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Petaling Jaya, 11th April 2008 – Grass Racing Autosports is back again with an all new autocross Championships for avid autocrossers this year. Grass Racing Autosports or more commonly known as GRA is now surging ahead with the partnerships from Red Line Synthetic Oils, Meguair’s Detailing Products, Vanli Genuine Parts and Motorsports Association Of Malaysia (MAM).

GRA being only 2 years old has managed to be one of the only survivors for grassroots motorsports in the discipline of autocrossing. Grassroots motorsports has never been big in this country but GRA has managed to bring it to a higher level with the help of its previous and current partners. Autocrossing is the cheapest form of motorsports for cars. Mainly held in large carparks, it allows aspiring race or rally drivers to pit their skills in a race course laid out by pylons.

This year’s 2007 defending Champion Ivan Khong piloting a red Subaru Impreza Wrx 4wd, will be up against the strongest ever line up of drivers for this season. The emergence of the Lotus driven by Marcus Chye, and Julian Pang in his Red Line Proton Wira would be out to make sure Ivan does not win all the races this year. Another avid autocrosser Mickey Teoh, would be in his Toyota MR2 Turbo RWD, to give them a run for their money. Mickey who finished second last year in the overall championship standings will not be the aiming anything lesser than first this year.

The Championships for year 2008 will comprise of 5 rounds. All of which would be held in the Klang Valley. Spokesperson Ian Khong said that, ‘ We wish to take GRA nationwide hopefully, with the collaboration with MAM, it is could be possible very soon‘.

Howard Goh from Red Line Synthetic Oil said, ‘ Motorsports in this country needs more awareness and growth. We support GRA as we want to see grassroots motorsports grow in this region. This is the first step for any race or rally driver who want to get into motorsports ‘.

Johan Wong from Meguiar’s Detailing Products said, ‘ The networking from being a part of GRA has helped us a lot in terms of recognition and awareness. We have always believed in ensuring that our brand is consistent with the automotive enthusiasts, thus GRA provides us a platform to be in the market for detailers and racers alike ‘.

Mr. C.K.Lim from Vanli Group of Companies said, ‘ We are one of the largest distributors of genuine automotive parts in this country. We have been established since 1978 and are the authorised parts dealers for 24 various automakers and automotive parts makers. GRA consists of many various types of vehicles in its races and some of which are actually daily driven cars. Supplying only genuine parts is our only priority and we should be able to cater to the massive variety of cars that GRA has in its races. Being new to this sport, we believe in partnerships for future growth and GRA has provided us an avenue to promote genuine parts ‘.

Round 1 would be held on April 13th at the Shah Alam Stadium. Entrance is free, and the race queens would be there to grace the event the whole day. For further details on its upcoming events, please log in to www.grassracingautosports.com.