Special one on one interview with race driver of Team KooKaburra Racing, Kenny Hwang @ Zoggee.
Q : What car do you drive now? What's your first car?Zoggee : Currently driving an Old School BMW E30, first car was 62' Volkswagen Beetle.
Q : How did you first got into racing? How did it all started for you?
Zoggee : Started as hobbies.... participated in Proton Street Shootout 1 and 2, My Kart 2005 Mad Endurance race with fellow BMW Club members, MAM Rally X Rd.1 2008, various track sessions, MME 08 and recently, My-Kart Mad Endurance Race with veterans drivers like Jason Loo, Alvin Joseph, Stephen Kok, "The Master Eric Yoong" and Ben Tan of Top Gear Magazine Malaysia (MME 6 hours).
Q : Tell us about your MME 2008 experience. Was it worth it?
Zoggee : Certainly, it was worth it! Was invited and offered a drive in Class C with 1.6 Toyota Levin with some special arrangements. A fellow student from HPC events. The team was managed very well, thanks to Jeffrey Ewe, a fellow HPC instructors too. Also the excellent support from driving buddies from BC Machine guys as Pit crew. I did a lot of rigorous trainings, and managed to clocked my fastest lap time during qualifying of 2 minutes 40 seconds. The exposure, the race, the party, the friendships and the end, was like a festival. It's awesome.
Q : What do you see yourself in this big future world of racing?
Zoggee : To be able to perform better than some of my fellow My Kart members in the 2009 My Kart racing series... *grin grin* To be able to promote safe driving on the road for future racers before racing. To be able to boost branding for those who support me and Team Kookaburra and my peers.
Q : Any advise to those who want to be racers, both young and old?
Zoggee : Noticed that a lot of motorsports enthusiasts are taking their driving for granted. Being owners of powerful and souped up cars doesn't mean they can handle the car well. Learn the limits of their cars. Do it in safe and in control environments. Don't drink and drive, discipline and fitness are some of the criterias needed to be a racer. Would like to quote a saying by Proton HNT Instructors, "To be a racer, you need to be able to think as a racer, walk like a racer, dress like a racer!" I have high regards to all those Instructors. Knowlegable and yet humble.
Video of Zoggee (Kenny Hwang) lapping the Sepang track in a EG6.
You can learn more about Zoggee at his blog : http://zoggee.blogspot.com/
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Q : What car do you drive now? What's your first car?Zoggee : Currently driving an Old School BMW E30, first car was 62' Volkswagen Beetle.Q : How did you first got into racing? How did it all started for you?
Zoggee : Started as hobbies.... participated in Proton Street Shootout 1 and 2, My Kart 2005 Mad Endurance race with fellow BMW Club members, MAM Rally X Rd.1 2008, various track sessions, MME 08 and recently, My-Kart Mad Endurance Race with veterans drivers like Jason Loo, Alvin Joseph, Stephen Kok, "The Master Eric Yoong" and Ben Tan of Top Gear Magazine Malaysia (MME 6 hours).
Q : Tell us about your MME 2008 experience. Was it worth it?
Zoggee : Certainly, it was worth it! Was invited and offered a drive in Class C with 1.6 Toyota Levin with some special arrangements. A fellow student from HPC events. The team was managed very well, thanks to Jeffrey Ewe, a fellow HPC instructors too. Also the excellent support from driving buddies from BC Machine guys as Pit crew. I did a lot of rigorous trainings, and managed to clocked my fastest lap time during qualifying of 2 minutes 40 seconds. The exposure, the race, the party, the friendships and the end, was like a festival. It's awesome.
Q : What do you see yourself in this big future world of racing?
Zoggee : To be able to perform better than some of my fellow My Kart members in the 2009 My Kart racing series... *grin grin* To be able to promote safe driving on the road for future racers before racing. To be able to boost branding for those who support me and Team Kookaburra and my peers.
Q : Any advise to those who want to be racers, both young and old?
Zoggee : Noticed that a lot of motorsports enthusiasts are taking their driving for granted. Being owners of powerful and souped up cars doesn't mean they can handle the car well. Learn the limits of their cars. Do it in safe and in control environments. Don't drink and drive, discipline and fitness are some of the criterias needed to be a racer. Would like to quote a saying by Proton HNT Instructors, "To be a racer, you need to be able to think as a racer, walk like a racer, dress like a racer!" I have high regards to all those Instructors. Knowlegable and yet humble.
Video of Zoggee (Kenny Hwang) lapping the Sepang track in a EG6.
You can learn more about Zoggee at his blog : http://zoggee.blogspot.com/
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