Sunday, March 22, 2009

MCA Segambut Endurance Race 22 Mar 09

Team Kookaburra Racing fielded a 2 man team for the MCA Segambut Youth Division Endurance Race 2009 "Race Towards Unity" held in City Karting Shah Alam track. An event organized by the MCA Segambut Youth Division which also attracted many sponsors.

VIPs supporting the event includes MCA's Ling Hee Keat, Daniel Ling and Chew Lian Keng. Alex Yong, former Malaysian F1/A1 driver was present to help officiate the race together with Mohd Afiq (2008 AMM Go Kart Champion).

A total of 27 teams participated in the race which consists of a practise/qualifying round of 20 minutes and the endurance race of 70 minutes with 3 mandatory pit stops.

Kenny Hwang and Stephen Kok lead the charge for Kookaburra Racing in this go kart endurance race. The team qualified 3rd overall in the qualifying round. In the race proper, Kookaburra Racing managed to come up to 1st placing at one stage of the race but ended the race in a hard earned 2nd place.

This is indeed a great result for Kookaburra Racing and more to come in the near future of racing!

Some photos from the event here:


Kenny preparing to start the race


Kenny lines up a quick overtaking move


Stephen overtakes quickily from the outside


2nd Place : Stephen and Kenny with their prize


2nd-1st-3rd winners : Kookaburra Racing, Vertical Speed and Aliens Racing

Saturday, March 21, 2009

City Karting 125cc Race Series Rd 1 (21 Mar 09)

On a nice Saturday afternoon, City Karting Shah Alam ran a 125cc Race Series kart race which consists of 1 qualifying, 3 heats of 8 laps each and 1 final of 10 laps. The race attracted a field of 20 kart owners with 125cc kart engines ranging from Rotax Max, Rok and Parilla.