Two separate events are going to be held simultaneously at Bukit Jalil this coming weekend 26th April 2009 (SUNDAY)…
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SODA Drift Lesson and Feinto D Drift Session
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MMU DCM Drift Challenge, MITC Malacca Carpark 11-12th April 2009
Having competed in the inaugural MMU DCM Drift Challenge in 2006 but having to miss the following year’s event, it was good to be back for the 2009’s edition. With Cheaka and I now being supported by Goodyear Malaysia and with the addition of Jenshen to our competing Sync Optima/WHAT Team , we felt confident and knew for sure we would have a smashing weekend!!
We always have a good time when we go to Malacca; the people here are friendly and the food the is to die for!! Joe Han and Tina were the perfect guides and brought us to some of the best eatery in the historic city!!
I would strongly recommend the Lycee and Dragon fruit juice whenever you go down to Jonker street!!!
Competition Day
Jenshen, sporting a newly acquired ‘black out ‘ motif on his drift machine did well by advancing to top 16 by winning his first tandem battle !! I expect his performance will improve even further with a new engine and a few modifications in the chassis department that we have planned.
I surprised everyone, including myself by winning the event after a tough close fight with Bridgestone’s Tan Tat Wei during the finals. We both went on to two reruns until Tat Wei miscalculated my entry speed while I was leading and T boned me!! Other notable experience was when going against Indonesian drift sensation, Ray ,during the top 8 tandem battle. We had two reruns , where one I had misjudged his path when he saved ‘an almost spin’ and got back on line while I was diving in! The result was a smashed custom made rear bumper on Rays car while I suffered side ‘B’ panel damage!! ‘Minta maaf ‘bang”
I would have to credit my win to the exceptional performance of the Goodyear tyres , a combination of Goodyear RS sports in front and t Revspecs at the rear. These tires held on really well as I had only used only one pair on the rear for qualifying and tandem.This amounted to 24 runs, which includes 3 practices runs, 2 qualifying runs and 19 warm up and tandem runs!!
My part sponsor , team mechanic and friend, Ah Leong (above, far right) had not failed us throughout the event!. Not only had he ensured that everything went smoothly , but he was experienced enough to come well prepared went it didn’t! Thanks buddy!
RESULTS
1st place ARIFF JOHANIS AHMAD (GOODYEAR SYNC OPTIMA)
2nd place TAN TAT WEI ( BRIDGESTONE)
3rd place Mr K ( ACE Suspension)
8th place AZRINA JANE ABDULLAH ( GOODYEAR SYNC OPTIMA)
Of course there’s no other way to end the day other then fill our stomach up with good Malacca food.. Gebeh, founder and owner of Tonka exhaust brought Team Bridgestone and us to this famous ‘Satay Celup” joint down town.
Please stay tune for more pictures from the event!!
Bukit Jalil Drift Akademi 29 March 2009
After a long hiatus, Gerakan Belia 4B Selangor had decided to do one of their ,much anticipated Drift Akademi sessions in Bukit Jalil yesterday ( Sunday). Team WHAT which consist of Leong, Jenshen,Barry,Korlow,Leon, Kong, Cheaka and I were there to join in the fun and basically hang out.
A total of 30 drifters had taken part in the session which was incidentally free of chrage, courtesy from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, with the help of the Belia 4B .Needless to say it was non stop drifting from 10am-7pm that day!!!
The Feint0-D team were there too, in full force ,to support the event..
The drifters were also treated to a Para-gliding demo by two dare devils that braved the strong winds that day!!
The Penolong Setiausaha of the Ministy of Youth and Sports made an appearance to commemorate the event and give out certificates and ‘medals’ to the participants
It great to have the Goverment to finally recognise and lend its support to this of sport. Please watch this space for more up coming events!!
UITM AUTOMECH DRIFT 2009 , UITM SHAH ALAM 22 FEB 2009
My apologies for not posting this up sooner but as they say ; better late than never 😛
In conjunction with the UITM Automech 2009, Feinto D and Sync Optima were commissioned by the Mechanical Engineering faculty to organise and manage their drift session held at the Padang Kawad in their Shah Alam campus ground. With over 60 drifters participating, the drift action was non stop till the end of the day!! Here are some of the photos..
For full coverage ,please visit our forum or just click HERE
Drifting in Japan: Hiro, my hero
Cheaka and I were in Autopolis in late 2005 while working with AFOS. Located on a mountain top , in the middle of Aso Kujiyu National Park, Autopolis was bulit on one of the most remote places in Japan. The closes village to the track is called Kamitsue which is located at the foot of the hill. It takes about 45 mins of normal driving pace to negotiate the twisty road up to the track . This is where Hiro is from. He works at the track and everyday he commutes to the track and back on his trusty ole Hatchiroku.
His ride was as basic as it comes; bone stock 4 AGE 16v engine with an exception of a pod filter , TRD shocks with a 1.5 way LSD on a 4.7 final drive.
There used to be a J Blood rear bumper lip there once…
With matching front bumper..a stock bumper will do for now 🙂
The interior was stripped to the minimum for lightness.
Hiro has been drifting for over ten years, staying so close to such awesome roads , it doesn’t suprises me but what got me was that he has never once competed in a drift competition and is not intending to in the future. To him, drifting is a personal thing and he has nothing to prove by joining competitions. He told me that in the earlier years ,he use to meet up with other drifters at the entrance of the track every night and go down hill drifting but now drifting has become such a normality that it isn’t such an ‘occasion’ whenever he does it . He does it all the time ..
Well he did take me for a ride that night. He picked me up from the hotel and we took a slow drive up hill. Being almost stock, the AE86 was a tad underpowered to be drifted up hill but I suspect, also, the reason being he didnt bother to do it was it might be considered too easy for someone with his skills and experience. He didnt exactly say this as he just said the it was not ‘exciting’. Anyway when we reached the top, he did a quick figure 8 to warm up the tyres and proceeded to attack the course. He knows the roads like the back of his hand..his entry speed into the blind corners were suicidal.It was full throttle all the way, mostly on third and fourth gear. Hardly using the handbrake, Hiro drifted all the corners like he had a death wish. The authorities had placed rubber batons on the center of the roads on certain corners, making the road narrower in order to discourage drifting but this had no effect on him; he just simply drifted through them . What was impressive was the speed that he was doing it at. I have to admit he did sacred the sh#*t out of me at the beginning but towards the end I was just awe struck. So much so that I didn’t take any pictures that night.’ Besides it was just too dark’ is my consolation :p
Anyway, the trip had totally changed my perspective on drifting as my only exposure to drifting outside Malaysia was what we see only on the DVDs we get here..I knew there was more to drifting then doing a rodeo!!! 🙂
UITM AUTOMECH DRIFT 2009
It was a full house at this year’s UITM Automech Drift 2009. With a over sixty drifters participating, this was biggest edition to date. Stay tuned for the photo coverage of this event
Posted: January 7th, 2009, 2:00 pm