Racing Events

PERFECT mix of crew and machine ensure Japanese Yasuhiro Kuhara to take the llead in the Malaysian Super

Series Superbike competition at the Sepang International Circuit yesterday.

The 32-uear-old Japanese emerged the overall winner in the Superbike catergory after successfully holding back favourite Ahmad Zamani Baharuddin in both Race 1 and Race 2 today.

"It was a good weekend but a tough one. I was constantly being pushed by Ahmand Zamani in both races but thankfully we managed to win," said Kuhara, won hails from Saga.

Despite winning the first two races, Yasuhiro is not about to take the remaining races of the season for granted.

�We managed to get the win this time does not mean we can relax for the rest of the year. It is important that we keep our pace as the others might be pushing harder in the next outing,� said Yasuhiro.

Meanwhile, former cub prix ace Azlan Shah who had promoted to Supersport category this season onwards, lived up to his expectation by winning both the races.

�There is stiff competition in the first few laps but then the better machines will be leading the pack. I�m happy to have go a good start to the MSS Supersport season but it is still too early to predict how the rest of the season will be,� said the 25-year-old Shah Alam born.

Meanwhile, underrated rider Rizal Jantan created the biggest gird gossip of the day after emerging champion in the Production Bike and Biker 150 Production Series.

Astride on the Yamaha RX-Z, Rizal was the fastest in both categories throughout the weekend thus keeping up to the expectation.

After finishing third overall last season, Rizal is all out to make this year his winning year.

�It was a good race, on a good track under good weather but this is not the last race but the first and we will need to double our work for the next race,� said Rizal.

The Aprilia RS125 Challenge Cup displayed some exciting race action especially in the Junior GP catergory.

Mohd Zaqhwan Zaidi, 13, took top honors with an impressive performance in both races.

His fellow Junior GP partner Amirul Haziq Mohd Azmi came in third with Zac Levy from Australia taking the second spot.

The next round will be held on May 23-24 at Sepang International Circuit.

ou got to admire the tenacity of Bryan Kuang. After fracturing his leg from a motorcross practice session in Malaysia, Bryan has bounced back from a six-month absence to win his first cub race after just two practice runs on the circuit track.

�I�m very delighted to win the 2nd race of the Cub series after such a long layoff. I was very focused and knew exactly what I had to do to get in front. Everything worked out well and the bike ran perfectly for me to cross the finish line in first place�, commented Bryan. The 2006 supermotard champion fought his way pass more than ten racers to clinch the win. Bryan had led the series last year till August where certain sponsorship and personal issues forced him to retire from the championship early.

Bryan is back as a privateer racer with the support of HKL Racing. Watch out for the comeback kid as he continues to blast his way into the 2009 Cub race season at the Singapore Circuit at Tuas.