Northern Touge Race Day - Sanjev's cam

Another contributor and VERY dedicated photographer (he was out in the glaring sun the entire day) Sanjev had just passed me his beautifully taken pictures for Northern Touge. Enjoy!

The morning meet at Bkt. Merah R&R.
Our massive convoy passing through the Cangkat Jering toll.

Arrival at the track with a kiss of the beautiful morning sun.

Our sole auto K-car racing under the 1.6 category, Bom (Jason). He made it into the finals. Respect!

The gruelling fight in the 1.6 category which ended with the two Vios' taking a 1-2 finish followed by the Kelisa! Kudos to the sole K-car podium finisher.
The open class being led, by far, by the number 13 EK track car driven by Patrick Tam, which took pole all the way to the finish.

The top dogs in the 1.8 category battling it out to see Chin Hooi (red EF) take top podium, followed by Suhaimi (black Wira) in a close second and Patrick's (red/white EK) take home a cool third.

Participation was beyond our estimation with a massive turnout of spectators. Crowd was allowed on track upon ending the 1.8 category finals with the champ cars basking in the glory.

The champ cars - Red EF from Hup Yew Tires & Batteries and the Black Wira from Kiong Lee exhaust taking home top spots.

Daniel was having a grand time as a parking attendant.
Mark striking a sexy pose just before dinner... I've no idea why! Those interested, his cell number is 012-4212 XXX. (At least I gave you the first four right? :P)

The Penang-kias dinner party!

The entire crew was having a great ball with the race events still buzzing their thoughts.

Some extra shirts were given out to buddies in need of a clothe change. Much thanks to Tommax, Northern Garage and Kiong Lee for the shirts.

Believe me, these fellas were HUGE!

In conclusion, I'd like to thank all our sponsors: Northern Garage, Kiong Lee Exhaust, Tommax Stickers & No. Plate, and Chean Exhaust for all their support and encouragement.

It was a fantastic event held with much drama, sweat and tears, fellowship amongst enthusiasts and lastly, everyone left with a smile to their weary faces.

See you guys next round!

Northern Touge Race Day - Ray's cam pt.II

Continuation due to some conflict with blogger's server yesterday, I couldn't upload any more pics... So here goes.

The early morning pics... The Silver Banana parked next to my sponsor Kiong's car.
A small part of the convoy heading towards Kg. Gajah. There was such a large group, we had to split into many smaller convoy just to accomodate the driving speeds. Yes! It was that huge!

The Penang convoy has arrived and queueing up for registration to get into the track.

The main event banner, much thanks to Camo3.
The Silver Banana parked next to Touge Monk's (Daniel's) Civic.

All the drivers were listening intently to my short safety briefing before going on track. (save for the yawning Hwa).

Initiation to the track was lead by Tommax's Wira SE as safety car for the first couple of laps.

Upon letting them loose... Rampage!

Super fast street legal White EK battling it out for a few laps with the Red/White track racer whilst VictorGR's FC follows suit.

Robert (Yellow "Terminatrix" Satria) was a fierce competitor. He shocked everyone with his lap time of 1min 08secs whilst only armed with a 1.3 carby Satria. Robert's shown here hunting down Loy's (of Norther Garage) Wira 1.8.

1.6 class 1st heat - Watch how the leading Kelisa's passenger side front tire is lifted, Tripod Mode! Excellent work dude. You lead them all the way!

1.6 class 2nd heat - All the cars gave it all they had. Most friends were surprised with Mark's (Green Satria) driving and ability to keep up with more veteran drivers. Reason was that he's never had track experience, never drove "enthusiastically" on the road, and only driven up the touge about twice in his life! Great job buddy :)

1.6 class finals - Daniel (Civic) was giving Lao San (white Vios) a lot of pressure but Lao San did not wane one bit. In eventuality, Daniel's over-enthused driving steered him into a collision course with Sunny's Kelisa whom pursued and finished a commendable third placing. Kudos bro Sunny!

Northern Touge Race Day - Ray's cam

Heated battle amongst Suhaimi (black Wira) vs Malat (GTi).

1.8 litre class cars on track was just as entertaining to watch as the actual race.

The front runners of the Open class whacking it out for top podium placing!

With Ketit's pristing Silvia S15 trailing slightly behind.

And VictorGR was just plain having fun on track in his beautifully made up FC :)

Northern Touge Race Day - Mark's cam

All participants, friends, and family (believe me, there were even grandpas there!) met up bright and early at Fantasi Nasi Kandar and left for the Bukit Merah R&R where we would meet up with Dennis of TKA absorbers and some breakfast. There was a massive turn out this round, the entire R&R parking lot including the adjoining Petronas was full of our participants and spectators.

After a most interesting drive through the trunk roads leading to Kg. Gajah, we were finally there at the Northern Touge Race Day.

We arrived at a beautifully sunny and dry track with hot tarmac ready to get a rippin'!The turnout was surprisingly massive as you could see from the pic below.
Spectator turnout was approximately 200 persons! This is the first time I'd seen the grandstand overflowing at the Dato' Sagor Track!

After a heated battle between Lao San (white Vios) and Daniel (Civic) vying for pole position, Daniel's Civic had a mishap and lost foothold providing a window of opportunity for TK (silver Vios) and the green Kelisa (sorry I didn't get your name bro) to gain ground. After that, it was just between the two manual Vios' (yup, you heard right... Both are manuals) to battle it out for a 1-2 finish.

The 1.8 class was the event of the day with impressive driving that wowed the crowd whilst being eventful enough to leave jaws hanging! The crowd went wild whilst this category ran its race. Eventually, only the toughest of the tough remained and these two are made of the toughest stuff!

The open class saw a 1-2 finish from 0-4 Workshop with both their Civic track cars with Boy's Agip sponsored EG on their heels. Ketit's NA powered S15 was giving commendable chase whilst VictorGR was just having plain fun, laid back, drifting and wowing the crowd from behind.

The trophies, engine oil, cash prize and T-shirts to be given away in an awards presentation by our sponsors - Kiong of Kiong Lee Ent., Eric from Northern Garage, Chean from Chean Exhaust, and Tommy of Tommax Stickers and No. Plates.

The cups were a beaut! Much thanks to Emico for the fantastic work.

The day of course ended with a fantastic dinner at Tanjung Tualang - for the super big prawns. Everyone was starving, so food tasted as if heaven sent!

p.s. I've no idea what the fingers mean...

After heated battles and gruelling dogfights, every driver left, better bonded friends, with new experiences in their pocket and most importantly, with a wide smile to their weary faces.This was definitely an event not to be missed.

See you fellas next round! (Oh yeah! Believe you me!)

Sticking it up! Tommax goin' big y'all! (Pics Added)

Tommy from Tommax Stickers is going big y'all. A couple of friends' project cars needed decals where their owners will pay Tommy to defile... er... beautify their cars! Hahaha... (Pardon the pun). Tommy has done many full car sticker jobs since he'd opened a year back (initial project was my Pooh as can be seen here), and these will be a series of HUGE stickers with lotsa decals and a loads of stacking.

The first of such cars arrived yesterday around lunch time.. We were enjoying a roll-up by the "longkang" (drain in local slang) when a loud, pearl-yellow monster trundled in to loom behind us. It's breath heated the air accompanied by a slight nasal whine... Its roars shook up the shack we were in and its huge eyes stared us into oblivion!

A middle-aged man stepped out of this beast and with a soft spoken voice, approved of the commencement to decal his pet!

I'll let the pics do the talking now... Hehehe...

The men brag of decals and turbines. Actually Eric (more popularly known locally as Ah Loy) is making some final decisions on the color scheme and placements.
Eric handing over the keys and I left for work.
But still managed to take a moment to camwhore first... Hehehe...
Evening kommen: Tommy hard at work with his tools-of-the-trade. Sticker placement was immaculately measured so not even a single rev counter was outta place.
The final outlook and Eric arrived soon after to approve and admire :P Northern Garage's the place to be at if you're a petrolhead and in Penang. High performance parts ready in stock, 2-wheel dynamometer (dyno) on hand and they also perform general repairs ;)
For the more 'net savvy/oriented, you fellas can e-mail Eric for a consultation at northerngarage@yahoo.com (as seen on his boot lid above :P)

Eric Woon (Ah Loy) : 012-4980904

Last night Tommy went to Northern Garage to install an additional decal Eric had requested.. As usual, I go kaypo-kaypo and take pics lor...

The Dastek is a nice addition to the body "work" done so far :P It brings a little contrast to the picture.
Stay tuned for more "body coverage" coming soon...