Mumford Wins Yamaha SL Cup Malaysia Round 2

Race Report and Results from mam.org.my

Sepang, May 17, 2009 - More action, drama and excitement were felt in Round 2 of the 2009 Yamaha SL Cup at the Sepang Go-Kart Circuit yesterday. A total of 44 karters competed in the Cadet, Junior and Senior in which all classes displayed impressive racing for podium honours.

Chassis Suppliers for 2009 Rotax Grand Finals

Rotax has announced the chassis’ that will be used for the 2009 Grand Finals in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Rotax Junior: Maranello RS9
Rotax Senior: CRG Black Star 30/32
Rotax DD2: CRG Dark Rider 32

It looks like Rotax is continuing its good relationship with CRG, making this the second year that all the karts at the event will be CRG produced. For more information on the karts visit www.maranellokart.com and www.kartcrg.com

Rotax Asia & Malaysia Challenge Results

The opening round of the Rotax Asia Challenge was held last weekend in conjunction with the second round of the Rotax Malaysia Challenge in variable weather conditions with racing action in the dry, damp, and wet conditions. Big grids made for a lot of close racing. View the results and championship standings below.

Full Results (MyLaps Link)
Rotax Asia Challenge Standings After Rd.1 (PDF)
Rotax Malaysia Challenge Standings After Rd.2 (PDF)

Discuss the event in the forums here.

2009 Rotax Asia Challenge Heading to Indonesia

The 2nd round of the 2009 Rotax Asia Challenge has been confirmed to be at the Sentul Karting Circuit in Indonesia, on the 9th-10th of May. Entry forms and hotel booking forms will be available soon.

FM-V Visors for Arai Helmets - Review

“Most drivers report much long life” with FM-V visors, and the visor’s coating “not come off when you drive hard rain condition.” Don’t mistake the amusing use of Japanglish on FM-V’s website as an indicator of an inferior product - these are definitely worthy competition to the other two popular mirrored visors available on the market (CaraCoat and LLC from Lucky Design).

I recently got a couple of these fancy looking visors for use on my yet to be “dressed up” plain white Arai SK5 helmet.