Our team is doing well in the most competitive class amongst all. Lap timings have been dropping to desired levels. With all teams having similar restrictions, the crew and preparation will make a critical role in the outcome of the race.
Luck happens only when preparation meets opportunity and our team has been lucky so far.
Choon's checked with the drivers and team managers on how the team was progressing.
"Luck happens only when preparation meets opportunity and our team has been lucky so far. We have to give full credit to the people in the team. Such discipline and dedication makes this team special" - Kevin Kwee. - Driver 1
"Although its our very first time, we are extremely happy that we have not missed out anything. Every detail was covered, as Kevin said, full credit must be given to everyone who is here and helped out with the preparation" - Luke Netto - Driver 2
"The car has been set up very well, all the small issues we have faced along the way has been tackled very well. The mechanics have been extremely hardworking, staying late every night. It's been a good effort from everyone so far." - Kenneth Lin - Driver 3
"Everyone has gelled very well together and functioning as a unit. Of course this is our first year so we are learning new things everyday." -Raf Chua- Team Strategist
"For first time participants, I feel that everyone on the team from the mechanics up to the Team Director have put in immense effort considering the steep learning curve for everyone involved. It has been a tremendous experience so far." - Joe Koh - Team Manager
Official Practice Starts Tomorrow, 28th August!!
The entire team has been practicing hard since Saturday night, trying to get an ideal suspension setup as well as bring down our lap times.. Here are some pictures..
The spare engine did a grand total of 196 laps around Sepang Circuit, the drivers managed to bring down their lap times to a 2:40 in the day and 2:43 in darkness.
The whole of Wednesday was spent replacing all the worn parts as well as changing to our race engine which has 10hp more. We are hoping to drop another 2 seconds with this engine. The gearing has also been altered slightly as the competition here is strong and qualifying might be an issue. A total of 10 cars from class C will not make the cut.
Here are some pics of work being done on the car.
We'll have another hour of practice tom to finalize everything and then its qualifying on Friday. Lets hope all goes well and we get a good starting place on the grid.
More pictures coming soon........
Practice in Sepang for MME 2008
A total of 11 of us including the 3 drivers made our way up on Saturday afternoon, 23rd August to join the night practice session.
A Picture of the car when it first arrived on Saturday night.
Doing Corner Weights to achieve the perfect balance just before leaving for Sepang.
We managed to achieve a 50% cross balance on the car, but almost 100kg of ballast was added to make sure the car met the minimum weight limit of 1050kg with driver.
A Picture of the car when it first arrived on Saturday night.
Doing Corner Weights to achieve the perfect balance just before leaving for Sepang.
We managed to achieve a 50% cross balance on the car, but almost 100kg of ballast was added to make sure the car met the minimum weight limit of 1050kg with driver.
A Big Thank You To Our Supporters!
With the big day approaching, and the completion of our car, logistics and all the little things, Team Choon's Motorworks would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all the supporters and everyone out there who has helped out.
Here are some of our supporters..
Here's a picture of the cars roof, with most of our supporter stickers.
Other sponsors/supporters include, LTH Logistics, OWS Lubricants and Man Exhaust Works. I will try and upload their logo's soon. Sorry if i've missed anyone out.
Now.. moving on to the car!
Tuning of the spare engine was completed yesterday. 190BHP was achieved. Considering the spare engine is on a fully standard block.. its a good result! Will try and post the dyno sheets of the 2 engines tomorrow.
Also, we decided to add yellow film over the cars headlights to improve vision at night.
The interior was also completed today.. Dash has been positioned nicely and brackets for Motec and Battery completed.
Car is really starting to look good!!!
Here are some of our supporters..
Here's a picture of the cars roof, with most of our supporter stickers.
Other sponsors/supporters include, LTH Logistics, OWS Lubricants and Man Exhaust Works. I will try and upload their logo's soon. Sorry if i've missed anyone out.
Now.. moving on to the car!
Tuning of the spare engine was completed yesterday. 190BHP was achieved. Considering the spare engine is on a fully standard block.. its a good result! Will try and post the dyno sheets of the 2 engines tomorrow.
Also, we decided to add yellow film over the cars headlights to improve vision at night.
The interior was also completed today.. Dash has been positioned nicely and brackets for Motec and Battery completed.
Car is really starting to look good!!!
Tuning On The Dyno
Monday.. 4 days left before the car makes its way to Sepang, tuning for the spare engine was underway. The tuner, Jun Furukawa from ST Powered, managed to achieve an impressive 198hp on our race engine, we cant wait to see what kind of figures we can get from the spare engine..
Once again, here are some pictures..
Later in the evening, we also managed to complete our lollipop!
Once again, here are some pictures..
Later in the evening, we also managed to complete our lollipop!
Loading everything into our container!
Sunday was spent packing up all the equipment that we needed to bring along with us. Rims, tyres, tools, spares... everything... it was a pretty long day for most!
Here are some of the pictures of the guys working hard!!
Not only is Kenneth able to race cars, he can drive forklifts too!! Hahaha!
Here are some of the pictures of the guys working hard!!
Not only is Kenneth able to race cars, he can drive forklifts too!! Hahaha!
Time To Beautify!
Since we were unable to get tuning done throughout the weekend, it was time to get the stickers done. A special thanks to AGRAPHIX at Ang Mo Kio Autopoint who worked through the whole of Saturday night to finish by Sunday.
Here are some pictures taken at Agraphix itself...
Here are the final pictures..
Here are some pictures taken at Agraphix itself...
Here are the final pictures..
Our 3 Drivers and The Team!
From left to right..
Kenneth, Eddie and Luke
The Team, Choon's Motorworks is proud to announce a 100% Singaporean team!
Our Drivers,
Kevin Kwee (Singapore)
Age: 38
Past Events:
North America Honda Michelin Series - 1991
GIO Rally Australia - 1994
Asia Pacific Ferrari F355 Challenge - 1996
Formula Campus, Taiwan - 1995-1996
Kevin was also racing in the Asia Pacific Touring Car Championship from 1989-1991, Karting up till 1990 and in 1989 took part in the Isuzu one make race at Pasir Gudang.
Kevin with his team (Formula Campus)
More pictures of Kevin in Pasir Gudang last time.
Kenneth Lin (Singapore)
Age: 31
Past Events:
Tour De Singapore Rally - 2001
Shell V-Power Sprint/SuperSprint Rounds 1,2 and 3 - 2002
Fuchs Tour De Singapore Rally - 2002
SMSA Auto-Test Round 2 - 2002
Yokohama Sprint/SuperSprint Rounds 1,2,3 and 4 - 2003
Falken Rally of Singapore - 2003
SMSA Auto-Test Round 2 - 2003
Marina AutoTrail - 2005
MPT Super Time Attack - 2007
MPT Super Time Attack - 2008
MPT Sprint/SuperSprint Round 1 -2008
Luke Netto (Singapore)
Age: 22
Past Events:
MPT Super Time Attack - 2007
MPT Sprint/ Supersprint Round 2 - 2008
MPT Super Time Attack - 2008
The Crew:
Team Director: Eddie Ng
Team Manager: Raf Chua/ Peter Shen
Pit Manager: Joe Koh
Comms: Richard Weller
Timers: Marilyn/ Jai
Fuel Crew: Zac
Fire Crew: Benny
Pit Crew: Ah Bin
Andy
Xiang
Andrew
Tay
Ramesh
Steven
Marcus
Food I/C: Ryan Lee
Sorry if i have missed out anyone, this is the original list i have...
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