Its only funny cos the accident wasn’t serious..I wonder what my reaction will be if it was..???
Its only funny cos the accident wasn’t serious..I wonder what my reaction will be if it was..???
Quiet possibly the most anticipated event in the Malaysian drift calender, the FX Open Finals 2011 proved to be a derisory exhibition of what a drift event should not be.
I shall not cheapen the moment as this event was Jane’s debut with her newly acquired sponsor RedBull Malaysia which she qualified 14th out of 20 other drifters ,placing her into the Best 16. Along side her our main sponsor Goodyear, she completed the whole line up of Goodyear Malaysia Drifters to qualify for this event!
Congrats Cheaka!! Unfortunately, she blew her engine…yes again, while battling the top 16 tandem runs thus ending her day.
photo by revsphoto.blogspot.com
As for me, based on the overwhelming hits on our blog since the event, I am sure a lot of you are dying to hear the low down ,straight to the point opinion of what happen to me while fighting for the converted Top 4 placing during the event. If you guys are expecting my comments about the sub standard level of judging that makes a mockery of the sport, I shall not give you the pleasure!! Don’t be expecting to hear crap from me about this event !! Don’t look for it here ..do your own searching !!! 😉 All I have to say is ” When in doubt..Keep Drifting Fun!!!” It makes the feeling of unjust bearable…
Ooh before I forget..Speedcity rawks!! Can’t wait for Saturday Night drifting there!!!!
photo by zerotohundred.com
To put it plainly; the second round of the KBS Malaya Drift Battle competition was a bitter sweet experience for Team Goodyear Sync Optima. Bitter for Jane for her engine decided to ‘kick the bucket’ mid way through the practice session on day one ! It was even more disappointing as Jane had gotten the course down and was drifting it worthy of a top 6 qualification run! It was so unfortunate as she was really looking forward to this event as it was to be the first time she will be flying the colors of her new sponsor ,RedBull along side our title sponsor Goodyear! Rest assured, Jane will bounce back and will do everyone proud on the up coming events…I am sure of it.
This event was sweet for me as this is my first win for the year 2011 but also this marks the first ever 1st place finish in a drifting competition on Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric tyres in Malaysia!!!
Though qualifying was in the dry, which I managed to bag 2nd place, the majority of the tandem battles was done in the wet/semi wet condition. As most of you know, the Asymmetric is phenomenal in the wet and this is what I attribute as the major contribution to my success in this competition!! I had grip in parts of the courses while others on other tyres had none.Thanks Goodyear 🙂
Anyway, my apologies for the lack of photos as we our resident photographer ,Kevin Boey, was busy taking part in a Gymkhana event held at the parking space next to the drift course. Kevin got 8th in his class which isn’t too bad!!
Top 4 parade
Jane’s handiwork on my broken bumper…lots love and cable ties were put into it 🙂
Receiving my 1st place trophy..Yipeee!!!! Not only that, I got two more prizes for Best Performer and Best Disciplined Drifter ( that’s a first )!!!!!
.…..which I decided to present to our Sync Optima teammates during on our own mock prize giving ceremony: Cheryl Chew gets the Best Discipline trophy for studying hard , turning up for classes and on track for graduation this May, Mike Khong gets the Best Performer for somehow being able to avoid getting his lazy ass kicked out of uni for all these time! Such a performer , he is !! Last but not least Jane gets the 1st place throphy, for being my partner, spotter and my teammate in everything…oh yeah, the handsome dude in the green shirt is ‘Datuk’ Terence Lim who got 2nd in FR category in the Gymkhana event.He was reluctant to have his photo taken but I thought he was too sexy to not be included .Unfortunately Kevin Boey is not in the picture as he was at the pit taking care of our stuff…thanks buddy !!
Photo by Muhammad Muzakkir
Glad to say that the s13 feels like a totally new car on it’s new set up . However, a careless mistake of not locking the bonnet pins before my run had my bonnet flying into my front windscreen thus shattering it . A quick tape job and a pair of sunglasses had me going at it again .
photo by motorshoots.blogspot.com
Jane had the same rocker arm issues she suffered during FD Malaysia 2010 which relegated her to be my co driver for this session
Photo by Zaku Photo Malaya
Mike Kong did exceptional well with his trailling runs against Yoong’s V8 which is why he loves his kambing (????)
Photo by Zaku Photo Malaya
Bob from Drift Office was also there on our no.4, showing us that 2nd is just too slow
Thanks to the organisers for a fun filled day and also for the best smoke award!! yipeee
After almost 4 months at the shop sorting it out, AE86T is finally back running on new suspensions and uprated rear axel, courtesy of my new sponsors ACE Suspensions. The engine has also some tweaks done to it which I am excited to test it out soon.
‘Welcome back sweetie, I promise I won’t let that naughty uncle Ivan come close to you again’ 😛