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Malaysia’s ‘Flying Sikh’ rides high
in rented car
Once again proves
he is still the country’s best rally driver on dirt roads
WSN
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Reigning
Malaysian champion Karamjit Singh has emerged second in the
just-concluded first round of the two-day Malaysian Rally
Championship, even though he was using a rented Proton Setrina.
The ‘Flying
Sikh’ once again proved that he is still the country’s best on the
twisted, dirty roads when he used the car which was said not to have
either the power or the traction needed to finish anywhere near the
podium, New Straits Times said Tuesday.
The overall
winners were Lim Leong Onn and Kamarul Anuar Mohamad Razzali who
drove a Perodua Viva and managed to finish with a time of 2:17:45,
ahead of Karamjit and Jagdev singh’s Proton Satria that clocked
2:23:08.
‘It was a wonder
that we even ended up in the top five. Apart from the fact that the
car is much slower than other top runners, we also had to face so
many mechanical problems. Firstly the brakes were spongy, then the
steering rack bracket broke, giving us a lot of free-play and in the
last two stages we actually broke the clutch pedal,’ Karamjit Singh
said.
‘I am grateful
for the fantastic work done by my mechanics who prepared the car in
less than two days and kept it running despite the many problems.
Anyway our goal for the weekend was to end up in the top five;
finishing second is a fantastic bonus for me and the team,’ he said
after the race.
Karamjit’s
podium placing was the story of the weekend, the newspaper said.
9
April
2008
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