GRA 2010 Round 5 - Shah Alam (Race Day)

Event: GRA 2010 Round 5 - Shah Alam
Date: 21 Nov 2010
Location: Stadium Shah Alam, Car park

Shah Alam: 1st December 2010 - Grass Racing Autosports or commonly known as GRA, held their final Round of the championship series at Shah Alam Stadium. The 2010 GRA Championships went to Marcus Chye from Team Lotus Malaysia with Ee Yoong Cherng in his Nissan Silvia in 2nd Overall and Ivan Khong from Team BFGoodrich Tires in his Subaru Impreza WRX coming in 3rd Overall.



The day started with the Grass Class driver or novice class, as they set the pace of the track layout for the weekend. As usual Team Vanli's fastest driver for Grass Class William Lim in the Suzuki Swift Automatic 1400cc, won the class and took the overall championship for the Grass Class. Sean Siew from Team Gophers in his Toyota Corolla 1.6 took 2nd Overall and Fred coming in 3rd Overall in Grass Class. In Overall championship standings, William lead with Imman and Fred coming in 2nd and 3rd in the Grass Class Championships.



In the Grass Class OA, it was the battle of the Proton Iswaras with the eventual winner Tong Koh Wei winning the championship from Syafiq Amsyar in a Proton BLM with 3rd overall going to Lim Chee Siong also in another Proton Iswara.



The Grass Class B up to 1600cc, Sean taking first with his teammate from Team Gophers Jarryd Tan taking 2nd overall and Benjamin Yoong in a Proton Satria taking 3rd in the championships.



For Class AA, Samuel Young in his Perodua Myvi took 3rd spot in Round 5, after coming to contact with the finish curb. In his debut year, he has managed to get 5th in the Grass Championships and has vowed to return again next year.



Julian Pang from Team Red Line took top spot in the championships after securing the win for Round 5 for Class OC. Sia Chee Bin took 2nd in the championships with his PG PermaGlass Satria Neo followed by Nicholas Teh in his Team Gophers Proton Putra.



The novice Class OC has some surprises with William Wong in his Proton Satria GTI taking 1st in the championships with Fardydy Kamal coming in 2nd and Chu Poh Kin in a Toyota Altezza in 3rd.



For Class OA, William from Team Vanli took the championship with Alven Lee from Team Red Line taking a very close 2nd with Ecocoats driver Kenneth Chiew taking 3rd.



In OD class Marcus Chye took the lead after run 4 with Andy and Yoong still hot on his tail. Marcus had a very good season this year, with 4 wins, an astounding return to GRA after a year of absence.



For Class OB, Charlie Ling took the championship with Nigel Chye taking 2nd along with Zulraimi Yunus taking 3rd in the championships.



GRA is Malaysia's leading autocrossing community, and has the best setup with most of the drivers helping out in all aspects on race day. All one needs is a working car, seatbelt, helmet, and valid driver's license, thus one would be all set to get into a GRA event. GRA moves into 2011 with much enthusiasm of its participants and they would be introducing a new category to maintain its low cost of racing with a 5 round championship. For more details of this spectacular car park racing do log onto www.grassracingautosports.com.





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