Malaysian driver Eddie Lew took home his first win in Round 2 of the Asian Touring Car Series at Sepang International Circuit today. It was a good clean race in which 18 of the 25 starters completed the 10-lap outing.

<!–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.

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Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW claimed pole position with Jack Lemvard during the first qualifying session of the Asian Touring Car Series while Eddie Lew leads the pack for the Malaysian drivers taking the front row alongside Lemvard. In Division 2, Macau driver Chan Man Fong claimed the fastest time to take the lead starting in sixth place.

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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.

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