Rattlezasia @ ACE SUSPENSION DRIFT CHALLENGE (ASDC) Round 1

Good start for 2010 for Rattlezasia. That's all i can describe when one of our members finish 4th in Ace Suspension Drift Challenge (ASDC) which will be revealed later on. This event was held on 2nd and 3rd January 2010. Our driver already practising on 2nd Jan evening till 11p.m. There should be 4 drifters representing Rattlezasia in this event which are Firdaus (Chop), Ejat, Rashid and Zulfikar. But only 3 drifters managed to make themselves participate in this event which left Ejat behind since his Silvia have some medium major problems shall we say. However, we (Rattlezasia crews) only managed to reach at Stadium Hang Jebat on 3rd Jan evening right before Best 16 started. but only Zulfikar and Chop through in the Best 16. Unfortunate for Rashid since he did not make it through to the Best 16 but still he do have a neat, clean, powerfull and well setup Nissan Cefiro A31 with the biggest Rattlezasia stickers attached on the side (on random pictures below). Better luck next time all right mate. We will kill again in next event, BP Mall! Still you make top management proud bro.

Zul and Chop line up for Best 16 introduction.

In Best 16, Chop was on 16th place. It was a different level of experience for Chop since he will tsuiso with Tan Tat Wei. Chop managed to give a good fight, good handling machine and pressure with his Toyota KE70 Blacktop. However, TTW shows his superior experience to overcome Chop with his mighty Bridgestone Toyota AE86 + NOS. But still, if we look in the bright side, Chop has outbeat a number of drifters who came from all over places where the total drifters participated in this event was almost 50 cars. Chop still in good mood after loosing to TTW by saying "awal tahun dah tsuiso TTW, hujung tahun tsuiso Nomukan plak kot.hahaha..." (in this very early 2010 already tsuiso with TTW, perhaps end of this year will tsuiso against Nomuken. hahaha...). Kudos Chop!

Chop vs TTW: 1st run.

Chop vs TTW: 2nd run.

The only remaining drifter that represent Rattlezasia was our ace, Zulfikar, with his MyEG Toyota ae86 powered by SR20DET. In Best 16 battle, Zul was up against a black Celica (damn, cant remember his name). It is a good battle and Zul claim the victory to make himself through to the Fantastic 8.

Best 16 battle: Zul vs Black Celica.

In the Fantastic 8 battle, Zul was facing Along Rempit with his notorious FX Open Nissan Cefiro A31. It was a dog fight since they got OMT after they got 5-5 on both run in 1st judging round. In 2nd judging round, Zul show what he capable of plus Along Rempit was runing out of course/track and make him through to the Incradible 4.

Fantastic 8 battle: Zul vs Along Rempit 1st run.

Along Rempit run out of course on the 2nd run.

In the Incradible 4 battle, it was Zul and Ariff to face each other. Ariff with his Goodyear Toyota AE86 Coupe Supercharger looks yummy with his offset watanabe on the front. harrrerr.. In this round, Ariff shown good drifting techniques and make him self through to the Ultimate 2. Zul was spun on the 2nd run due to excessive use of tyres plus it was 14inch rim on rear. Zul said that he did not have enough tyres since on the previous day (training session), he ran a lot till night. At the end of the day, Zul finish 4th in this ASDC 2009: Round 1. Congatulation to Zulfikar and big clap for you bro! In the future, top management of Rattlezasia are hoping that in ASDC: Round 2, there will be more Rattlezasia representer competing. The more we send our drifters, the more chances for us to reach podium. God's Will!

Zul vs Ariff in Increadible 4.

4th overall position. Kudos!


Random pictures. Enjoy!

Rashid's Nissan Cefiro A31. Neat Freak Attack!

Some action moments.

Zul's AE86

Batu Pahat Drift Demo 02DEC2009

The journey to south begin on 1st Jan 2010 morning. There were 3 cars and 6 persons involved which were Nick, Amat, Ita, Isz Manta, Latif and me. Around 2pm we reach Hentian Jejantas Air Keroh to have our lunch. On our way to Tok house, we stop by at Rashid residential area. At that momment, his Cefiro A31 undergone a grooming session. Old Tein stickers were removed and replaced with huge Rattlezasia stickers. The results of Rashid's A31 were shown in ASDC 2009 topic above. We heading down south again and reach Muar at Tok House located in Tanjung Agas/Kesang Laut (dont know which exact location really), as our base camp, around 3pm. the cozy was just for a while coz we head down to Nizam workshop to give him a visit. After that it just usual stuff with drive through at Pear juice stall.

On the next day (2nd Jan 2010) morning, we assembled in front of Muar police station to be escort to Batu Pahat. After one hour of waiting, only 5 cars gathered. It should be a convoy with another 40 superbikes but they did not turn up. So the police officer decided that there would no need of police escort if the number of convoy is too small. It does make sense since we are not minister or VVIP to be escort in small a small convoy.huhu.




So the jurney to Dataran Batu Pahat began. Since there was no police escort, all drift cars decided to floor the throttle "Rempit Style" on the Federal road (jalan lama) which leaving the only standard car behind.huhu...





The moment we arrived at the dataran, we were shocked due to no preparation on track setup and there were visitors car parked in the drifting area. Furthemore, the space given to do demo drift was small. So we do the track setup ourselves. We did try to make an 'R' layout but its too dangerous for us and the spectators. The only layout that come off were a big donut and figure 8.

The addiction is on for Latif to develop his drifting skills. Dry tarmac just not being kind to his 14 x 8 inch rim with those hipari tyres. So he changed to 13 x 6.5" rim wishing to finish up those old stock tyres. He did bring 6 pieces rims and tyres (total tyres this car has was 10 pieces) hoping that he will burn down at least 4 pieces. But the nature was not agree with what he thinking. The rain pours down to tarmac. The drift demo continues.

As we continue playing in the rain, Rocker and friends arrived. They join us play in the rain alternately. Taking pictures in the rain was interesting since it did looks like the car is drifting on a mirror. Also the car does look like flying.haha..

There is no need to jammed up under an umbrella while enjoy the action, isn't it Lan.

At the end of the day, it was a good event. Thank you Sport and Youth Minister (KBS) who invited us to do this demo. We will be honor to do this again and colaborate with KBS. Latif's tyres also did not burn down totally and he did have lots of thread left. And ofcourse he had to went back to KL with same amount of tyres and lots of lesson learned to develop his skill.

Rattlezasia @ Formula Drift Malaysia 2009 - Road to FD Malaysia

FDM 2009 was dated on 19th and 20th Dec. However, our story begin a bit earlier than that. Our ace drifter, Zulfikar, and his AE86 with some crews arrived in KL on the 17th Dec early in the morning. It is final day to get the car ready before D-day. Late in the same evening, Zul send his car for tuning and few hours later, everything was perfectly done. However, on that night, we received a call from Zul saying that he was encounter a medium-major terbulance during his journey back to Klang. A screw underneath chasis to hold the dog bone to his ae86 exle was missing (err.. i dont know what to call that thing...huhu). Luckily Amat's Ke70 has the same undercariage as fit as AE86. A 1 ton jack and a few bricks the only tools to lift Zul's AE86. To fix the screw underneath his car without proper tools is one matter. Fixing the car at the motorcycle lane is another story. It was on a hiway actually. Scare like hell, scare if any motorist rush to us, specifically, his crew who help us to fix in the screw.

Then the next day (18th Dec) there is no pratice session. So we take this opportunity to attached main sponsor stickers all over Zul's AE86. The main sponsor for him was MyEG (Malaysia E-Government Service). We all get busy do that and get other thing to be ready.

Saturday (19th Dec) is the practice session. It start in the morning. It was hot without sun and wind and track condition was dry. Without warning, the sky heavily drop its tears during qualify session. Luckily no major accident occur. At the end of the day, Zul managed to finish 33rd overall right behind Zee. Just another step to reach Best 32 finalist. Maybe next year, we will send more drifters from Rattlezasia to compete in Formula Drift since we do have cars that properly setup but lack of experience. Kudos and Thanx to Zul for bring Rattlezasia to next level in drift scene.

A few competitors during Formula Drift 2009.

Hmmm... Those MYEG umbrella girls who bring the rain, I guess kekeke.

Sticking those stickers is addicted activity. Look on how concentrate they were, until tongue twisted.hehe.

Here are some of the sunday report from our buddy. Credited to Azrin.
http://freedom-spec.blogspot.com/2009/12/formula-drift-malaysia-my-experience.html

Press Released.

Tengku Djan from Team Bridgestone Malaysia manoeuvred his Nissan 180SX to top position, reigning supreme over an accomplished field of 53 hot-shot professional drift drivers at the final day of the inaugural Goodyear Formula DRIFT Malaysia held at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) on Sunday. Djan just edged out his worthy opponent Sak Nana Kiki from Team PTT Thailand in the final tandem battle, while Team Goodyear Malaysia’s ‘Mad Mike’ Whiddet, who wowed the crowd in his Mazda RX-7, came in third. Thousands of spectators poured into MAEPS from as early as 8:30 am, and were thrilled at the hot tyre-burning action as top drivers from eight countries including Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Thailand and Japan put on a fast and furious show that rivaled the very best in the world. The two-day event saw keen competition amongst 53 drivers from across the Asia-Pacific region. All 53 drivers pushed their rear-wheel-drive cars to the limits by demonstrating impeccable precision and vehicle control to enter the ranks of the Top 32. They then faced off in one-on-one tandem battles to whittle down the driver pool to the Sweet 16, Elite 8, Final 4 and finally, the Big 2. Djan took on Sak Nana Kiki in a spectacular final tandem battle royale and with wheels screeching and tyres burning, crowd favourite The 'Prince of Drift' gained a dominant lead in what was truly a scintillating finale to two great days of high-octane action and furious competition. Title sponsor Goodyear Malaysia showcased a stellar line-up of 17 drivers, including top female drifter, Azrina Jane Abdullah, fellow team mates Ariff Johanis, Michael Gan and Johan Norman, as well as some of the top regional drifters, Japan’s Ryuji Miki and New Zealander “Mad” Mike Whiddet, both from Team Goodyear Malaysia. “Goodyear’s very first Formula DRIFT Malaysia was sizzling with red-hot action. It is certainly an honor to be part of this exhilarating event. Having such a number of international and local drivers competing only underscores our commitment to raise drifting standards to an international level,” said Richard Fleming, Managing Director, Goodyear ASEAN. “There is also a high degree of synergy between drifting, a motorsport that places strong emphasis on advanced technology and precision driving and performance tires. Our ultra high performance tires put up a fantastic showing the last two days,” he added. The Goodyear Formula DRIFT Malaysia was the climax of the three-part Formula DRIFT Series, which blasted off with the Formula DRIFT Singapore ProAm Series 2009 in July and Formula DRIFT Thailand in November. As the official event organizer and broadcaster for the Goodyear Formula DRIFT Malaysia 2009, ESPN Starsports (ESS) will produce and broadcast the event highlight program on ESS’ footprint of 310 million viewers in 24 countries, check your local cable listings.

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