000 Da Bitch – Reincarnated as a Stock GTI, still black but no Recaros R3 wheels etc.
001 Da Slut – Siting in workshop unused waiting for new owner to buy the car
002 – Formerly Proton’s Corp Comm Media Car. Stolen June 2006 in CoE Car Park
003 – Sold to a Proton staff.
004 – Sold, Proton BoD member
005 – Sold
006 – formerly Prozac
007 – Raj (formerly Crash)
008
009  - kaYz1e (formerly Sousuke)
010

011
012
013 Handsome Lala
014
015
016
017 mzs a.k.a ZULKIFLI
018 formerly Shaunchen
019 sabreena
020 Engku Faiz
021
022 halimrrr
023
024
025 MaxiMauL
026
027
028 fadzly
048 harvey
049 khld
051 lixrym@rosmi
052 Desmosedici
056 stan aka ninja_iga
058 Eddy
061 Andrew Lee aka jÅkùùZèèMån©
067 Redwacko
072 Shaffy (formerly akmal_has)
073 vinoviruz
074 Incube
076 Dean
077 Dummy7718
083 Buahdurian
084 Dayton
085 fi3
086 Amchikarai
092 rancor
093 – Racer Boy
094 – ammetUIA
097 GajenDie (formerly r0ok)
098 Jeremy
099 – RT90
105 – Robin
106 neuralyzer
107 Punisher
111 Rizal
114 efie
115 john800
118 Raj
119 KINGTOZ
121 kanai
122 Ajoy
123 Zainal (zf)
124 GeneX
125 Gei Ko (2522)
126 pistola
129 Apexi
130 Hugh
133 Commander Reza
140 rickmoh
141 Shanashi
142 fitry
144 chivas
145 fordrunger
147 Nazrin
148 – aishah
149
150

Monday, 14 July, 2008

1800 – 2200

Monday, 21 July, 2008
1800 – 2200

Tuesday, 29 July, 2008
1800 – 2200

Saturday, 09 August, 2008
1800 – 2200

Sunday, 10 August, 2008
1300 – 1600
1600 – 1900

Thursday, 14 August, 2008
1800 – 2200

Tuesday, 19 August, 2008
1800 – 2200

Wednesday, 20 August, 2008
0900 – 1200
1400 – 1700
1800 – 2200

Friday, 22 August, 2008
1800 – 2200

Saturday, 23 August, 2008
1800 – 2200

Sunday, 24 August, 2008
1300 – 1600
1600 – 1900

Monday, 25 August, 2008
0900 – 1200
1400 – 1700

Tuesday, 26 August, 2008
1800 – 2200

LEV#007 Satria R3 for sale
December 2004
85,000kms mileage
Shell Helix Ultra 10W-50 Full-syn
Road tax till Feb 2009
Stage 1 spec – 145bhp

New timing belt, bearings
New engine mountings
New R3 suspension set
New paint + R3 livery
R3 license plate

Mods
R3 Stage 2 performance cams
R3 Gear knob
R3 Steering spacer
R3 Stage 3 4-1 performance header
Pipercross performance drop-in filter + cold air intake
R3 Stage 2 suspension bushes
Powerzone LSD kit

Protected by tracking + recovery system – Captor (worth RM1,950) and Radiostar (worth RM700)

RM58K only. Private sale. View to appreciate.

Drop me a line at vernon.chan[a]gmail.com for serious enquiries.

<!–adsense#inline–>Lew beat the Thai favourite, Jack Lemvard, who suffered from a tyre valve tear after a scuffle at the start of the race. Lemvard had to pit to change his right rear tyre and rejoined the race at the tail end and slowly climbed back up the ranks to finish seventh.

For more AFOS results, visit AFOS.com

View full report and results here

Asia’s major racing series – the Asian Touring Car Series (ATCS) has been incorporated as a support race for the Malaysian Super Series in June and will not feature at the 2008 Super GT International Series Malaysia, which will be held at Sepang Circuit from June 20 to 22.

The ATCS, which would feature top Malaysian drivers like Eddie Lew, Eric Yeo, Tunku Hammam, Harry Chai and Sharjihan Ghouse, would run two races – rounds 4 and 5 – at the third round of the Malaysian Super Series scheduled from June 13 to 15.

More from Malaysia Super Series site

This is certainly a long time coming. The review I mean. Not the car. Ok, well technically, to be accurate, the review of the car. And to be honest, this is probably the hardest review to date. Why? Because the Satria Neo R3 has a lot to live up to as the latest limited edition vehicle from R3, and also because I need to be impartial and brutally honest, being an owner of the Satria R3 – the car that is being ultimately ‘replaced’ by a newer, better-looking platform.

It has not been the smoothest of journeys for the 25-man strong Proton Motorsports Division, what the general public fondly knows as R3 (Race Rally Research). Battling red tape and budget constraints since its inception, attributed much to its umbilical cord attached to the Proton mothership, R3 has been rather silent from the scene much through 2006. The successful R3 Time Attack Series (formerly known as Street ShootOut – SSO), which saw the birth of the ‘Short Course Special’ SSO cars – SSO Satria and Putra, sputtered a horrible death, much to the disappointment of the grassroots motorsports fraternity. The very series that not only helped build R3 brand visibility and presence, and inspire the spawning of the first ever retail limited edition R3 vehicle – the track-special Satria R3. Dead.

Except for its dabbling in the local drift scene with the SSO Drift and D1GP Drift Series, Malaysian Super Series, and its big budget foray into the Merdeka Millenium Race (and winning), R3 did little where producing cars were concerned. The Savvy R3 and Gen.2 R3 were great teasers of what was to come, credit to the R3 development team, however reduced to being just elusive, unattainable prototypes. Like Milla Jonovich. Someone you’d so lustfully want to drive home and ‘ride’ but ultimately, can never have. Ok, bad analogy.

On a serious note, things did not look too rosy for R3. The world waited. And waited. No Gen.2 R3. No Savvy R3. No tangible, physical R3 vehicles from the R3 factory. Zilch. Nada. The only saviour was the virtual existence of the now defunct R3 website and forum, and also the R3gister blog (note: plug!).

Mid 2006, Proton introduced the Satria Neo. And desire, it seemed, had a new name. The Satria Neo launch not only gave the public the first taste of the new hatch platform from Proton, but also a preview of the R3 concept, much to the delight of R3 fans and car owners. The menacing Satria Neo R3 Concept showed R3 still knew how to make desirable, performance cars. It showed it still had drive. And passion.

Well and good. Then there was more waiting. Much of it. Still no Neo R3. R3 raced the Neo. In MME 2007, and MSS. A private company gave a preview of the Neo Cup race car. Proton gave us cute little canary-yellow A1GP special editions. Lovely.

Can the real Satria Neo R3 please stand up, then?

Well, wait no further my petrol fumes-sniffing friends. Welcome the Satria Neo R3. Seriously. It’s here. In its 135bhp Campro-powered, hand-built glory. All ten have been booked, sold and delivered to owners. Unfortunately no Incognito Black paintjob to keep R3 fanboys happy but black enough to matter. No official word on how many will actually be built, but word has it that R3 plans to make a total of 50.

At first glance, the Neo R3 (NR3) looks menacing. If you ever wanted an example of looking fast while standing still, this is it. Or Carl Lewis. Whichever turns you on. However you look at it, from any angle, mind you, this curvy hot hatch is indeed, ‘hot’. As far as cosmetics go, this baby has got everything going for it. The front valance fierce and racy. The rear beautiful, and purposeful, especially the downforce-inducing diffuser. Shame it does not come with any carbon fibre bits ala its older sibling. (CF spoiler thieves may be cursing at this point). Observed from side-to-side, the NR3′s modern lines and styling completely sends the SR3 to stone-age obsoletism. Typical of all R3 cars, the unmistakable red-silver side strips are complemented by conspicuous “Race•Rally•Research” decals and R3 badging, completing the trademark R3 look.

The 17″ Enkei wrapped in Bridgestone Potenza RE001 205/40R rubber (not Advanti RSW-03 as initially specced) fill the arches rather nicely. Ride height is slightly lower, attributed to a set of R3 performance springs coupled with stock Neo dampers, tested and developed by none other than R3 chassis engineer and race driver – the great Faidzil Alang. We’ll see how this translates to actual ride and handling later.

In general, there’s little to dislike about the NR3 exterior styling-wise. Personally I am not too keen on the Enkei option, preferring the subtlety of the Advanti RSW-01. Individual preferences aside, what’s important is that the NR3 exudes that understated “R3-ness” and it does this with conviction and confidence.

To be continued…

Sizes available: M and L
Material: 100% Cotton
Colour: Black

Price: RM25 only

Where to buy
R3gister tees are available at RACE Performance Center (RPC)
The new RPC workshop is located at No 3, Jalan Warden U1/76, Taman Perindustrian Batu Tiga, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan. Call Zainal (012-3987098) or Danial (012-2167408) of RACE for details and info.

Wear it with pride!

Yoong said of the races, “It’s great to have two good finishes. The sprint race was a good start to the day and I’m pleased we were able to make a pass on India to snatch fourth as we were reasonably competitive. The feature race gave us another good result although I was struggling with understeer whereas this morning it had been oversteer, but that just shows the fine balance that is needed to get the best out of the car. After the second pitstop we dropped the tyre pressures and the car was very strong with some very strong lap times, so I was hoping for a safety car to bunch every one up – I think I would have had a good shot at taking another place or two. Overall it has been a good weekend for us.”

The final round of the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, the third season of the Series, takes place at Brands Hatch in Kent, UK, from 2-4 May 2008.

Full report here

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.