Mega Enduro 2007: Crocs dominate season finale
Saturday, 1 December 2007
Citykarting, Shah Alam
The 2007 Mega Enduro was won by Team Supercrocs Inc ahead of Team Dances With Crocs and Team Aliens in third.
Supercrocs Team Principal, A Muhaymin was elated at the result as the team was trailing Dances With Crocs by almost a minute in the final stint. However, Supercrocs' last driver... a terrapin called Hafizal was in possessed mood as he reeled in the leaders lap by lap and finished the race with 86 laps and 1.5secs ahead of Dances With Crocs.
The results as follows:
| pos | kart | team | laps | diff | best laptime | in lap |
| 1 | 2 | Supercrocs Inc | 86 | - | 1:14.190 | 75 |
| 2 | 20 | Dances With Crocs | 86 | +0:01.52 | 1:13.719 | 9 |
| 3 | 14 | Aliens | 85 | +1 lap | 1:14.179 | 68 |
| 4 | 27 | TeleVAS 1 | 85 | +1 lap | 1:15.113 | 4 |
| 5 | 13 | VM Motorsports | 85 | +1 lap | 1:14.751 | 2 |
| 6 | 15 | Satria New Club | 84 | +2 lap | 1:13.408 | 11 |
| 7 | 11 | Gallop | 84 | +2 lap | 1:14.819 | 58 |
| 8 | 19 | Kazzen | 83 | +3 lap | 1:15.694 | 55 |
| 9 | 6 | Heritage | 83 | +3 lap | 1:16.675 | 73 |
| 10 | 7 | Tail Happy Racing | 82 | +4 lap | 1:15.407 | 2 |
| 11 | 21 | Matrix | 81 | +5 lap | 1:13.105 | 68 |
| 12 | 26 | Vroom | 81 | +5 lap | 1:16.003 | 36 |
| 13 | 28 | E-Triple Slash | 81 | +5 lap | 1:15.601 | 68 |
| 14 | 1 | TeleVAS 2 | 79 | +7 lap | 1:18.429 | 68 |
| 15 | 24 | Vertical Speed | 79 | +7 lap | 1:17.258 | 24 |
| 16 | 17 | 360 | 76 | +10 lap | 1:20.255 | 75 |
Team & drivers entrylist:
| pos | kart | team | TP & driver 1 | driver 2 | driver 3 | driver 4 |
| 1 | 2 | Supercrocs Inc | Muhaymin | Emmy Diana | Shaeran | Hafizal |
| 2 | 20 | Dances With Crocs | Edwyn Low | Luen | Desmond Khoo | Jac Soo |
| 3 | 14 | Aliens | Naza | Tarmizi | Hafizah | Razak |
| 4 | 27 | TeleVAS 1 | Mark Timms | Ramsey | Zul Samad | Ruben Yap |
| 5 | 13 | VM Motorsports | Nizam (Nizer) | Nazri Ng | Suhazlan | Jamizan |
| 6 | 15 | Satria New Club | Einhander | Nigel Chia | Vincent Chin | Kee |
| 7 | 11 | Gallop | Tg Nazroff | Faibs | Lynda | Alx |
| 8 | 19 | Kazzen | Reuben Chirng | Faizal Salleh | Rezza | Lina |
| 9 | 6 | Heritage | Danny Choo | Iskandar M7 | Imran | Julz |
| 10 | 7 | Tail Happy Racing | Fazz Rahman | Shahrul Azlan | Yusnee Yusof | Nurul Alis |
| 11 | 21 | Matrix | Faisal Asri | Adian Yein | Ken Yap | Irwan Ismail |
| 12 | 26 | Vroom | Faisal Shah | Amir Salleh | Hiroko Nakamura | Hisham |
| 13 | 28 | E-Triple Slash | Mohd Shah Long | Evelyne | Terry Lim | Gobinath N |
| 14 | 1 | TeleVAS 2 | Brian Fernandez | Angeline Ooi | Rizal Khalid | James Higgins |
| 15 | 24 | Vertical Speed | Mohd Fikri Rahim | Mohd Afiq | Abang Amirul Hadi | Jedanial |
| 16 | 17 | 360 | Yong Chun Fung | Lee Chan Ho | loo Chean Khiang | Mike Chen |
TheFazz:
folks - pls add your experiences here.
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»TheFazz:
Tail Happy Racing did not have a happy day.
Our kart got worse and worse as the race went on. It later turn out that the right rear tyre had a slow puncture. By the time 3rd driver Yusnee handed over to Kiki, we only noticed the airless tyre AFTER Kiki had been sent out for the final stint. We had to frantically call her back into the pits to remedy the situation.
As the first driver, my race was ok. Starting from 6th on the grid, i managed to get up to 3rd and was chasing Jac Soo and Shaeran who were having their private battle. As Jac got into his rhythm he started to leave Shaeran behind and without the two fighting and slowing each other down... they both dropped me further behind.
It turned out that i was actually going slower and slower. The fastest lap we clocked was done on lap 2. since then it was downhill.
I was soon coming under attack from a bunch of people behind me. First it was Ramsey. I fought for several laps to keep him behind me. Several times Ramsey would attempt a pass on the main straight only for me to hold the corner at the end. A few times Ramsey even nudged me out of the corner. I could not hold him for long and he soon took me.
Then it was the Satria Neo and Gallop teams. Both of them tried to pass me several times and they both had the speed on me. My best chance is to stay late on the brakes in order to stay ahead. A few times they would pull alongside, and i would stand on the brakes at the latest moment.
Faibs (Gallop) soon made his move which lost me another position to Satria Neo. But i managed to get the place back from Satria Neo at the end of the main straight by simply jamming the brakes and aiming for the hairpin / apex. I tried to attack Faibs and went sideways into him twice. The second time was not so good resulting in both Satria Neo and Naza passing my as Faibs and I locked wheels. Thereafter Faibs pulled clear and i simply went backwards, but managed to gain one place when Satria Neo pitted for their second driver.
By the time i handed over to Yusnee, we were 6th and going slower.
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»jedanial:
Thanks to mykart for this great event...hopefully we can meet again in another round of 2008!...Sadfully,my leg injured because of bad accident during the race.I had a car flying on top of my helmet..!!! eventually my leg got saved before the chain cut my leg..scary owww!anyway.. its about courage..braveness..and spirit!!
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»timmsm:
Bro... I hope you are OK now. Would you mind giving some more details about the incident such as:-
how it happened
number of parties involved
how it could have been avoided, if at all
action taken by marshalls
any injury of anyone involved
Your feedback will contribute towards trying to make all events safer
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»TheFazz:
i did not know that there was any injury... appreciate an incident report on this.
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»RawFlesh:
Yeah, I thought it was an incident free race(apart from the usual racing incidents, nothing major like flying karts and cutting chain)
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»Jac Soo:
In qualifying… I had 5 laps to do my best time.
1st lap – to be the last kart out from the pit stay away from the pack and study the kart characteristic.
2nd lap – Kart oversteers and loses speed in corner, continue to warm up the tyres.
3rd lap – Still oversteers badly so it’s kart setup problem not tyre. Fall back from the pack because I got confident to set a good lap.
4th lap – flying lap. Emmy did slow me down abit since she try to fall back.
5th lap – slowing down back to pit. 1:13.44 -P1 on lap 4
The qualifying showed our kart is competitive but does not really have a huge advantage over the front runners, because I know where the 0.5s advantage comes from… =P
LAP 1-5
1st on the grid my job is to pull away if I can. Green flag down, but Shaeran (Super Crocs) was able to keep up with me on straight… He is 10kg heavier than me =_= kart still oversteers and dont have advantage on straight. I cant really pull away from beginning… And the pack is busy with their own fight so my only worry is Shaeran…
Instead of engage serious fight with Shaeran, I decide to defend till my tyres to warm-up and avoid him to ghost my line. After some close fight, Shaeran gave me a bump before apex, I know that’s the chance I waiting for, so I quickly charge away, I look behind and he is about 15m away. And from there I started to use proper racing line to pull away from him…
LAP 6-26
BOTH MY LEGS START TO CRAM in the middle of the race.
Instead of pushing too hard, I go for consistency and don’t over heat the tyres & engine too much because that’s still 70+ laps to go.
(My legs are not long enough without the cushion, fell down during the driver change, MALU-MALU hahaha…)
By the time I handed over to Desmond, we were still 1st with 12-14s lead.
Congratulation!!! Another My-Kart successful event !!!
and Congratulation to Super Crocs as 2007 Mega Enduro Champ!!!
Thanks to our Team Principle Luen & Desmond and teammate Edwyn for given a new member a chance to join the team. ^^
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