Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Kenny Wins Ironman Race 2009

My-kart organizes the very first Ironman 2009 race at the City Karting Shah Alam kart circuit on the 21st of June 2009. The race was separated by 2 categories - K1 (125cc) and K2 (100cc) which comprises of the race format of 10 mins qualifying, 30 mins Ironman feature race and 10 laps sprint race.

Team Kookaburra Racing's Kenny Hwang and Stephen Kok participated in the K2 category which comprises of 15 racers. After the kart ballotting and kart setup, qualifying sessions began shortly. Kenny qualified a spectacular 5th position on the grid while Stephen struggled with his kart which lacked grip and braking to qualify poorly at 13th.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Sepang 1000km Race 2009 (S1k)

This year, after much deliberation, 2 members of Team Kookaburra Racing decided against racing in the very first Sepang 1000km Race held at Sepang International Circuit due to certain prior commitments. Instead, the team decided to participate as pit crew members to support our racing associates and friends at HPC and Kegani Autotech. Kenny Hwang was a race car refueller and Stephen Kok supported as tyre change specialist. Also, brought in a new kid on the block, Ah Ping to help in tyre change. It was a fantastic experience for both Kenny and Stephen and both are ready to race in next year's 1000km Race.

Team HPC Kegani fielded 3 cars in the S1k on 4-6 June 2009. A Celica in Class 1; A Levin AE111 and SEG AE101 in Class 2. The SEG suffered some problems early in the race and had to be benched after 1 hour. The Levin was leading the race most of the time and even ahead of Class 1 cars. And yet had to break down at the last hour of the race. Though unfortunate, the Celica managed to finish 6th in class and 10th overall.

The full race results can be obtained here.

Some pictures below.


Kenny and Stephen with the race drivers, Ramsey,
Brian and Jin on the HPC Celica



All 3 cars lined up in front of Pit 22


The Kegani Levin and SEG


Kenny and Stephen having a light moment with
Super GT race queens, Nana Shibata and Sana Yuuki