Kota Kinabalu: Team Speedtech will be hoping for a better outing at this weekend's Harvest Festival Drag race in Sibuga, Sandakan.
The team based in Penampang who won two second placings last year, will have ten cars competing in all but one category this time round.
Team leader Lee Teck Hong, who carried out the modifications on all the vehicles himself, told Express Sports that the preparation is going smoothly and believed that the team stands a very good chance of winning in their respective categories.
"It is very difficult to predict the final results in drag racing as a lot of factors are involved but we have done the best that we can, to improve and maximize the performance of each vehicles with the budget allowed. I just hope on race day everything will come into plan," he said.
According to him, two Mitsubishi Lancer Evo9s , one Evo5 as well as one Nissan Silvia S15 will be entered for the Sports Cars 4WD category, which is the top event of the race.
In the Group A category there will be two Proton Wira 4WDs and one pickup truck for the race, while in Group B a Datsun Bluebird with a SR20 engine will be competing.
A Honda and a Perodua Kancil will also be competing in the V-Tec and Kancil category respectively.
Most of the vehicles will be driven by the owner themselves.
Lee told Express Sports that he only carries out tuning for friends who are interested in improving their standard engines and his full time job is general repairs for vehicles of all makes especially the upper market models.
"It is purely an interest of mine to modify cars and it is also a challenge for mechanics like us to find ways to produce winning cars to outwit each other on the track."
He also praised STC 's Sports Hobbies Centre for staging such an event as he reckoned such activity is healthy especially for the development of the sport in the State.
Lee added that it also discourages illegal racing on the streets with the proper venue available and the expertise provided.
All the vehicles are expected to leave for Sandakan on Thursday morning and, once there, each vehicle will undergo further testing on the track before further adjustments will be made ahead of the big race.
Meanwhile, organising chairman of the event Chia Chai Ming, when contacted, reckoned it will be a big day out this weekend as more than 70 vehicles have confirmed their participation including eight entries from Brunei.
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