It was a scene straight out of the movie “The Fast and The Furious”, minus Vin Diesel of course. For the first time ever, the Asian Motorsports Worldwide Group, organizers of the much-anticipated BFGoodrich Asian Motorsports Festival in December, organized the BIGGEST Drag Championship that the Sepang F1 Circuit has ever seen.</p> With a total prize purse of RM40,000 in cash the competition was indeed fast and furious. In addition to the fastest drag cars battling it out, there was a special category for motorbikes as well, all vying for the biggest prize purse in the history of Drag Challenges in Malaysia. Participants came from as far away as Thailand and Singapore to try and take home the prize money in some of the most extreme machines that Sepang has ever played host to. Each participant had his eye on the FTD ‘pot of gold’. For cars the FTD winner would go home with an additional RM10,000; and for bikes, the FTD winner would ride back with an additional RM5,000. Never before has so much been offered as prize money in a local drag clash.
With thousands of eager fans lining the grandstand and milling around the paddock area, AMF turned the Sepang F1 Circuit paddock area into one big party venue, staying true to their tagline, “the fastest cars, the hottest bikes, the coolest chics”. In the latter instance, in addition to the motoring festivities of the evening, the gorgeous ‘AMF Queens’ made their maiden appearance at the Drag, adding a touch of glamour to the event. This was the first showing of these lovely ladies, and their next showing will be during the BFGoodrich Asian Motorsports Festival Finals from 10th – 12th December 2004.
Dubbed ‘Drag Clash I’ this time round, ‘Drag Clash II – No Mercy!’ will take place at the BFGoodrich Asian Motorsports Festival Finals on Saturday 11th December. This will give Drag Clash I competitors a chance to use some of that prize money to make their cars & bikes even better for the finals in December. “Those competitors who did not fare so well this time round in October, will have a chance to redeem themselves in December.” said Chris Wee, Director, Communications, Group AMF.
“Drag Clash II – No Mercy!’ at the BFGoodrich Asian Motorsports Festival Finals is going to be the stuff of legend in the motoring community. People are going to be talking about these events for a long time to come.” he added. Drag Clash II will offer an unprecedented amount of prize money, whereby RM60,000 in total awaits the participants. “Basically the gloves are coming off, or rather, going back on!” said Gary Lee, Motorsports Manager, GroupAMF. “There are many competitors in Drag Clash I who will be coming back to try and claim the crown of AMF Drag Champion, and there will be new faces eager to stop them.” he added.
[dohtml]The BFGoodrich Asian Motorsports Festival has broken new ground and has indeed set the standard for Drag Racing in Malaysia, which till now has never been a recognized, much less sanctioned, form of local motorsports.
Registration is open for both Cars and Bikes for the BFGoodrich Asian Motorsports Festival AAM Malaysian Open Drag Racing Championship, and more details such as Competitor Info, Rules & Regulations, Registration as well as entry forms can be found on www.asianmotorsportsfestival.com or by calling the AMF Office at 03-20314066 (KL) or 65-64231911 (Singapore).
