Merdeka Endurance Malaysia Series

Ueda Scores First Win at Sepang Circuit

Two-time world 125cc Grand Prix runner-up Noboru Ueda stoday cored his first career win at Sepang Circuit; winning the Honda Asean Cup at the Malaysian Super Series (MSS) to supplement the 125cc GP victories at Shah Alam Circuit and Johor Circuit, Pasir Gudang in 1994 and 1998 respectively.

“I am very happy. I can now say I got a complete set of wins in Malaysia. I could not do it at the GP but today’s victory in this competition is still as good,” said the 40-year old Ueda, who won the second round of the Honda Asean Cup, which was incorporated for the first time in the MSS.

Unlike the highly powered, fully modified 125cc GP machines that Ueda had used previously, Ueda competed against riders from Thailand, Malaysia and India on a one-make Honda Wave S125 production bikes on an equal basis; and against young aspiring riders.

“It was drizzling and it was actually very difficult race. I just use my experience studying lap by lap; but I guessed the other riders were also doing the same thing as we were all groupped together until the end,” said Ueda, winner 13 Grand Prix, 39 podium positions and 19 pole positions from 160 races.

Now a trainer with Honda-owned Suzuka Circuit Racing School, Ueda said that nothing had changed in his attitude and approach when racing as he fought all the way to take the checkered in the eight-lap race.

“I really had to push in the last lap to win, it’s very satisfying to finally win here in Sepang because I had always like this track and I had always liked this country,” said Ueda, who retired from the 125cc World Grand Prix in 2002; finishing second overall twice in 1994 and 1997.

The Honda Asean Cup was as a one-off event this year; but is likely to be included in a full season next year. Round 1 was held at the Nakhonchairsi Circuit near Bangkok on July 6 while the next round would be run in Japan in Motegi on November 3 before the final round in Batangas, Phillipines on January 8.

On a day interupted by heavy downpour and drizzling rain, 2003 superbike champion Brent Odgers moved closer to his second Malaysian Super Series title as his closest rival Omar Ali Abdullah fizzled around the wet track.

Representing Team Pineapple Motorsports, the Australian won the opening race and then rode to a safe second place behind Finland’s Jussi Hoikka in a wet Race 2 to collect a total of 45 points and installed as winner for Round 3.

While defending champion Yasuhiro Kuhara again forced to skip the round due to financial constraints, Omar failed to finish Race 1 with mechanical problems and only managed second place in the second race to add only 10 points to his total haul.

With two more rounds to go, Odgers now has 133 points and a 54-point advantage over second placed Juissi Hoikka of Finland, who second overall today and garnering a total point of 79 points.

Like Odgers, Ahmad Nashrul Baharuddin also scored an identical score of a first and second placing in Round 3 to further enhance his position at the top of the 135cc Production Bike Championship.

After three rounds, Ahmad Nashrul now has 120 points; opening an advantage of 47-point advantage over second-placed Safrizan Buang, who collected 41 points from the concluded Round 3.

In the 600cc Supersports Championship, India’s Pretham Moses ruled in the wet to win both races to move to the top of the point standings with 123 points.

In the Kawasaki Cup, Mohd Fairuz Murad was the winner of Round 3; collecting 45 points over the two races with Khairul Muzali coming in second with 26 points and Rizal Jantan in third with 25 points.

In the Aprilia Cup, Chia Choo Keat’s winning streak came to an end when he was sensationally disqualified in Race 2 for ignoring three calls for a drive-through penalty after winning the first race.

Beaten by Amir Hamzah in the race, Khoo Keat’s time of 18 minutes 31.297 seconds was actually good enough for a second placing until the race stewards came in with a disqualification order.

Drifting Techniques: Faint drift, power over, Swaying Drift, Kansei Drift, Jump Drift, Long Side Drift

Drifting, faint drift, power over, Swaying Drift, Kansei Drift, Jump Drift, Long Side Drift


Drifting is a form of cornering which uses controlled slipping of the tires to give a more showy and sometimes faster turn speeds. With grip driving, the key is to go slow to fast around the corner whereas with drifting, you try to maintain a constant speed around the corner and come out of it faster. These are some types of drifting which are possible with a MiniZ (there is no precise way to do each, but this provides you with a guide on how to perform your own drifts):

Power Over - When entering a corner, use full throttle to produce heavy oversteer through the turn

Faint Drift - Steer the car towards the outside of a turn and then use steering traction to throw the head of the car into the inside of the turn

Swaying Drift - A slow side-to-side faint like drift where the rear end sways back and forth down a straight

Kansei Drift - When at racing speeds and entering a high speed corner, quickly take your finger off the gas to initiate a mild oversteer and then balance the drift through steering and reapplied gas

Jump Drift - Allow the inside rear tire to bounce over the apex of the curb such that it loses traction, resulting in oversteer

Long Side Drift - Use reverse and steering to put the car side ways at a high angle (almost totally sideways) and hold this when entering the corner.

During a drift, speed will slowly bleed away, so enter a corner faster than you would normally with grip racing. You usually have to prepare for a drift way before the turn to give your car the right momentum and attitude. You must also know that not all corners are meant to be drifted around. A good racer must know when to drift and when to grip through it. I also depends on where your opponents are on the track.

The car must be set up properly for you to be able to drift. For example, you can help your rear wheels lock up during a turn so that it will swing out by tightening your ball differential. Whenever you are attempting to throw or change the direction of the car suddenly, you will need to steer quickly. If the steering range dial on your controller is too small, you may not have enough steering angle to throw your car. Tire settings are also important. Depending on the type of drift, you may want the front to have more grip than the back or vice versa. It depends on how you want to drift your car and our ability to control it.

Here's is an article found in a RC magazine on how to do a simple drift:

Source: UKAR_strjetta

Source: http://minizcanada.com/tech/driving.php

Skyline a total loser... SO proud of Proton

Proton satria menjatuhkan imej skyline caw-caw !!!
Standard skyline pun enjin dah 3000 cc,masuk pulak litar sepang mesti di up grade lagi tapi kalah pulak dengan proton satria. buat malu kaum kerabat je,hahaha..........



this..what the loser said:
1. hmm...i think its unfair..
although skyline is using a bigger engine..but e body of e car iz heavy...but 4 satria,it has a smaller size n light body weight...but itz uses a bigger engine...tat makes e satria have a potential 2 win...

2. i think u little wrong because skyline is heavy but using 3000++ cc engine but proton satria is light and just using 2500 cc engine so the different is the driver skill.

The winner said:
Proton Gti stock is 7.3sec 0-100kph plus its only 998kg
extremely quick car back in there day, actually think they were the quickest naturally aspirated full production car back in 98-99 when they came out. but yeah, once that skyline got up and going it would have done the proton.

Drag race Malaysia

Drift race movie is a collection of high quality movie of drift race in Malaysia. Drift race in Malaysia now is a culture for youth to express the cretivity on wheels. Some are legal but some are illigals. Some of these video are made by amatur hence the quality of video is so good. Most of the racers are Chinese, Malays and some Indians. They are all had very good time.