Star Drift Challenge 2009 Finals – Day 2

As the second day dawned on the track at A’Famosa Resort, the participants could be heard practicing since the wee hours of the morn, piercing the heavenly silence with 4AGE roars and blowoff valves. Lugging ourselves from the bed and being treated to a sumptuous breakfast at one of the clubhouses, the track was full of participants trying their very best to dial in their cars for the final push towards qualifying.

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Star Drift Challenge 2009 Final Round – Day 1

It has been quite a while since we’ve been to any drifting events, and for a breather, we took a trip down to the Star Drift Challenge in sunny Melaka for the final round of the series this year. Starting from an early morning dash on the NSE on Saturday morning, we stayed till the very end on Sunday too, and here’s what conspired on the first day of the final round of Star Drift 2009!

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Super GT 2009: Saturday Qualifyings

We’re back from the track, and after getting sunburnt and fizzed out (no thanks to the long queue waiting for the Pitwalk), we’re back to report on the situation in Sepang! Arriving on the scene early in the morning, we were greeted by ominious dark clouds over the track and wind speeds of up to 30km/h. Manuevering into one of the last parking bays located near the Yokohama drift area, the track was rather devoid of spectators, as the time and weather was perfect reason for waking up at a later time. Unlike yesterday, the booth areas around the mall were now occupied by exhibitors, with Toyota showing off their TRD Vios which is retailing at nearly RM100k, although it is loaded with TRD goodies and a warranty from the factory. More images will be uploaded later, in a seperate post containing the most-wanted images on the planet right now, the GT Queens! For now, enjoy the gallery and highlights we have setup for you after the jump.

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Super GT 2009: Friday’s Relaxing Session

An update from the track for those who were at work and for those who were lazy enough to collect their pre-booked tickets to the Super GT Weather was hot with slight drizzle on the way to SIC, although at the track itself, its the usual Sepang weather which is extremely hot, sunny and windy at the same time. For those who are planning to visit the track tomorrow, bring your sunscreen and a hat! Here’s what happened from 2pm on Friday. Above is last year’s winning car, the Autech/Motul Nissan 350Z. More below!

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Events; 26 Apr Drift Outtakes

Happy Labors Day!

While you are all enjoying the long weekend off, here are the outtakes from last weekend’s drift event. Outtakes are there mainly because the image might not be as great as we might think, so they are dumped into a folder to be kept for posterity. We know that some of the cars were not featured, reason being it was getting to dangerous out there when up to 10 cars were on the track at any single time. Sure, camping out on the corner apex isn’t safe in the first place, but when up to 10 cars come heading your way, its hard to react when you’re shooting and getting ready to run at the same time.

On the other hand, we’ll be heading to the first night GRA event tomorrow see ya there!