Payouts and others.

Today I'm going to collect my salary :)..Such a good timing because I have to make my payment for the 6 hours endurance race in December and to pay the other balance for the helmet. I did arrange a practice session in Sepang this Saturday. If you want to come to watch or kart as well, feel free to join me :). I'm also going to Shah Alam track today to get myself tired(practice for the endurance).

Langkawi Trip

Hey there! I just got back from Langkawi. How was it? Well its a little bit mixed to be honest. Lets start with the bad one shall we? First of all I lost my valuables such as iPod(used it for a 1 1/2 week) wallet(badly damaged looks like a old bread), whats inside the wallet(cards,ids etc etc) and almost everything. Moreover I wasn't in the mood to hit the beach or sightseeing yet, so everything apart from karting there was bad. However, if my mood was up, I can tell you that is one the best place to have a vacation if you ask me. The lush greeneries, decent beaches, great hospitality, a lot of activities and of course karting! :) When I first arrived at the track, I was like so this is it? looks small but it's not! its 1.2 kms, a lot of corners to negotiate and just 2 straights to play with. Only 4-strokes kart were available there sadly :( I was hoping for a faster one. A 2-stroke kart would be more than enough but the girl said that tourist keep on destroying the karts. Away I go! At first its pretty hard to find the perfect line to drive. There were so many sudden corners just like the Sepang track, then you have the 'balls' corner. I like that particular corner. Reminds me of Parabolica in Monza but a lot shorter. I had fun with a 4-stroke there, must be even better if I was in a racing kart :D . To sum up the track, its Sepang/Elite track. Very smooth and not bumpy even though it looks unkept, a lot of smooth corners+technical corners. For those who is planning to go Langkawi, be sure to visit there. Its a nice experience ;)

Sunday Racing

I went to Shah Alam Karting Circuit today to have some fun and practice with my friends and family. Also, I passed my helmet to Edwyn so he can get it done soon :) . Me and my friends raced in the 80cc karts and I gave them a try for 100cc too! The race for the 80cc was not that great honestly because the curse of broken karts were there again every time we want to race each other. Mine's had a problem with well everything. The karts weren't up to speed, in a group of 10 people only 2 will get a decent kart to toy with. I had 3 rounds with the 80cc whilst my friends had 2 rounds of it. First round sucked badly though as my race was hampered with a low speed kart. 2nd round was decent, Naza and Danny was in the track but there were too many karters so we can't manage to race each other because the of the slow pace of the other karters. We managed to get a race for about 2 laps? Danny's kart was too slow and by the time we're about to race, times up! Blurg! The 3rd round was bad though. I did have good kart(handles pretty much the way I like) but falls short on top speed. I know I don't use my top speed as my special trait but Afiq's kart speed was kind of obvious that the kart was so much better but I don't want to make any excuses here as long as they're happy, I'm happy with it. Then came the 100cc tryouts. Everyone had a problem with their karts. My cousins fuel was too low and it slows down everytime he's in the corner, Afiq's spunned off and Aiman couldn't find a way through pass with the 80cc karters. Mine's ok but I just realised the kart weren't balanced enough as the weights for the kart is removed. I thought it'll be fun having a light kart but really its not! you go sideways everytime, the power response wasn't accurate, the brakes were not biting and it's scary a little bit. Honestly I always had a problem with Shah Alam track and I can't understand why. I kart there often, understood the track and pretty much seasoned with the track. Rental kart perhaps? I don't know but for the other tracks I don't think I have a problem with it.

To be continued....F1 post ;)

1st post :)

Edwyn messaged me just now and he told me that the helmet that I designed can be painted as soon possible for a reasonable price which is around Rm1k. Thats a lot better than the shop in Sunway which was RM1.8k(starting! nothing addtional). Really looking forward to it can't wait for it to be done. Lets just hope the helmet would be like what I ordered even though in the sketch its a pretty botched job in some angle.

I arranged a race between all of my friends this Sunday also. I also would like to treat my friend a 10-20 mins kart ride since its his birthday a couple of days ago. I hope he fancies 80cc rather than 100cc so more track time. But the weather is not helping at moment, every evening theres thunderstorms in my area. I won't mind though but its a lot work to change your wet clothes to a new one. Lets hope itll be sunny skies on Sunday alright? :)

This Sunday there would be an F1 race as well in Shanghai. Really didn't know about the forecast for this weekend in China. Maybe it'll rain(more excitement and Hamilton could screw up). For now I don't really support both Massa and Hamilton for the title. I fancy Kubica to do it ;). Hope he does the Kimi at the end of the season. Theres a MotoGP this weekend in Sepang as well so this week its a non-stop racing action for racers and racing fans around the world :D.

P/S: I attached some of my helmet designs as well, even though its not a perfect job but still thats the design.