Mega Enduro – main regulations – 2005

The main regulations are detailed here.

1. ELIGIBLE KARTS

Only rental karts provided by circuit or kart operators are eligible. All karts must have the same engine and carburetor specifications. Kart performance will be as best efforts equal as possible.

2. RECOMMENDED EVENT PROGRAMME


+0000 > +0100 hrs Registration, Weighing and Kart Balloting
+0100 > +0130 hrs Briefing

The main regulations are detailed here.

1. ELIGIBLE KARTS

Only rental karts provided by circuit or kart operators are eligible. All karts must have the same engine and carburetor specifications. Kart performance will be as best efforts equal as possible.

2. RECOMMENDED EVENT PROGRAMME


+0000 > +0100 hrs Registration, Weighing and Kart Balloting
+0100 > +0130 hrs Briefing
+0130 > +0300 hrs Kart preparation
+0330 > +0530 hrs MKME Race Start (120 minutes)
+0600 > +0700 hrs Prize Giving

3. ENTRIES

3.1 Entries open forthwith and close on the defined closing date in the supplementary regulations. Acceptance of entry is at the sole discretion of the Organising Committee who have the right to reject entries without giving reasons.

3.2 It is a condition of entry that competitors have no right to any claims against the Organising Committee, Kart & Circuit Operators, Sponsors and any one carrying out their duties.

3.3 Maximum number of entries accepted will be at the sole discretion of the Organising Committee. The Organising Committee reserves the right to refuse an entry.

3.4 Maximum number of starters will be determined in the supplementary regulations.

3.5 Entry Fees per team entry will be defined in the supplementary regulations. Payment must be made by cash. Cheque may be accepted at the discretion of the Organising Committees. Any entry if found to have been presented with dishonoured cheque, will be deemed to not have entered the race. The decision of the Organising Committees on this matter is final.

3.6 If the race is stopped due to rain occuring after 50% of the full race length, the race is deemed to have been run & the final positions based on the number of laps completed. A separate event with the remaining time allocation may be held, subject to the decision of the Organising Committee, Kart and Circuit operators & the participating drivers’ majority consensus. If the race is stopped due to rain occuring at less than 50% of the full race length is run, a restart shall be made & the race run for the remaining race time. The time for this restart shall be decided by the Organising Committee & Kart and Circuit operators.

3.7 The decision to stop the race due to the rain, shall be at the sole discretions of the Organising Committee (in consultation with Kart and Circuit operators). If rain occurs before the start of the race, a driver’s briefing will be held & the decision for the continuation or deferment of the race announced. Due to safety requirements, the race could be postponed to a later date. All participanting drivers MUST be at this drivers’ briefing.

4. OFFICIALS

4.1 Clerk of the Course:
4.2 Chief Course Marshal:
4.3 Chief Recovery:
4.4 Chief Timekeeper:
4.5 Chief Grid:
4.6 Chief Pit:

5. STARTING PROCEDURE

This will be covered in the event supplementary regulations.

6. DRIVING TIME & REFUELING

6.1 This will be detailed in the supplementary regulations.
6.2 Any breach of the above rules will merit disqualification of the team from the results.
6.3 Each team must report on driver changes to the pit observer in writing.

7. MINIMUM WEIGHT

The minimum weight is intended to provide all teams with equal competitiveness. The minimum weight of all the team drivers are measured in full race trim (racing suit, helmet, racing shoes and gloves). The minimum weights may change in each event, but as a guide, the average weights of male drivers will be 70kgs and average weights of female drivers will be 60kgs. This is subject to superceding in the supplementary regulations.

A penalty of 1 lap for each 5 kilograms under the minimum weight will be imposed. The penalty is imposed to discourage teams with light drivers. All drivers must be weighed before the closing time for driver weigh-ins. Failing which a penalty of 1 lap will be imposed on the team for each driver that is late for weighing.

8. PITLANE SAFETY, PIT STOPS, RE-FUELLING AND REPAIRS

8.1 The outer lane is to be kept unobstructed to allow safe passage of karts at all times. Stopping in this lane is prohibited upon pain of a 1 lap penalty. The onus shall be on all DRIVERS to take all due care.

8.2 During refueling it is compulsory to stop the engine until refueling is completed and the fuel tank cap has been securely fastened. For safety reasons, only personnel from Kart and Circuit operators may refuel the karts.

8.3 During a pit stop where only a change of driver is required, the engine can remain running so long as the kart is being held by another team driver.

8.4 During a pit stop, only Kart and Circuit operators personnel may work on the kart, except for lifting of karts and chain lubrication, which may be done by any of the team drivers.

8.5 Official fuel will be provided by Kart and Circuit operators. No other fuel or additives are permitted.

8.6 If a kart is stranded on track, the driver must alight from the kart and raise his hand to signal for assistance. He may elect to push the kart back to the pitlane without outside help, IN THE DIRECTION OF RACING and outside the racing line. The penalty for any kart traveling in the counter flow direction will be DISQUALIFICATION.

8.7 If a kart cannot continue the race, the team may elect to change to a spare kart (subject to availability) with a penalty of 1 lap. Notification of any change in karts must be informed to the timekeeper by the team drivers IMMEDIATELY when this change has taken place. The replacement kart must also have a transponder which is in operating condition for lap timing purposes. The results of the team shall be the accumulative number of laps for the karts used by the team.

9. SAFETY VEHICLES

9.1 In the event of incidences, 1 safety vehicle (either the yellow 2-seater kart or the scooter) will enter the track from the pit exit.

9.2 All drivers must maintain their position. The leading driver is required to hold position behind the safety vehicle. No overtaking is allowed unless instructed by the observer in the safety vehicle.

9.3 Anyone found to have overtaken any competitor in front will receive a penalty of 1 lap.

9.4 When the track is cleared, the safety vehicle will return to the pit and racing and overtaking will resume AFTER crossing the start/finish line. The lead kart is to maintain the pace up to this point.

10. FINISH

10.1 To be declared as a finisher, a driver must take the chequered flag under the kart’s own power, and have covered 75% or more of the total laps covered by the winner. The result order will be based on the number of laps completed by the respective teams as follow:-
Highest number of laps – 1st
2nd highest number of laps – 2nd
3rd highest number of laps – 3rd
and so forth

10.2 In the event that 2 or more teams complete the same number of laps, their order will be in accordance with overall time taken to achieve this.

11. KART / EQUIPMENT FAILURE

11.1 Any kart or equipment failures will not be compensated in either monetary or race finishing form. A kart failure may mean the end of the race for the particular team.

11.2 Transponder failures in whatever form will not be compensated to the team either. If a team loses lap counts due to transponder failures, it will be deemed as lost and not compensated.

12. ORGANISING COMMITTEE’S RIGHTS

12.1 The Organising Committees may abandon, cancel or postpone the competition due to not receiving more than 10 entries or unforeseen circumstances including Acts of God.

12.2 Distribute the awards based on intermediate results at their discretion if through bona fide unforeseen circumstances, the competition is stopped before its completion.

12.3 Refuse an entry without giving any reason.

12.4 Deliberate on any issues not stated in these regulations and their decision shall be final.

12.5 The Clerk of the Course of this meeting has the right to stop the race immediately due to any unavoidable circumstances as the case may be.

13. SMOKING & CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL

Smoking and the consumption of alcohol is strictly prohibited in the pit or the track areas, ESPECIALLY in the vicinity of the refueling area. Teams may be disqualified or penalized upto 10 laps for violating this rule.

2004 Full season tables

Fazz Rahman clinches the K2 championship for 2004 with Hafidz Fahro Rozi and Brian Eravelly completing the top three.

[table Current seeding|Driver|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|Total Pts
1|Fazlur Rahman|dnf|dnf|20|6|16|16|14|12|20|dnf|104
2|Hafidz Fahro Rozi|20|9|dnf|14|20|12|0|4|0|20|99
3|Brian Eravelly|0|0|9|10|14|2|16|16|14|10|91
4|Simon Tan|0|14|16|0|11|5|0|14|12|5|77

Fazz Rahman clinches the K2 championship for 2004 with Hafidz Fahro Rozi and Brian Eravelly completing the top three.

[table Current seeding|Driver|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|Total Pts
1|Fazlur Rahman|dnf|dnf|20|6|16|16|14|12|20|dnf|104
2|Hafidz Fahro Rozi|20|9|dnf|14|20|12|0|4|0|20|99
3|Brian Eravelly|0|0|9|10|14|2|16|16|14|10|91
4|Simon Tan|0|14|16|0|11|5|0|14|12|5|77
5|Jules Ng|16|0|0|0|0|10|0|20|16|14|76
6|Yusnee Yusof|9|8|6|16|0|3|11|8|11|2|74
7|Salehuddin|0|0|3|20|4|11|20|0|6|9|73
8|Shahrul Azlan|0|16|1|0|9|8|9|0|5|0|48
9|Devan Sridaran|0|12|14|0|0|9|0|10|0|0|45
10|Khairul Hizam|0|4|11|12|0|0|0|0|0|12|39
11|Yip Yen|8|0|5|0|8|7|0|2|8|0|38
12|Ng Wei Li|7|dnf|4|8|7|0|5|5|1|0|37
13|Yew Siak Jin|0|0|8|0|12|dnf|6|7|3|1|37
14|Shaeran Baba|0|0|7|11|10|4|dnf|0|0|4|36
15|A. Hilmy Halim|12|11|dnf|0|0|0|12|1|0|0|36
16|Fiki Zul|0|0|12|0|0|20|0|0|0|0|32
17|Stanley Tai|dnf|20|0|5|0|0|0|0|0|0|25
18|Farid|10|0|dnf|3|0|0|10|0|0|0|23
19|Sh. Asraf Ishar|0|0|10|dnf|0|0|0|0|0|11|21
20|Fahmy|11|6|0|2|1|0|0|0|0|0|20
21|Alban de Souza|0|5|0|9|0|0|0|6|0|0|20
22|Munib|0|10|2|0|6|0|0|0|0|0|18
23|Azlee|dns|dnf|0|4|2|0|4|3|4|0|17
24|John King|0|0|0|0|0|0|||0|16|16
25|Brian Fernandez|0|0|0||0|14|0|0|0|0|14
26|Edwin Cheah |14|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|14
27|Ashraf Dewal|0|0|0||||7|0|0|6|13
28|Deanna Yusoff|0|0|0||||||10|3|13
29|Jason Lu – BM5|0|0|0||0|1|2|0|9|0|12
30|Fabian Yee|0|0|0|||||11|0|0|11
31|Raja Feizal|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|9|0|0|10
32|Loke Jin Hien|0|dnf|0|0|0|0|8|0|0|0|8
33|Nazaruddin|0|0|0|||||||8|8
34|Shariman Onn|0|0|dnf|0|0|0|0|0|0|7|7
35|Izham|0|7|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|7
36|Raphael Kopel|0|0|0||||||7|0|7
37|Dennis Woo|0|0|0|7|0|0|0|0|0|0|7
38|Sri Balakrishnan|0|0|0|||6|0|0|0|0|6
39|Yu Jin Lee|0|0|0|0|5|0|0|0|0|0|5
40|Ozi Shahril|0|0|0||0|0|1|0|2|0|3
41|Hafiz Hajeedar|0|0|0||3|dnf|0|0|0|0|3
42|Alvin Joseph|0|0|0||||3|0|0|0|3
43|Tarmizi|0|0|0|||||||dnf|0
44|rafiq abdul rahim|0|0|0|||0|0|0|0|0|0
45|Giri Balakrishnan|0|0|0||||0|0|0|0|0]

my-KART 2004 Season Reports

Collection of 2004 myKART race event reports.

I am back filling the 2004 reports in this booklet so that you can easily view the collection of race reports and results easily. The work is very much in progress so please bear with me.

About my-KART – who are we?

my-KART.org, or my-KART is a group of people who have the passion for racing and karting in particular. It organises an amateur karting (used to be known as go-kart) league in the Klang Valley, Malaysia. This karting league is called the my-KART DRIVERS series. The emphasis is on safe & fun racing, in a competitive but friendly environment.

A Yahoo! mailing list was established in August 2002 at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/my-kart/to serve as the initial communication medium for members. However, this website serves as the primary platform for communications to members and the wider public.

Read about my-KART’s history.

Our vision & philosophy

We aim to popularise grassroots motorsports, specifically karting. By popularising karting, we create more awareness & support of motorsports. More motorsports fans will drive increased exposure for motorsports in the country which will in turn attract more sponsors. Attracting sponsors will be the key to talent development and team formations. Thus building the automotive / motorsports industry in the country. Lofty ideals? Perhaps. Nevertheless, the opportunity is here as long as Malaysia is on the major international motorsports calendar.

To do this, my-KART remains close to its origins, particularly for its members and the racing enthusiasts. We focus on the following general principles:

  • affordable & accessible
  • safe & professional
  • fun & exciting competition
  • sustainable & relevant


By doing this, our events –

  • promote safety
  • build fellowship, friendship and networking
  • are easy to join (jump in at the shallow end first)
  • are affordable
  • eliminate the luck of the draw factor common with rental karts
  • create an environment for amateur karters to improve their skills
  • are simply fun fun fun

More information

We will post / upload info documents on this website and on the Yahoo mailing list in the files section. Please feel free to browse our sites and participate in our discussion forums.

You can also find further reading / reference materials –

Most reference materials can be found on the my-KART information menu bar.

History of my-KART

The beginnings

I first organised a kart event when I was in Price Waterhouse in 1994.

The beginnings

I first organised a kart event when I was in Price Waterhouse in 1994.

This was after the height of the Prost vs Senna battle in 1993, and the emergence of one Michael Schumacher. We also had Mansell making a cameo. The racing fever for us started long before Malaysia even dreamt of hosting an F1 race. Then I read about a developer in Templar’s Park who had converted a piece of land into a temporary karting circuit. We organised two races there before the track closed down once the developer got his permit to develop that very land.

The Founders

Since then, my infrequent karting activity stopped for a while, and I soon joined Shell. It was only in 1998 at an impromptu kart race at Batu 3, that I found a karting kaki in the name of Shahrul Azlan. We then attempted to form a karting club within the sports club, but failed to get it off the ground.

First attempts

Fast forward to 2001, and I took over as sports club chairman and immediately introduced karting, with Shahrul Azlan the chief organiser. The first season was a resounding success with about 20 drivers turning up each event. This was no doubt helped by the greater awareness of motorsports in Malaysia -now that we are an F1 host country. 2002 was another successful year with even more participants from within Shell.

In early 2002, I was aching to having a karting reunion for my former PW buddies. We did one at Mofaz Penchala, and were amongst the first to race there. Off an on, I would organise some informal races with some of my karting buddies. And so did Azlan. By mid year, we were aching to have joint karting event to make it more meaningful as opposed to the usual free style events. We soon saw an opportunity to develop a network of karting buddies outside Shell.

The birth of my-KART

Thus in August 2002, my-KART (independent of any company sports club) was formed from a mailing list which combined our karting buddies. We used Yahoo!Groups as the mailing list to manage our communication and event announcements for amateur karters primarily in Klang Valley.

2003 was our first full season of karting with 9 races in total. In 2003, we ran one category (80cc & funkart) which attracted around 15-20 karters each event. During 2003, we were able to –

  1. test the interest level
  2. gauge the level of experience and skill
  3. learn the requirements in organising kart events for people we generally did not know until the events
  4. understand the safety issues and how we can manage them develop a core group of karters and develop the relationships

Early in 2004, we organised 4 half-day coaching sessions over a weekend at Sepang. 22 drivers from the group responded and had the opportunity to learn driving techniques on both the Yamaha 100ccs and the Rotax Max Seniors. The feedback from those who participated exceeded all expectations.

It was clear then, that we were on to something with my-KART: there was a strong interest in motorsports that was yet to be tapped. The problem: affordability and accessibility.

my-KART today

Given the increasing interest, we introduced the K2 category for 2004 and raised the performance bar to the 100cc category. Yet, we maintained the low cost entry level. This continues to attract very strong interest till today. For 2009, we are running exclusive K2 rental karts dedicated for the my-KART DRIVERS’ series.

In 2008 we started the first full season of K1 races run on rental 125cc Rotax Juniors and on CRG road rebel chassis. The K1 series was a resounding success with drivers becoming more serious about their karting and showing some great skill, competition but yet retain the camaraderie.

We now run three race categories for each event:

  1. the K3 category for newcomers (rookies) and first-timers to karting – races are on 80cc 2-stroke rental karts.
  2. the K2 category are for those who have been karting for a while and known to the my-kart community through regular participation in K3 and K2 series – races are on exclusive 100cc 2-stroke rental karts.
  3. the K1 category are for those who are the core of my-kart and are true regulars of my-kart and have been karting for a while – races are on exclusive Rotax Junior Max 125cc 2-stroke rental karts.

Event participation is accepted through referrals (member introduce member) with very little publicity. All participants are to subscribe to this website. Total website subscribers now stands at close to 1100 people (as at January 2009) which is around 20 times the number at the end of 2003. Each event currently attracts more than 60 karters in total for the K1, K2 and K3 categories.

The future

Organisationally, my-kart operates both as a club “Kelab my-KART Selangor” registered with the National Sports Council and a company “mykart Promotions Sdn Bhd”. The club are the main organisers of the member & grassroots events, whilst the company retains ownership of the my-kart intellectual property and commercial rights. Moving forward, we shall be expanding my-KART’s awareness to the wider public.

We are currently growing our group of karters in the various categories, whilst encouraging talented karters to move up the ranks to K2 and K1. We are beginning to see some subscribers getting more serious about their karting. There are more opportunities awaiting us, and we believe we are at the forefront.

Happy karting and safe racing!

Cheers!
Fazz

Section I: Introduction to my-KART.org

This section collects various general and introductory articles and write ups in relation to my-KART. From time to time, I shall include subjects like the history of my-KART, what we do, the people behind the group, how you can participate etc. This is a good “Readme” reference guide to my-KART. Enjoy!

Please give me feedback on any other items that should be included here.

KART series rules and formats – 2005

1.0 OBJECTIVES

The my-KART events aim to popularise grassroots motorsports, particularly karting by making participation in regular karting events accessible and affordable for its members. my-KART realises that there are a significant number of casual and semi-serious karting enthusiasts who would like to have the opportunity to participate in affordable racing events. In doing so, my-KART emphasises safety and fun above all. my-KART also aims at developing the amateur karting community, and thus the group and events will be conducted in a friendly atmosphere.

1.0 OBJECTIVES

The my-KART events aim to popularise grassroots motorsports, particularly karting by making participation in regular karting events accessible and affordable for its members. my-KART realises that there are a significant number of casual and semi-serious karting enthusiasts who would like to have the opportunity to participate in affordable racing events. In doing so, my-KART emphasises safety and fun above all. my-KART also aims at developing the amateur karting community, and thus the group and events will be conducted in a friendly atmosphere.

Given that my-KART events are conducted using primarily rental karts, it is likely that kart performances will vary significantly. The event format that is described below intends to minimise the “luck of the draw” as best possible. my-KART events are also aimed at balancing the skill levels and the kart performance as far as possible.

The purpose of this document is to set out the event formats and rules which meet the above objectives.

2.0 OVERVIEW OF RACE

Typically, the race is split into two segments for each driver and category:
(i) 2 qualifying heats – points collected to determine order for choosing karts in final. The qualifying heats are conducted as individual races, and points are scored based on the drivers finishing positions in the qualifying races. By doing so, we do not need to depend on timing systems which can often be unreliable, and this will allow more excitement for participants.

(ii) 1 final – points will score towards the league table. Each driver will participate in one final each, but their groupings will be dependent on how well they scored in the combined qualifying races.

3.0 RACE LENGTH

Each heat and final will run for about 10 minutes each. This equates to approx 8 laps.

4.0 DRIVER CATEGORIES AND EVENT GROUPINGS

There will be 3 driver categories:

  1. Formula K2 – advanced karters (2-stroke 100cc rental karts)
  2. Formula K3 – rookie karters (2-stroke 80cc rental karts / 4-stroke funkarts)
  3. Formula K-Ladies – lady karters (2-stroke 80cc rental karts / 4-stroke funkarts)

The objective is to have a suitable number of drivers in each grouping to allow for a minimum 7-9 driver turn out. The Formula K2 group will initially comprise of 25 drivers. The selection is based on 2 out of 3 of the following:

    +++only subscribed members of the my-KART mailing list who…

  1. is ranked in top 20 from the prior season
  2. attended more than 2 races
  3. has adequate racing experience in 100cc and 125cc karts and is made known to my-KART admin or any other nominee

The selection for K2 requires careful consideration given the significantly higher speeds of the 100cc karts. Above all, my-KART emphasises safety and fun racing, hence it is vital that drivers in the K2 group are sufficiently capable of handling 100cc karts in racing conditions.

For the event groupings, the total number of drivers are sorted in seed order. The drivers will be divided into groups of similar numbers. The number of drivers per group depends on the number of reasonably good karts. Consecutive seeded drivers will be split into different groups. Eg, seed 1 in group A, seed 2 in group B and so on.

5.0 QUALIFYING HEATS FORMAT FOR EACH CATEGORY

(i) For the 1st qualifying heats, karts are assigned to each grid position. For example, kart number 1 may be assigned to grid number 1 and so on. Drivers will be assigned the grid positions based on their seeding order; ie highest seeded drivers start first. In the event of unseeded drivers, the order will be in favour of first registered driver.

(ii) For the 2nd qualifying heats, drivers will start in the reverse grid order of the first qualifying. The karts assigned to each grid will remain in the same positions. For example, the driver that started on pole in the first qualifying heat will swap grid position and kart with the driver who started last in the previous heat, and so on.

(iii) change of karts: karts will only be changed if the organisers decide that it is either too slow / damaged / dangerous / too fast in comparison with the rest, or if certain drivers cannot fit into certain karts.

Points will be score for each qualifying heat based on finishing positions, and accumulated to determine who gets the first choice of karts for the final.


Points table (qualifying heats):
Position.....Score
1.............20
2.............16
3.............14
4.............12
5.............11
6.............10
7..............9
8..............8
9..............7
10.............6
11.............5
12.............4
13.............3
14.............2
15.............1
dns............0
dnq............0
dnf............0

6.0 FINAL FORMAT FOR EACH CATEGORY

Each driver will drive in only one final, although there may be more than one final. The points scored in the qualifying heats will determine which final the driver falls into. If there are odd number of drivers, then the final for top drivers will be more then the lower finals.

The top scoring drivers in the qualifying heats will have first choice to the karts for the final. This will allow the driver who performed best in the qualifying heats the chance to choose the best available karts, and thus eliminate the “luck” factor in their final race. In a tie breaker, the driver with the best finishing position in the qualifying heats will choose first. If there is still a tie, the higher seeded driver will choose first.

The starting order for the finals will be in reverse qualifying order (ie, the highest scoring driver in qualifying will start last in the finals – but have the benefit of the better kart). This will further allow drivers who may have had bad karts in the qualifying heats to have another chance to improve on their position for the KART championship.


Points table:
Position.....Score
1.............20
2.............16
3.............14
4.............12
5.............11
6.............10
7..............9
8..............8
9..............7
10.............6
11.............5
12.............4
13.............3
14.............2
15.............1
dns............0
dnq............0
dnf............0

There are 15 points scoring positions for the league table. Only the top 15 drivers in the finals share score points.

ARBITRATION

The my-KART event organisers has the final say.

my-KART Reference Manual

This Manual details the instructions in relation to the my-KART group, events and management. It also collects all the relevent my-KART event rules and regulations, as well as the important documents.

I am looking for more volunteers to write this manual together with me. For willing volunteers, I will give them author and senior member rights for managing content on this website.

This manual is a collaborative effort and will require each person to work together to come up with a full fledged my-KART manual. The manual shall contain the following content types (can be reviewed):

This Manual details the instructions in relation to the my-KART group, events and management. It also collects all the relevent my-KART event rules and regulations, as well as the important documents.

I am looking for more volunteers to write this manual together with me. For willing volunteers, I will give them author and senior member rights for managing content on this website.

This manual is a collaborative effort and will require each person to work together to come up with a full fledged my-KART manual. The manual shall contain the following content types (can be reviewed):

  1. my-KART information
  2. my-KART organisation structure
  3. Event definitions and descriptions
  4. Event regulations and supplementary regulations
  5. Event operations manual
  6. Tools, templates and documents
  7. anything else?

Any other member who would like to give feedback, please add your comments here.

Press release Enduro 1: Round 1 my-KART Mega Enduro 2005

Saturday 8 January 2005
Shah Alam Stadium Kart Circuit

myKART logo, the chequered flagThe myKART group ( http://www.my-kart.org/ ) flagged off the 2005 season of amateur karting with a 2 hour endurance event. The closed event (open only to myKART members and invitations) attracted 14 teams with 4 drivers to each team.

In addition to being the curtain raiser for the 2005 KART (Karting Amateurs Racing Team) season, the MME 2005 event was carried out in celebration of the end of the 2004 KART season which ended on 11 December 2004.

Saturday 8 January 2005
Shah Alam Stadium Kart Circuit

myKART logo, the chequered flagThe myKART group ( http://www.my-kart.org/ ) flagged off the 2005 season of amateur karting with a 2 hour endurance event. The closed event (open only to myKART members and invitations) attracted 14 teams with 4 drivers to each team.

In addition to being the curtain raiser for the 2005 KART (Karting Amateurs Racing Team) season, the MME 2005 event was carried out in celebration of the end of the 2004 KART season which ended on 11 December 2004.

The 2004 KART champions were officially recognised at the end of the MME 2005 event with the following drivers taking the championship positions:

[code]
K2 category – 100cc class
1. Fazlur “Fazz” Rahman 104 points
2. Hafidz Fahro Rozi 99 points
3. Brian Eravelly 91 points

K3 category – 80cc class
1. Kevin Tan 95 points
2. A Muhaymin 86 points
3. Nazim Mansor 66 points
[/code]

the 2004 KART winners
from left: Muhaymin, Hafidz, Fazz, Kevin, Brian E and Nazim

The main MME 2005 event started off with the team registration, weighing-in (minimum total driver weight of 250kg per team) and kart ballotting from 8am.

The race briefing was conducted by Fazz Rahman (founder of my-KART.org) and Steward Loke (MME 2005 Coordinator & Organiser). As common with all my-KART events, the briefing emphasised safety, sportsmanship, fun and espirit de cour.

The practice session started at 9:30am to allow teams and drivers to familiarise themselves with the kart and the circuit.

The race was started in the nostalgic Le Mans format whereby at the drop of the green flag, drivers would run across the track and jump into their karts for the start of the race formation lap. The race started at 10:10am and was scheduled to end at 12:10noon.

Initially, the track was wet in many places due to the rain overnight. So during the initial laps, drivers of each teams displayed a lot of caution to ensure that no incidents occurred given that no one would win the race from the first laps.

Khairul - Team Heavies, MME 2005Team Heavies (who were not really heavy at 255kg) started towards the end of the grid (P13) as a handicap for their relative low weight compared to the others. Team Heavies gradually made up ground with their first driver, Khairul Hizam who led the race on lap 14 when a few drivers ahead of him slowed each other down in a scramble for position. Team Heavies retained their lead from there and throughout all the pitstops for driver changes.

As the race wore on, the track began to dry and Team Heavies fourth and last driver Salehuddin “Udi” burned the track with the fastest lap of the day of 1 minute 11.599 seconds.

Drama unfolded 10 minutes before the end of the race when the sky opened up and rain fell. This meant that the last few laps of the race meant that drivers had to keep their kart on the track and facing in the right direction, in order to finish the race. A few teams made up ground during this time by simply maintaining control of their karts in very difficult conditions.

For the top 3 teams, no dramas for them as they maintained their composure and brought their karts home in the same order.

The event was successfully concluded after 2 hours despite the rain and demonstrates the competitive but safe and friendly racing fun which is always promoted by myKART.

“I am extremely happy with the response, the competition, and the attitude of the drivers in our myKART events. The myKART Mega Enduro 2005 demonstrates that in spades and you can see for yourself the enthusiasm and appreciation of the karters here”, Fazz commented.

Fazz believes that myKART memberships will continue to grow in the near future and prove that karting trully has a place amongst amateur motorsports enthusiasts. “After all, motorsports is still a very expensive sports and karting is no different. But the increasing level of interest with more operators building tracks and offerring karts for rental, karting at the amateur level does indeed become a viable hobby or sports for many enthusiasts.”

myKART founders Fazz and Azlan
myKART.org founders Azlan (left) and Fazz

Fazz added that “We hope that amateur karting continues to grow and attract more interest particularly from local companies and organisations to support the sport for amateur karters and those keen to progress their racing careers. We are already starting to see talent emerging from myKART. We believe that myKART will be at the forefront leading the charge for the amateur karting enthusiast. We aim to popularise grassroots motorsports and believe that rental karting is where the grassroots will find an outlet. We believe that we are able to unearth some hidden talents amongst Malaysians and hope that we will be able to progress them further. The opportunities for the sport starting with the amateur crowd is limitless.”

“I am thankful for the keen participation of everyone concerned and in particular those who have invested money to help build the sports like CityKarting and KartQuest. I am also glad that the Malaysian Government is taking proactive steps in building the sport through a motorsports commission.”

The results of the MME 2005 event were as follows:

[CSV]
Pos,Team,Laps,Best time
1,heavies,90,1:11.599
2,cool it,89,1:12.375
3,romeos,88,1:13.059
4,fast & furious,87,1:14.065
5,mee fook yew,87,1:14.322
6,tail happy racing,87,1:14.153
7,underweights,86,1:14.382
8,team 156,86,1:14.786
9,mix doubles,85,1:15.658
10,need 4 speed underground,85,1:16.858
11,backmarkers,84,1:16.076
12,botak malat wankel,83,1:14.466
13,gila racing,83,1:15.966
14,initial D,80,1:17.270
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the MME 2005 winners, Team Heavies
Champions, Team Heavies. from left: Azlan, Udi, Khairul, Simon

The full driver list are as follows:

Full driver list:

Team 1: Fast & Furious
1)John King – 81kg – Capt.
2)Terence Chap – 63kg
3)Shahnaz – 58kg
4)Yap Hui Nee – 48kg
Total Weight : 249kg
Paid RM400

Team 2:Tail Happy Racing
1)Fazz – 68kg – Capt.
2)Stanley – 66kg
3)Razmyn – 68kg
4)Siew Weng – 58kg
Total Weight : 260kg
Paid RM400

Team 3: Gila Racing
1)Brian E – Capt.
2)Jin –
3)Joon Tatt –
4)Ashraff –
Total Weight :
Paid RM400

Team 4 : Mee Fook Yew Seafood Restaurant
1)Nazim – 74kg – Capt.
2)Zoggee – 78kg
3)Brian –
4)Julian –
Total Weight :
Paid RM300 (1,2&3)

Team 5 :Heavies
1)Simon – 74kg – Capt.
2)Azlan – 78kg
3)Udi – ??kg
4)Khairul – 58kg
Total Weight : 2??kg
Paid RM300 (1,2&3)

Team 6 : Cool It!
1)Yip Yen – ??kg
2)Abd Razak – 50kg
3)Muhaymin
4)Azmee – 62kg – Capt.
Total Weight :
Paid RM300 (1,2,3)

Team 7 :Underweights
1)Shern – 65kg
2)Kevin – 60kg
3)Tom Tan -55kg – Capt.
4)Ong Chee Yong – 65kg
Total Weight :245kg (Need 5kg More)
Paid RM100 (1)

Team 8 :156
1)Steward Loke – 95kg – Capt.
2)Danny Lee – 54kg
3)Luen – 75kg
4)??? – 63kg
Total Weight : 275kg
Paid: RM100 (3)

Team 9 : Initial D
1)Steven Chen – 63kg – Capt.
2)Yong Chee Choon – 60kg
3)Chong Li Shen – 60kg
4)Jack Ng – 60kg
Total Weight : 243kg (Need 7kg More)

Team 10 : Botak Malat Wankel Motorsports Div.
1)Ng Wei Li — Capt.
2)Alvin J.
3)Fabian Yee
4)Jason Loo
Total Weight :

Team 11 : Romeo’s
1)Dino – 85kg – Capt.
2)Tg.Ivan – 58kg
3)Melvin Goh – 65kg
4)Azmie – 68kg
Total Weight : 276kg

Team 12 : Backmarkers
1)Edy Hazry – 66kg – Capt.
2)Md.Hanafi – 70kg
3)Ahmad Kamal – 75kg
4)Rahim – 75kg
Total Weight : 291kg
Paid : RM400

Team 13 : Need4speed Undrground Lastest Version
1)Yusnee Yussoff – 75kg – Capt.
2)Azlee Idris – 75kg
3)Fiki Zul – 75kg
4)Hafidz F.Rozi – 65kg
Total Weight :290kg

Team 14 : Mix Doubles
1)Naliza – 60kg
2)Haslina – 44kg
3)Joey – 75kg – Capt.
4)Vincent – 75kg
Total Weight : 254kg

the MME 2005 participants

Enduro 1: Team Heavies clinch season opener

Shah Alam
Saturday, 8 January 2005

Team Heavies beat the sun and rain to take the championship honours from 13 other competing teams in the first myKART annual 2-hour endurance race.

Drama started early for Team Heavies when last minute drive contract egotiations almost resulted in the team being ineligible to enter the event. As it turned out, star driver Yip Yen had disagreed to the race fee of one nasi lemak which in his words was “a disgrace and insulting for a driver of my calibre”.

Team Heavies captain, Shahrul Azlan however had other ideas. Noticing that Salehuddin “Schumi” Udi was available, he quickly drafted a contract and snagged Udi at a steal. In fact, Udi had to pay for the
drive with one nasi lemak. Now Heavies were no longer heavies…. well only 5kg heavier than the minimum weight.

At the initial practice, Heavies first driver, Khairul Hizam complained that his kart lacked power. But as it turned out, Khairul practically blitzed the whole field in the first stint. 2nd man Simon Tan and captain Azlan further consolidated their lead position through the first one and a half hours. At the final stint super sub Udi stepped into the kart and drove the final nail in the coffin of the other competitors, and posted the fastest lap time of the day of 1’11.599s. As the rain fell 5 laps from the end, Udi had to only keep the kart pointing in the right direction.

Full results as follows:

14 teams registered for the first myKART mega enduro event.
[CSV]
Pos,Team,Laps,Best time
1,heavies,90,1:11.599
2,cool it,89,1:12.375
3,romeos,88,1:13.059
4,fast & furious,87,1:14.065
5,mee fook yew,87,1:14.322
6,tail happy racing,87,1:14.153
7,underweights,86,1:14.382
8,team 156,86,1:14.786
9,mix doubles,85,1:15.658
10,need 4 speed underground,85,1:16.858
11,backmarkers,84,1:16.076
12,botak malat wankel,83,1:14.466
13,gila racing,83,1:15.966
14,initial D,80,1:17.270
[/CSV]

Well done to everybody for being such great sports.

Also a big thanks to –
1. Steward for making the event happen thru sheer hard work
2. Azmee for being the deejay for the day with his PA system
3. Edy and others for bringing food
4. Wei Li for arranging some sponsors
5. Ron Lim for attending the event and giving out the prizes
6. Traffic magazine for covering the eveant
7. sponsors xTune, Momo, Mega Auto Service Workshop
8. Citykarting for the test drive prizes
9. Thanks to all of you for the gesture and the Gilles Villeneuve helmet

Round 1 of the KART 2005 season will start in earnest on Saturday, 5th February 2005.

Full driver list:

Team 1: Fast & Furious
1)John King – 81kg – Capt.
2)Terence Chap – 63kg
3)Shahnaz – 58kg
4)Yap Hui Nee – 48kg
Total Weight : 249kg
Paid RM400

Team 2:Tail Happy Racing
1)Fazz – 68kg – Capt.
2)Stanley – 66kg
3)Razmyn – 68kg
4)Siew Weng – 58kg
Total Weight : 260kg
Paid RM400

Team 3: Gila Racing
1)Brian E – Capt.
2)Jin –
3)Joon Tatt –
4)Ashraff –
Total Weight :
Paid RM400

Team 4 : Mee Fook Yew Seafood Restaurant
1)Nazim – 74kg – Capt.
2)Zoggee – 78kg
3)Brian –
4)Julian –
Total Weight :
Paid RM300 (1,2&3)

Team 5 :Heavies
1)Simon – 74kg – Capt.
2)Azlan – 78kg
3)Udi – ??kg
4)Khairul – 58kg
Total Weight : 2??kg
Paid RM300 (1,2&3)

Team 6 : Cool It!
1)Yip Yen – ??kg
2)Abd Razak – 50kg
3)Muhaymin
4)Azmee – 62kg – Capt.
Total Weight :
Paid RM300 (1,2,3)

Team 7 :Underweights
1)Shern – 65kg
2)Kevin – 60kg
3)Tom Tan -55kg – Capt.
4)Ong Chee Yong – 65kg
Total Weight :245kg (Need 5kg More)
Paid RM100 (1)

Team 8 :156
1)Steward Loke – 95kg – Capt.
2)Danny Lee – 54kg
3)Luen – 75kg
4)??? – 63kg
Total Weight : 275kg
Paid: RM100 (3)

Team 9 : Initial D
1)Steven Chen – 63kg – Capt.
2)Yong Chee Choon – 60kg
3)Chong Li Shen – 60kg
4)Jack Ng – 60kg
Total Weight : 243kg (Need 7kg More)

Team 10 : Botak Malat Wankel Motorsports Div.
1)Ng Wei Li — Capt.
2)Alvin J.
3)Fabian Yee
4)Jason Loo
Total Weight :

Team 11 : Romeo’s
1)Dino – 85kg – Capt.
2)Tg.Ivan – 58kg
3)Melvin Goh – 65kg
4)Azmie – 68kg
Total Weight : 276kg

Team 12 : Backmarkers
1)Edy Hazry – 66kg – Capt.
2)Md.Hanafi – 70kg
3)Ahmad Kamal – 75kg
4)Rahim – 75kg
Total Weight : 291kg
Paid : RM400

Team 13 : Need4speed Undrground Lastest Version
1)Yusnee Yussoff – 75kg – Capt.
2)Azlee Idris – 75kg
3)Fiki Zul – 75kg
4)Hafidz F.Rozi – 65kg
Total Weight :290kg

Team 14 : Mix Doubles
1)Naliza – 60kg
2)Haslina – 44kg
3)Joey – 75kg – Capt.
4)Vincent – 75kg
Total Weight : 254kg