My life in the fast lane
Left rear suspension bolt breaks in the 1st hour....  
Saturday, August 8, 2009, 03:02 PM
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To much disappointment, the left rear suspension bolt breaks during the first hour of the stint. Unbelievable that it happened, but it did. The boys did a great job to get the car back out and we were about 15 laps down on the leaders and in 43rd place overall when I drove the car back out.

There is still a long race ahead and we are pushing VERY hard to make our way back up. The current leaders are the two Petronas BMW Z4's. If we are able to drive a faultless race, there is still a chance to make it back up to the podium.

At the end of the 3.5 hours, we are currently in 20th place overall and 13 laps behind the leaders. Still a long way to go!
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Pole Position for the 12 hour endurance race in Malaysia 
Saturday, August 8, 2009, 01:20 AM
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It was a great result today for everyone at Team PCS Racing as we were able to put our Porsche GT3 RSR on pull position for tomorrow's 12 hour race.

In Malaysia, it is an aggregate time of all 3 drivers qualifying times to determine qualifying result.

All 3 drivers, Mok Weng Sun, Craig Baird, and myself were able to put in quick lap times to clinch a dominate pole position.

Although we start the race from the front, we are well aware that it is a long race ahead. We need to stay out of trouble and be there at the 12th hour in order to defend our title here at the Merdeka Millenium Endurance race. We are focused on putting in a great team result and we feel with the combination of our pace and the reliable Porsche GT3 RSR, we can put in a strong result to defend our title here in Malaysia.

The race starts at 1130am tomorrow morning and the chequered flag will fly at 1130pm. Follow here as I will try my best to keep the results posted throughout the race. Wish us luck!!!


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Official practice begins today in Malaysia for the 12 hour Enduro at Sepang. 
Thursday, August 6, 2009, 11:10 PM
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As there was only 1 official practice session scheduled for this race weekend, our team has been here a few days earlier this week preparing for the 12 hour endurance race at Sepang International Circuit.

I am competing for Team PCS Racing and will be driving with one of Australia's top GT drivers, Craig Baird, and the team owner, Mok Weng Sun of Malaysia. We took the overall race victory here 1 year ago with this team and we are back here to look and repeat the success. Everything is exactly the same this year except that Alex Davison has been replaced by Baird after Davison had testing commitments with his Australian V8 team back in Australia.

We are running the same 2008 Porsche GT3 RSR with the Chrome paint and orange dragon livery. The car has again been prepared with lots of love and care which has given us a great car for this weekends race.

After running the car on Tuesday to prepare the setup of the car, the team replaced the driveshafts, brakes, and gearbox in preparation for the race. Today, we broke in the new parts before pushing the car a bit to work on setup.

Although we did struggle with oversteer during the session, our team still managed to put in a time of 2.07.35 which was good enough for the overall fastest time in free practice.

This years race has a wide variety of cars including an Aston Martin GT2, the new Ginetta GT car, radicals, and even a Mosler GT which typically is a very high downforce car. Not to mention that there are also several quick Porsche's including last years runner-up, the Kaneca Hong Leong GT3 RSR from Malaysia, and also the LKM sponsored Porsche Cup S driven my Keita Sawa and the two Siu Brothers of Hong Kong.

This race is typically a hard race due to the heat in Malaysia. With the humidity high and temperatures often reaching 40 degrees, it is a race that punishes both the car and driver.

We are well prepared for this race and the car is quick. The most important thing is that we drive the race smartly and stay out of trouble. With over 50 cars on the grid, it will be a race that will have alot of traffic combined with good competition. It will be up to us to put in a good performance and bring the home after the 12 hours of racing!

More updates to come throughout this wknd and hopefully I can upload some pictures of our beautiful car...when I mean beautiful, I truly mean a car that looks damn good!
Finished the Spa 24 hours!! 
Monday, July 27, 2009, 04:26 AM
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It was a great finish for the team as we were able to grab 5th position in the closing hour of the race which enabled us to score great team and championship points considering that we were hit by another car during the race which forced us to stop for 11 laps..

5th position in the class was enough to grab 8th overall in the race. Although the team is devasted and disapointed that we weren't able to finish in a podium position, we are still pleased to have pulled together to finish the race and give it such a big team effort.

I'll post an official release on the website soon.. I am seriously about to fall asleep, struggling even to keep my eyes open as I type this! The bed has never looked so good!!

Thanks to all the friends and fans who followed the progress of the race right here on my website...


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3.5 hours to go in the race... 
Sunday, July 26, 2009, 06:35 PM
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Nothing too much has changed in the race.. We suffered some brake problems and lost some laps again, so we have had to chase our way back up again...Closing in on 6th place but maybe not fast enough...

We will keep pushing hard! We are currently lying in 12th overall in the race...I will drive one more stint near the end of the race...Lets hope we get to the finish becaue a finish is still good...but of course there is still disappointment as we have fallen behind from fighting for the win..

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