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6th
June, Sepang – Sepang 1000-Kilometer
Endurance Race (S1K) challengers started their
quest for long endurance battle of 181-lap. This
is the second edition with Japan’s Juichi
Umemoto of Pentagon J’s Racing Team leading from
pole position. The weather afternoon is hot and
partly cloudy skies.
The grand racing event was flagged off by Sepang
International Circuit (SIC) chairman Datuk
Mokhzani Tun Dr Mahathir. Team competitors
needed to cover 181 laps, which race is expected
to end at about 9pm.
Winner of the last year race event; Type R
Racing Team, is leading from start to finish in
their awesome Honda Integra DC machine in a grid
of 52 cars. The defending champions, which is
featuring the same partnership of Boy Wong Yew
Choong, Soh Kee Khoon and Tek Kean Kang,
however, was not as powerful as last year as
they start from sixth on the grid in a less
powerful Class 2 Honda Civic EK9 race car.
The team, which was installed as firm favourites
for a second crown this year, driving the Honda
Civic EK9 to enter the race. They were struck by
misfortune after their winning Integra DC
machine not available for Sepang 1000-Kilometer
Endurance Race.
Japan’s Juichi Umemoto of Pentagon J’s Racing
Team joined by his regular partners Wataru
Maeyama and Chris Tan, the Pentagon J’s Racing
Team determined to better their results last
year where they finished fourth overall and
third in Class A; completing 181 laps – one lap
behind the overall winner of 182 laps.
Following second behind Pentagon was JC Racing,
which comprised three top Malaysian drivers –
Eddie Lew, Keifli Othman and Patrick Tam, whom
all had a disappointing inaugural race as all
three drivers competing in three different cars
failed to finish to the race.
To catch the exciting news and watch latest
result on Sepang 1000km, visit
www.sepangcircuit.com
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