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Slated for 30 November 2008, the HPC Track Experience is back with a vengeance. Sign up now to avoid disappointment as seats are filling up fast. The event, for the first time, will only have 1 session which is in the morning and will cover the entire SIC track and not the usual half track.

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PATTAYA: It was a bitter sweet day for Team Proton Axle driver Syafiq Ali, who won the Asian Touring Car 1500 Max Series drivers’ crown at the Bira Circuit near here today. The youngster, who was trailing teammate Fadzil Alang going into today’s final two races, finished second in Round 11 to clinch the overall title but his joy at winning the title was soured when Faidzil was involved in an accident which saw his car roll over three times. Continue reading »

A fellow petrolhead friend, Irwan aka Cardula sent me this link. This is the ultimate petrolhead app for iPhone owners. Or should we say, the ultimate mobile gadget for petrolheads? Seriously folks, this rocks. Bar none. How about a dyno in your pocket? Get 0-100km/h runs, lateral Gs, braking Gs and more! Dynolicious is a motorhead-centric application (available from Apple’s App Store for USD12.99) that uses the iPhone’s built-in accelerometers to effectively give you a GTech Pro in your pocket. Pure genius. Continue reading »

Some tentative, unofficial race results.

Final top 10 position:

1) Team Porsche Club Singapore -308 laps

2) Kencana - Hong Leong - 305 laps

3) Danville Motorsports (Class O) - 292 laps

4) Petronas Syntium Team - 288 laps

5) VRD Motorsport - 287 laps

6) ARC Bratislava - 286 laps

7) Mal Rose / Peter Leemhuis - 283 laps

Pineapple Motorsport - 280 laps

9) J’S Racing Labs - 279 laps

10) Danville Motorsports (Class A) - 279 laps

Congratulations especially to Team Proton R3 who won Class B with the Satria Neo. Awesome guys, well done! The R3gister is proud of Tengku Djan and the Proton R3 team!

Two days before the official closing date, event organizer Sepang International Circuit (SIC) has received a total of 74 entries for the Petronas Primax 3 Merdeka Millennium Endurance race (MME) including a full grid of 20 cars for Class A for production cars above 1900cc.

Last year, SIC had a record entry of 103 cars, which was later reduced to 77 for the actual race as according to the maximum number of cars permitted by the FIA circuit license for a rolling start.

For the full article, visit Sepang International Circuits