The first round of the AAM Malaysian Karting Championships were held last Sunday at the Sepang Karting Circuit. Ray Kong (Senior 125 Open), Akash Neil Nandy (Junior), and Muhammad Luqman Hakim (Cadet) emerged the winners. A lot of the racing was done in wet weather, which did a good job of mixing up the results from heat to heat. View the full results on MyLaps HERE.
Monthly Archive: April 2010
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Singapore Karting Championship Results & Pictures
Go to KartingSingapore.com to view the final results & some pictures of the first round of the Singapore Karting Championships held last weekend. There’s also a video of the Masters pre-final.
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Rotax Asia Challenge Round 2 (Results+Standings)
The second round of the Rotax Asia Zone Challenge was held last weekend at the Park Kenjeran Circuit in Surabaya, Indonesia. Afiq Ikhwan took the win in the Senior category, while another Malaysian Gilbert Ang dominated the Junior event. Indonesian driver Gezha Sudirman took the win in MicroMax while Jeffry Ibrahim won the Masters category. Read on for championship standings, race results, and a few more pictures.
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Melvin, Freddie, and Daim Win at Yamaha SL Cup Malaysia
MELVIN MOH took the Plus Yamaha SL Cup Round 2 limelight as he crusied to a double win in the Senior category at the Speedway Plus Circuit today.
The win comes as a delight for the Malaysian who last stepped on the podium in a kart race during the Formula KBS race at the same circuit in August last year. “I had a positive approach to this weekend and kept the momentum going till Race 2. I would to thank the crew and my team mates,” said the RL Karting driver.
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KRS Win in Surabaya
The KRS Motorsports racing team made their way to Surabaya, Indonesia for the 2nd round of the Rotax Asia Zone Challenge. KRS driver Afiq Ikhwan took 2nd in the Senior Max pre-final and went one better in the final to take a commanding victory ahead of Japanese driver Sena Fujita.
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Surabaya Pictures from Sena Fujita (www.eikoms.com)
Once again Sena Fujita’s group has been snapping away at the Rotax Asia Challenge. This time the venue was Surabaya for the 2nd round of the Rotax Asia Challenge. View the pictures here.
Interestingly also on tge Eikoms site it looks like Andrew Tang has been racing Rotax Max in Suzuka, Japan. Part 1, Part 2.
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Euro Challenge Competition not Dampened by Stormy Weather
Round 1 of the Rotax Euro Challenge for 2010 returned to the popular “drivers’” circuit of Sologne Karting, Salbris, France last weekend where the weather played a very significant role in the results, but failed to affect the spirit of the highly competitive racing.
At almost 1.5km in length, the rather technical track that’s been a selected venue for the series on a handful of occasions now played host once again for 180 competitors coming from five continents of the globe including several new nations being represented in 31.
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Gilbert ninth at PF International Kart Circuit
JRP Energy Racing Team driver Mitchell Gilbert competed in his first British event this weekend, finishing ninth in the fourth round of the TVKC Club Championship at the PF International Kart Circuit on Sunday 4 April.
Over 120 drivers competed during the weekend in a three heat – one final format with Mitchell going head to head with scores of British drivers who have spent their lives competing at the Lincolnshire based circuit. Despite struggling with a lack of grip on a slippery track surface and a completely different race format the Australian driver was still able to lap within two tenths of a second of the race leaders.
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Mitchell Gilbert prepares for first British race at PF International Kart Circuit
15 year old Australian driver Mitchell Gilbert (Energy/TM/Vega) will compete in his first British event this weekend in the fourth round of the TVKC Club Championship at the PF International Kart Circuit on Sunday 4 April.
Over 120 drivers will compete during the weekend in a three heat – one final format. Mitchell will go head to head with scores of British drivers who have spent their racing careers competing at the Lincolnshire based circuit.
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