It was just after returning from Phuket on May 23, 2008; had to be at an endurance race early in the morning. Didn't sleep much as I reached home from Phuket at about 11.30pm, then waited for Zaki to come over and pass me the helmet with Thomas Biagi design on it. The paint job was excellent. But it has to be returned for a final touch-up.Anyway, reached City Karting track at Shah Alam at 7.30am sharp. Very little people turn up in the early time. But many came in one after another. There was 21 teams in total after the registration closed. Had a briefing on the event and a couple of A1 guys came. Mostly mechanics. Alex Yoong didn't got to turn up for the event as he was busy preparing himself for testing and the upcoming race. But we still had great fun.
My team; Team Racing Aliens consists of Naza (Sifu), Tarmizi, Uncle Razak (only 49kg) and me; being the heaviest in the team. Was eating too much in Phuket. Too delicious and couldn't resist eating them. Hehehe~ We qualified 3rd place and started at it. It was a good start. The strategy was Tarmizi being the 1st driver, then Naza, me and lastly putting the lightest driver, Razak to sprint to the finish. The kart performance was good from start to the end. But I was unlucky. When the time I went out on the track, we were at 4th place. All the teams in front of us, use their secret weapon (lightest driver) to sprint away. I was left behind and couldn't catch up. After Razak went out, where we were still at 4th place; we thought that there was no chance for us to be on the podium.
I reckon luck is on our side for the day, as 2nd placing team had a problem with their kart and have to pit to check the problem. With that, we instantly gain one place and became 3rd place. Everyone was happy and went home as a champion. I was happy.. very happy. We celebrated Desmond's and Razak's birthday at the track. Their birthday was on the same month. Desmond was on the 23rd. Not sure about Razak.
Tired and a happy weekend~
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