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Federal Open Drift Challenge round 2 @ Bukit Jalil, 24th 25th Sept 2011
DAY 1
After missing out on the 1st round of the Federal’s Open Drift Challenge, Jane and I made it a point to make sure to not miss this round.
I made a couple of changes on the SLOW s13 since its last outing at ACE Drift Challenge and was eager to test it the new Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymetric 2 just recently launched in Malaysia!!
When we got to the competition , we found that the organisers had opt for a different layout as what the other drift competition past had done in Bukit Jalil. I would like to hand it to the track designer as he had the knack of somehow managing to lay the course on every single ripple, hump , pot hole and grill that you could find at this parking space. Yes ,I am exaggerating but I honestly felt that way during the initial practice runs. The course looked deceivingly simple but due to the surface and the placements of the clipping points, the course proved to be very technical.
I was struggling during the 5 odd runs I had during practice as my car felt too loose and had the tendency of veering off course. I couldn’t seem to get a single clean run!!! A quick check of alignment and tire pressure found that everything was in order but immediately when I went out again , there was a huge metallic bang during the initiation which followed by a loud grinding sound!!I had managed to blow my differential !! A quick call to Ah Wai, the flat bed carrier, had him transporting SLOW to Chi Kian Workshop to get the differential replaced. Though tragically this would mean I would have no practice time and possibility not being to get the car fixed in time for qualifying, I was glad that SLOW’s handling woes I had experienced earlier could had been attributed to the failing diff. I decided to hang around for a few minutes before having to leave to supervising the differential swap and got the chance to watch the others run.
Everyone was nailing the course , most notably Jane with her aggresive smokey runs!With the competition being so close and equal, I knew qualifying high isn’t going to easy as I was certainly was at a disadvantage for not having any practice time.
I hug out at the shop, helping Kian as much as I could as his partner in crime Boy was on leave that day ,leaving him to perform a one man show at his shop. We got the final drive mounted onto the diff and into the housing and mounted it on the subframe, and as he started to tighten the mounting bolts I promptly left the shop.
They were calling for the last 10mins of practice when my SLOW finally arrived back at the course .However as luck had it, practice time ended as I was about to reach the starting line!! I spoke to the start Marshall which then allowed me to drift the last few corners of the course just to see if the replaced differential was working!!
Anyway, 3 hours later it was qualifying and I somehow managed to qualify 5th with two very cautious runs and Jane qualified 13th. This meant that both of us had the posibility of going against each other during the best 8 battle.
DAY2
Next day during Best 16 tandem I was to go against Yokohama’s Ah Heng . I had watch his runs during practice and saw that he was fast and consistent on the course, a deadly combo. But unfortunately his car had suddenly straighten while following my lead thus sending him in to the tire wall. I knew I had a huge advantage but I didn’t dare to risk being penalized for “playing it safe” and tried to drift as close to him when it was his turn to lead.
After a few pairings it was Jane’s turn.She had the daunting task of going against the last round champion Along ‘Rempit’ who is fast and excels in tight courses such as this.
During Along’s lead, Jane had managed to maintain her distance to him throughout the course.
During Jane’s turn, Along made the mistake of diving into the inside during initiation and straightening soon after. This sent the nose of his car right into Janes side rear panel , making her spin!
There was a sudden hush of disbelief amongst the crowd followed by a huge cheer!! This had meant that Jane and I would be going against each other during the best 8 tandem!!
If I was paid 1 ringgit for everyone who said that I would sleep on the floor if I beat Jane that day, I would be a millionaire! Anyway Jane and I had gone each other during competition a couple of times , once during MITC and the other during a KBS competition so it’s nothing new. We constantly practice tsuiso togather and I was fairly confident drifting door to door with her.
I knew she had gotten the course down so I took no chances while I was leading. I drifted as cleanly and fast as possible and had to confirm with my spotter of the day , Jon, on who had the advantage after the run . When it was her time to lead, I managed to shadow her moves and managed to edge her out of contention 🙂
Top 4 was against ACE’s Boy. Boy was killing it the whole weekend! His flawless aggresive run had him as one of the favorites for this event.
I knew this wasnt going to be easy but after two runs I was awarded the win as Boy was penalized for taking the inside line during his trailing run and I had managed to follow him a bit closer than he was while following me.
Finals had me going against my best friend in drifting Ivan Lau. We have huge respect for each other and had gone against each other twice prior to this competition. With one win each, I wanted so badly to win this battle . The first run had him leading with me trailing. I was all prepared for his lightning fast starts, like his previous runs in the competition, but was taken by surprised when he was feathering the throttle off the line!! I had to slow down considerably and was position too far forward to follow his rear. As he initiated I took the inner line thus making it a shallower entry thus effecting the angle of my drift during the transition . This in turn made me dive into the inside line at the rear clipping point . Its obvious the initiation had cause a chain of undesirable events which left me kicking myself all the way to the finish line. During my turn to lead I managed to distance myself from him but it wasn’t enough to overcome the mistake i had done earlier.Oh well……. I fell prey once againto tactics but trust me it wont happen again…for sure 😛
I would like to thank Cheryl for the videos she took..Jon for being spot on during spotting duties, Kian for fixing the car 🙂 and Jane for allowing me to sleep on the bed the night after 😛
RESULTS
1st place IVAN LAU Bridgestone
2nd place ARIFF JOHANIS AHMAD Goodyear Sync Optima
3rd place BOY Ace Exotic.
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7th place Azrina Jane Abdullah Goodyear Sync Optima RedBull
1 Malaysia Sabah Drift Challenger 2011@ Kota Kinabalu 15th-16th Sept 2011
Jane and I were invited to help organise and judge the inaugural drift competition by KSOC title 1 Malaysia Drift Challenge. The event was held at a BSA Futsal parking lot where a simple but very technical course was laid.
With over 23 drifters from all over east Malaysia, this competition showcased an impressive level of drifting .However, though their skill were high, the lack of experience of competitive drifting were prevalent amongst them. In particularly , the qualifying jitters which plagued half of the field .where these drifters performed flawlessly during practice but failed miserably during qualifying.
Heng was a victim, to name a few, who looked all set to dominate the competition with his aggressive yet precise practice runs but somehow couldn’t hold it together during qualifying thus failing to enter the best 16!!
The competition went smoothly with a few very close judging calls made . I had specifically mentioned what I was looking for during the drivers briefings and made consistent judging calls based on it.
We would like to thank KSOC in particular Tony Wong for inviting us over , the members and crew who work relentless throughout the weekend and also Mah Lao for bringing us around and also having to wake up on an ungodly hour to take us to the airport.. Thanks buddy
Buaya club moment : with miss Jeanie winner of Miss Borneo Motorsport Carnival 2010
Sync Optima Drift Academy – Beginner Drift Lesson
Sync Optima Drift Academy is going to hold a beginner drift lesson this coming November 2011. This is an event mainly targeted at drift beginners, giving basic theories and knowledge on drifting.
Ariff Johanis Ahmad and Azrina Jane Abdullah will be on hand to provide their expertise. Basic Drift Setup Car is also available for rental but on twin sharing basis.
Beginner Class
• 10 participants (max) as we believe in more one to one teaching is the best!
• Lecture of drifting mechanism and technique
• Stop & Turn, Donuts, Figure 8, Slow Circuit
• Ride Along and Drive Along by Instructors
• Lunch provided
• Attendance Certificate
• Location: Klang Valley, Selangor, Malaysia
• All drivers must have valid driver license, older than 18 years old.
• All vehicles must have valid insurance coverage. • Able to drive Manual Transmission.
• Rubber shoes, sneakers and/or driving shoes
There’s a limited number (10 max) for each date only.
For those who are interested, please reply to jane@syncoptima.comwith the following details so that we will keep you posted on the next available lesson.
Full Name:
Age:
Gender: M / F
Years of Driving:
Contact Number (preferably Mobile):
Time: 9am – 5pm
Drift Car Rental: Yes / No (if No: please provide your car details below)
Drift Car Model:
LSD: Yes / No
Aftermarket Suspension: Yes / No
Saturday Nite Drift @ SpeedCity 10th Sept 2011
SpeedCity is notorious for its car crashes.Not suprising, as all we see circulating through the media are the spectacular carnages; From Along rempits wall ride to Tony “The Thunder” Angelo’s thundering flip!!! It seems that is all people talk about whenever there’s an event or session held there. So much so that this place has widely been known as “CrashCity”.
However, from our experience through our private drift lessons and sessions held at SpeedCity, we have found that this wasn’t necessarily true .As organisers for Singapore Drift Garage’s DriftToxic session held last month, we were able to squeeze three different courses running simutaniously which includes ; a fast challenging third gear drift course, a beginners course and a Fun tsuiso course without a single casualty for the whole day! !
Well to cut a long story short; the organisers had realised this and made proper necessary changes that made this event a fun and safe yet also challenging with its fairly fast 3rd gear entry! There were ZERO casualties this round and the Drifters enterence fee was only RM60!!! Too bad the response wasn’t as good as expected but come next week I bet this place will be as hot as MARDI was!! Jane and I will be there next week…hope to see the rest of you too!!
photo by kerol takashi
Many thanks to Kerol for the photos he took with his Blackberry…I lifted them via Facebook..heheheheh 🙂
ACE Drift Challenge 2011 rd3 @AFamosa 23rd-24th July 2011
photo by RTWORKS media.com
ACE Drift Challenge Round 3 weekend started early for us; the drifters from Drift Garage Singapore had booked a private session for themselves a day before the weekend and had graciously included us . The session proved to a fun filled event with the majority of them improving tremendously since I last drifted with them in Mardi. Joining in the fun was also our returning drift student from the states , Bob, who had just ungone an intensive Figure 8 training conducted by the famous Team Orange in Ebisu Japan (heeheeheehe).Having to stretch the limited amount of allocated tyres, for the 3 days had forced us to resort to drift on used tyres from past events. The term going fast nowhere comes into mind especially when our tyres we down to the threads but in all honesty, a number of the Singaporean were so fast that the outcome of being left behind even with fresh new tyres would not suprise me.
Photo by David Photography
The next day was the official practice day for round 3 with Jane and I still going through our last few pieces of used tyres. As the clipping points were still not placed I basically took it easy and spent time “hanging out” at our pit. Joining us today ( they actually arrived on Friday night) is the lovely couple Cheryl and Mike which proved to be entertaining to say the least. My sister inlaw (Jane’s sister) and family also arrived today bringing along with them our daughter! With such company who has time to drift?? Anyway, Jane’s transmission broke (again) thus forcing Kian and Boy to come a day earlier to get the box fixed for tomorrow’s main event.
Photo by mikecheryl.blogspot.com
The next day ,with the clipping points finally being placed we could now begin practice. The session proved to be valueble as a suspected fault in the S13 became apparent; Everytime I put the countersteered into a full lock position,especially while tackling the rear clipping zone, the car would spin!!(hmm FD Singapore 2011??) After closer inspection , we found that the front wheels were locking up on the castor rods whenever it was in full lock!! Thankfully we had wider spacers available and simply slap them on and there were no more spins.
Photo by mikecheryl.blogspot.com
Jane , thankfully, had no more gearbox issues and were able to churn out a string on solid runs during her practice!!
Photo by mikecheryl.blogspot.com
Qualifying had Jane in 13th place with me placing 1st into the top 32!!
Unfortunately for Jane as shewas knocked out in the Best 24 tsuiso battle due to her excessive worn front tyres which had her plowing through in understeer into the first turn for both runs.
I faired better going through best 16 to best 8 then into top 4 and to the final where I managed to display two clear dominant runs against my opponent Ah Fai to win the 3rd round of ACE Drift Challenge 2011
Shot sequences by Jonathan Kok !!
A cool huge throphy was give to me for qualifying first!!
and another throphy for winning round 3
Yipeeee
My sister inlaw ( Jane’s sister) and family were there for the weekend too!!
Many thanks to The Team: ( L-R) Voon: Our martial art expert , Kian: Head mechanic who managed to fix everything in a jiffy , Boy: mechanic and our “mat-guard-loh, me, Johanna : our daughter and human water shield, Jane, Cheryl: our video camera lady and babysitter and Mike: my spotter and CIMB representitive!!
