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Tengku Djan reporting from US
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</TD></TR><TR><TD class=postbody colSpan=2>receive this report on his World Series event yesterday. Here you go:
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update:
Practice:
bright and sunny today. lovely day for the world series. Practice started early and i was out there feeling really comfortable. we have a whole 1hr30mins worth. did about 5-6 laps and decided to call it quits. instead we were watching the rest practice. everyone's performance was very high today. Ueo was on course doin some tsuiso runs. some bug went to my head as i decided to have a try with the best 86 driver in the world. well, if i can't stay up with him i might as well give up drifting right? so i got Takashi to stop him and we went for a tsuiso run. off we went down the straight. 1st, 2nd into 3rd gear, round the bank close to him, we started drifting up the bank, switch back into the 2nd corner, i was actually gaining on him.. too quick! tried to slow down but velocity too high, still trying to slow it down but too late! left front into the wall! man the car is a wreck! we clocked the highest speed on a 86. 129kmh at the speed trap! wow. but too bad for me.
The repair:
car towed straight into the pits. we had only an hour to sort the shit out! i was so suprised, everyone help us, we got some hydraulic tools to pull the body back, ueo help us pull the chassis back without tearing the frame, DG5 chairman was there to support together with autoproduce boss workshop (built orido's supra). we managed to get everything ready for qualifying! just!
Opening ceremony:
i couldn't drive my car to the grandstand, so i had to take a lift with Zee, i was holding the flag while he was driving. and the boys were still working on the car at that time.
Qualifying:
car ready, no testing. did the alignment "agak agak". came my turn and off i went. FLATOUT. 1st and 2nd run really good, 3rd run i spun. didn't matter. first run was the best. announcement was made and i made the best 16! in 16th position! phew. 1st run against no.1 qualifyer! Vaugn Gittin!
Race:
i had nothing to lose, so flat out all the way. and what do yuo know i blew smoke all around him. we did go to a sudden death though Smile into the best 8 against imamura. he's a real snake i tell you. try to drop my confidence by banging my ass on warm up run. nevernmind. he doesn't know what i'm made of. so off we went, i was inthe lead holding good pace and he couldn't really catch up. i won 6-4
2nd run, i was behind, the bastard slowed me down on the straight and made a run for it just befor ethe bank. nevernmind, i kept a shallow angle did the transition and catched up to him on the 2nd corner, he was running wide so i leaped inside. i was literally on the inside and gunned the throttle for the exit. and bang! my ass hit his front wheel. serve him right. sucker. he broke a tie rod and my exhaust came loose. we fixed our probelms and had a sudden death run. we were clean this time round but i believe i was much closer to him than he was to me on both runs, but some how tsuchiya gave him the win. oh well, best 8 is good for the first attempt at D1, and the crowd + all the jap drivers had full respect for my driving style and agression. the whole sepctator stand was shouting TENGKU DJAN TENGKU DJAN Smile it's a great feeling. to end up 8th best in the world is respectful Smile
back to the pits after the race and all the drivers came to congratulate me. on fixing the car in time and driving with full agression! hat off to the boys! Ueo has promised to help me with my car and improving my driving style, DG5 will supply a set of suspension for my car (it's not even released yet!) ken gushi want me to run US series, and Kuma kubo invited me to Ebisu. Man! it's like a dream come true!
for now it's back to reality, the car is wrecked and we have to rebuild every inch of it!</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
