sunway Lagoon - 26 January 2008 - Quiksilver, the world's leading outdoor lifestyle company was proud to hold its second annual Quiksilver Revolution 2.0; a surf, skate and music extravaganza at Sunway Lagoon, on Saturday January 26, 2008! Pictures uploaded.

Port Dickson Drift Getaway - Extreme Park - 13 January 2008 - An impromptu drift getaway by Drift Venture for a 1 day of non-stop drifting session, eat and chilling session.

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