12herue du Sepang

A lil late in the posting or rather blogging but sorting thru the 6 gig of pics is something I really had trouble facing. But now tis done.

Went to a 12hr endurance race at Sepang circuit in early August. Wasn't really expecting to do much other than snap a few pics as the lame ass website never detailed what teams or drivers would be racing... Really gripes me when websites don't put essential/useful info on their pages but instead stack it with a ton of FLASH and useless filler. Anyway turned up a treat as some of my fave drivers would be racing as well as some well known Jap teams. Namely "Spoon" and "J's Racing"

Watching the Z4s of the Petronas team (M. Orido & N.Taniguchi) was excellent. Mainly due to the demonstration of real team play. 2 of them always staying together thru most of the race. Drafting thru the straights and on the turns whoever was trailing blocked for the lead so he could concentrate on the fastest line. Amazing they managed to stay relatively together thru the whole 12hours, claiming a 1,2 spot at the end of it all. Orido getting the top spot. Props go to the 3rd placers thou. The 911 GT3 from the Singapore Porsche owners club! Just amazed an owners club can get a podium finish in an international event.

In the 3rd class leader board, sadly the Spoon S2K suffered a DNF. They died half way thru the race. Thou "J's Racing" S2K fared better with K. Tsuchiya behind the wheel. Placing 2nd. Not bad for the JGTC retired drift king.

Only regret was not being able to stick around till the end. At about the half way mark the wife was getting a lil bored/cheezed off. Can't blame her really. Would have been cool to get some night shots as well as watch the checkerd flag come down. Well enough of the blabbing here are the pics.