Track day pics!

First off, I'd like to thank my good friend Tommy for his hard work repainting and putting on the beautiful decals on my "new" helmet.

Can see part of my Shell Ferrarri collection in the background :P
Here's what we've all been waiting for... Track Day PICS~!!!

We started off in the early morning and this is the convoy waiting for the trailing participants to arrive. It was massive! You can hardly see the end.
The Penang convoy had arrived on track and the leading car, driven by a very helpful Tan, was waiting eagerly to enter.Tommy (stickerman) was helping to setup the registration counter and looking "mui" important! We had beautiful ladies helping out with registration and as "decoration" :P
Our defending champion returns for another bout.
Parit Buntar's main man, Chean, signing up for participation in his Wira GSR (1.8T). *Keong, where are you?!?!?!*
Boy was eager to "help out" with issuing the stickers. Beaut EK9 btw, sweet ride ;)

Even though it rained, nothing was to dampen our spirits and we still pounded the track with RWD monstrosities and the odd FWD "hand-brakers"! We got really wet, but we won't have it any other way.
The 1.6 and below class top three: (L to R) Champion - Teoh from Team Imperials, 1st runner up - Richard from Team Imperials, and 2nd runner up - William from Northern Garage.

Teoh and William, you guys were fast as always.. William, you've improved a lot, keep it up.

The 1.8 class Champion (again) - Suhaimi from Kiong Lee in his 1.8 MIVEC Wira.
1st runner up of the 1.8 class - Sham representing his own workshop.
Great job on the track although this man came out confused, "Saya 2nd a? I pening la, corner banyak! I biasa drag", was his first words out of the car!

2nd runner up for the 1.8 class was a pristine EK99 B16B Civic. I'm sorry I didn't get your name bro, do contact me and I'll revise this post.
The podium for the Open Class...

Champion - Suhaimi (again!)

1st runner up - Sham (again!)

2nd runner up - Beautifully modded VW Golf GTi [I'm very sorry I also did not get your name. Do contact me to review this post ;) ]

I'm sure all that had been there had their fun even when the sun shunned, and the rain came out to play. Great event and thanks all for being there... For those who've missed it, watch this space for updates on future track days, and good luck with your builds/preps!

More pics coming soon. Keep an eye out!

I'd also like to wish a gratuitious and resounding THANK YOU! to the members of RC Square for entertaining us with their superb aerial show.
p.s. Thanks for cutting the grass with your RC helicopter ya :P

Open Track Day participants

I only have the list from Penang thus far, I'll update with the Mainland, Perak and Wilayah participants list soon.

Ray Eoh - Satria GTi 1.8
Kelvin Ang - Iswara 1.5
Teoh Chun Zhi - Waja 1.6
William Ng - Iswara 1.5
Richard Khoo - Waja 1.6
Vin Ong - Satria R3 1.8
Robert Loke - Satria 1.3
Ahmad Fuad - Civic EK 1.8
Rasim - Civic EK 1.6
Suhaimi - Wira 1.8

Tommy Chan - Wira 1.5
ScAvEnGeR - Perdana 2.0

Rubber! Oh glorious rubber!

I'd just went to Chris' place to get my track day rubbers installed for a fun-filled Sunday at the Dato Sagor Track. I went and got my spare 17" rims from the store and brought them down to get the rubbers installed.

As we were fitting the rims on Silver, it started to drizzle but nothing will dampen my spirits that evening... I was going for a tyre test no matter what!

I had never ran rubbers so wide so I was quite adamant on how the Silver Banana would handle. Luckily, it was spot on! Great on-centre feel and loads of grip in the wet... Or damp, rather. I'd yet to test these rubbers in the dry but I've heard great reviews of it although most of the users were highway cruisers... Hey, rhymes... Kewl.

The only gripe I had with the tires are that its too comfortable.. And that brings about more doubts on how it'd handle on track as the level of comfort would relate to the stiffness of the sidewalls. Dang! But with proper engineering, maybe these tires may not suck after all.

I guess we'll just have to wait and find out this weekend.

See you all there, in whatever you wear!

*forgive my attempts at rhyming in this post... or ever! :P

Track day tires.

Hi readers, I've been away on business and consecutively swamped with back logged work thus the delay in postings.

Recent update, I've finally found my track tires! My mech Chris had found me some sweet tires for the one day excursion. I'm going to have a blast at this upcoming Open Track Day at the Dato' Sagor Track in Kampung Gajah next weekend, 13 July 08.

My very well (and evenly) worn tires on the right whilst, on the left, Chris shows off his find! A used pair of about 50% thread wear tires for the track excursion.

Track tires fitted on my Silver Banana with my track rims from an earlier car. These rims have proven to be hardy and light for my low powered applications. Wolfrace is casted at the back, although I doubt it is :P
I hope all you fellas are prepared for this track day. Its gonna be a great event!

p.s. I just found out that this is my 101st posting! Thanks readers, for following me through this journey of automotive endeavours. Keep posted on future activities and excursions!

More "Huan Lo" with a dash of spice!

I was driving home from work after a very dreary office day to see Kiong (exhaust man) for some bars he'd ordered for me. The Silver Banana felt great after the first two bars installation (I'll update later once I get pics) but I was fated to discover that there is a clunking sound everytime I turned left.

I then bypassed Kiong's shop and went straight to see Chris (my mech) only to find that my right upper arm had worn out. Dang... Just when I thought I'd be ready for the July excursion!

Anyways, Chris told me to keep using it for now until a suitable replacement could be found (I dun know what he has planned for me), so here I sit impaired, until my car could be repaired. What else could I do, I'm now retarded, I'll just have to wait open hearted. Seems to be I'll be restrained, while I've to keep myself enterteined.

Forgive the lame rhyming, it was just bad timing. It was just an outburst, good sense rather than to curse...

July 13th Open Track Day Updates

Due to overwhelming response, you track driving enthusiasts will be able to have fun on July 13th, 2008! Every driver will have his chance in winning over RM4xxx (U$1xxx) worth of prizes, courtesy of Red Line Oil (fully synthetic top of the line blood you can feed your car), Ultra Racing (the ultimate in chassis strengthening), in conjunction with Autoria (your friendly Toyota dealer).

More info:

1) Event starts at 9am and ends at 5.30pm

2) Pre-payment required

3) Trophies for winners of the mini-race provided!

4) Mini-race is divided into:
<1.6l>
<1.8l>
Open class

Rules:

1) Passenger and Driver of a car MUST WEAR HELMETS.

2) Car must be in good condition with working brakes, and not leaking fluids.

3) Participation in the mini-race is voluntary.

4) Grid designation for the mini-race will be contingent on your best lap.

Fees:

1) RM150 per car per driver.

2) Free buffet lunch included for paid drivers.

3) If you are new to the track, an experienced driver will be assigned as your track guide for free.

There will be magazine coverage, so we'll see you there, in whatever you wear! :P

p.s. For registration for all you fellas out there, please feel free to call whichever liaison convenient to you at :

ScAvEnGeR : 012-4077575 (Penang)

Tougeking : 016-5066600 (Ipoh)

Tan : 012-4453535 (Seberang & Parit Buntar)

Calven : 0164442332 (Seberang & BM)

Open Track Day at Dato' Sagor Track!

Hi all, I've a confirmed date, 13th JULY 2008, for the open track day which will be held at the Dato' Sagor Track.

Date: 13th July 2008
Time: 9a.m. till the sun goes down, your car breaks down, or until you break down!
Venue: Dato' Sagor Track, Kg. Gajah, Perak.
Fees: RM150.00 per car, per driver.

Honestly, the food sucks, but you wouldn't be free to think of your tummy anyways... There's too much fun to be had.. Hah! But for the greater good, there will be a buffet line this round.

As before, there will be a mini race again in the afternoon. But this time, I'll be organising it to ensure fairer proceedings. And TROPHIES will be awarded to the winner for bragging rights and just to plainly SHOW-OFF!

I'd confirmed the date ASAP this time round so that participants will have at least a month to prep your cars and save up for the event. I hope you guys will do so to maximise your fun on track!

Cheers mate! And see you at the track!

Track day pics!

I'll leave this posting clean and simple... Words do little for an event like this.

First group of the convoy about to leave for Kg. Gajah.
An overview of the parking area from the grand stand. We had an AWESOME turn out.
Even the fields were full of cars.
Including the volleyball court side!
Some of the early arrivals waiting for our second convoy to arrive as well as local participants.
Under the palms... Looks exotic ler?
Just look at the amount of drivers attending the track briefing... Phew!
Even the local drifters were here to show us some tire burning action!
A beautiful A31
Just check out the camber all these drifters had on.. Exceeding 4deg. of slant!
Our first casualty of the day. His wheel had dug into the soft sand and got stuck. Thanks to Dennis for helping out with his winch equipped Ford Ranger.

Soon, at lunch time, Adam and Tom from ZTH showed up with the official ZTH car. The M3 CSL. There was also a pretty girl and a camera man that came along to provide coverage (I'm very sorry, I'd forgotten your names) for this event.

I took Tom out for a brief drive through the track (in Raj's R3 GTi.. Thanks bro) to see the course while Adam was following behind in the M3.

*sorry guys no vid as its too long for youtube and the editor on my com went corrupt*

The mini race started around 4p.m. and Boy was leading the 1.6L group... Excessively I might add.
The more exciting and "interesting" >1.6L group was taking off.
Suhaimi took pole position.
While our very friendly Raj brought home a close 2nd place. (Thanks for the drive and sorry for the scratches, we go yam cha tonight.) Patrick Gun got a cheery 3rd placing and still in his full face helmet! We ended the journey with a hearty dinner at Tg. Tualang. I missed my lunch...
The prawns there were HUGE!

We parted ways and bid farewell to each other. We'll see you all at the next excursion! Cheers.

p.s. I blew my engine in the first half of the day... If anyone's got pics of it, pls drop a comment and I'll be in touch.

Courtesy of Dennis : Pics of the Silver Banana on tow.

Rendezvous for Penang participants.

I'd just like to inform all the Penang participants to meet up at Tommax Stickers at 4.30a.m. on Sunday morning. We'll convoy down to Bkt. Merah R&R to meet up with fellow participants from BM by 5.00a.m.

We will then travel through the trunk roads for some touge action en route the the Dato' Sagor circuit :) I'm a touge addict, so sue me!

Preparations!

Hi fellas. Its about time to start preparing all the things you'd need for the track excursion this coming weekend.

I've sent my car to my trusty mech Chris for check-up and replacing all worn items.

I've also made a simple list of necessities that I need for this weekend such as:

1. Covered shoes
2. Helmet
3. Drinking water
4. Spare tires and rims (if needed)
5. A fresh change of clothes (for the trip back)

These are just examples of things you'd need. You guys figure out what stuff you personally need yea... But make sure you have enough provisions for the day.

Do keep in mind that you should also prepare your mind and body for the event to come. Sleep well on Saturday night and have a great rest everyone!

Open Track Day price revised!

Hey all, good news. The open track day at the Dato' Sagor Track had been revised to RM100 due to the excellent response from participants.

Old price : RM150.00
Revised price : RM100.00

Open Track Day at Dato' Sagor Track

Hi guys, there will be an open track day at the Dato' Sagor Track in Kg. Gajah on the 18th of May 2008.

The date is set as such since Wesak is on Monday so we'll all be off from work. Not to mention that it'll provide ample time to prepare your cars for the track excursion. This date is of course tentative and subject to change, depending on the majority of participants needs.

The price so far had been set at RM150 for a full day of high-revving motoring fun. Of course there will be short breaks in between in respect for the nearby mosque as they'll be having their prayers. But more than ample track time to quench our insatiable appetite for RPMs.

The event will be themed as : "NO FRILLS, JUST THRILLS"

It'll be a free and easy event as long as safety is observed on and off the track. Hope to see you all there. Cheers!

Feel free to drop me a comment and let me know what you guys think.

16th open track day at Dato Sagor

We had an open track day after the defensive driving course since we were staying over at the chalet anyways. Plus, we had to rent the track for both days (owner's requirements).


Zoggee organised something similar to Solo and took out timed runs as benchmark for future improvement. I didn't get any pics because all the participants and I were too busy being nosey. Sitting near the timekeeper and watching for others' lap times.


One interesting participant was the Saga from Hell, which I first saw at Sepang's open track on the 27th of Jan 08. This fella ran coil over shocks suspension in the rear and a 4G63T resides as its heart. Heavily modified and torque steers like mad. Enjoy the view :-

*Picture adapted from tougeking.blogspot.com

I had a blast of a time and I finally got Tougeking to drive my car. Despite being and FF layout, balding yr 2003 tires and his first time driving my car, his time was :-

1. 44.78 secs.

2. 44.94 secs.

3. 44.45 secs.

As compared to my own time of :-

1. 47.24 secs.

2. 48.35 secs.

3. 47.92 secs.

4. 47.89 secs.

5. 47.02 secs.

I tried entering the chicane on third gear and missed the following apex slightly on my second run, I didn't think it'd cost me so much. Haiz...

Now I know what I'm aiming for :) Thanks TK for the taxi ride and for the benchmark timing. Thanks also for showing me how to take the chicane, I shall return soon with vengeance and new tires :P

I just gotta say this. IT'S ALL ABOUT BALANCE!!!

Sunday Open Track at Kg, Kajah

Hi all... Good news, there'll be a open track day on Sunday, 16th of March!

Price will be RM100per driver.

There will be no lunch provided so we all have to cari makan la. As for me, I'll be packing some buns just to keep the energy up as I know I'll be having too much fun to be worrying about makan time!!! Bwahahaha... Open track y'all~! Boo-yah!

Same as before, contact these guys for more info:

Penang Island : ScAvEnGeR (012-4077575)
KL : Zoggee (0175355123) or (zoggee.blogspot.com)
Anywhere else : Tougeking (0165066600) or (tougeking.blogspot.com)