GRA 2009 !!! who will bag the overall award ?

Finally the waiting had come for the final round of GRA auto cross event.

Who will bag the overall award for the the best among the best ?

This year's race had seen the rivals of the rear wheel drive cars and the all wheel drive cars between the highly anticipated Ee Yoong Cherng, Ariff Johanis, and all time GRA favourite man , Mr.Andy'damn fast kow-kow' Kow. It was quite an interesting observation to see the close rivals are of the two type RWD and 4WD on which 4WD has greater advantages of traction compared to rear wheel drive cars such as driven by Ariff Johanis and Ee Yoong Cherng, both well known figure in the local drifting scene.

The rear wheel drive guys weren't competing as they were away on the 2nd round of GRA for a drifting event held in Singapore , an event which is highly well known with exposure across south east asia.

The first and the 3rd round of the GRA event had shown that its not anymore, that its
dominated by the 4WD cars as Ariff Johanis and Ee Yoong Cherng gave a very dynamic form of competition to Mr. Andy ' damn fast kow-kow' Kow. As known by many,in rally event nowadays, there are none rear wheel drive cars driven by the star drivers of WRC. And science had prove that front wheel drive and all wheel drive provides greater traction, thus giving advantages in not losing time giving greater grip and traction. Even this statement was seconded by the GRA Man himself who is is highly active in rally events, guy with family was actively involve in local rally events.

But then again, its a very subjective matter talking about the results of a race. Factors that may affect may include the car setup, horsepower which give real zest at the straights :) ,tire pressure, the cars condition on the race day, and finally, the driver himself.

I like to say it as 'its how you drive and ain't what you drive mate' with a British accent. haha. As the driver is the most dominating factor of the results.how skillful the driver on taking the lines, understanding the car's behavior,and mostly the mind power. Just like in jet Li's movie, a true fighter knows to be calm as when ur in state of calm you are in control , a move will be a superd kapow dynamic punch. Look at Michael Schumacher when he was in team Benetton, the car at that time was not as quick as Ferrari, but the was fast at every corner, using every possible opportunity to bring out the best in him, the car, and thus faster timing.

Based on the analysis of the third round of GRA results, Mr. Andy 'damn fast kow-kow'Kow was behind Ee Yoong Cherng by 3seconds(average of 2 sec + Ee Yoong cherng clocked 1: 52:190 while Andy was behind at 1:55:8980, a massive gap there is. It could be because of the horsepower as the third round in Sepang was a race that utilizes long straights thus horsepower is a massive factor that may determine this outcome.

It is interesting to see these rear wheel drive cars giving and impact to the all wheel drive drivers as the latter has greater advantages on the 'launch' and traction at every corners.

Well, lets just wait and see what these favorites of us has to show and how they will measure up with each other, will it be a massive gap or a slight punch of gap like the local boy racer says... 'orang kata tak putus body la kalau side by side' hehehe.

well then see you guys at the final round and us @ Malaysian Motorsports.Tv wishes these trio a massive healthy competition ..heheheh (evil laugh)