Host country Thailand sweeps podium in Expert Class to win its third overall title The 6th YAMAHA ASEAN CUP RACE Novice champion is new 14-year-old star from Malaysia
Over the two days of January 17 and 18, 2009, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Thai Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. held “The 6th YAMAHA ASEAN CUP RACE in Thailand” at the Bangkok Racing Circuit (overall length: approximately 1,100 m).
The YAMAHA ASEAN CUP RACE is an international race where riders who have qualified in national competitions in the participating countries compete for the title of No. 1 in the ASEAN region in two classes, Expert and Novice. This is a one-make competition using Yamaha’s popular ASEAN market deluxe moped model T135 (Thai market name: SPARK135) and T110 (Thai market name: SPARK110), with all machines tuned to equal performance standards. The races are conducted in a two-heat format with winners decided on the basis of total points for the two heats.
Participating in this 6th YAMAHA ASEAN CUP RACE were qualifying riders from national competitions in the five countries of India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and the host country, Thailand. A crowd of some 25,000 turned out to see the final races on January 18 (Sun.) at the Bangkok Racing Circuit adjacent a large shopping mall in the Thai capital. The first heat of the Expert Class was won by Thai rider Worawut Puttho to the excitement of the local fans. The second heat was won by another Thai rider, Chanon Chumjai, who had won pole position in the Saturday qualifying and finished 2nd in heat one. These performances made Chanon Chumjai the sixth YAMAHA ASEAN CUP RACE champion. Meanwhile, the Novice class championship went to 14-year-old Hafizh Syahrin of Malaysia, who was competing in his first ASEAN CUP and amazed the crowd with his riding process in winning the first heat and finishing 2nd in heat two. Also, by sweeping 1st to 3rd places in the Expert Class, the host country Thailand won its third overall championship title, following titles in 2004 and 2005.
Plans call for the 7th YAMAHA ASEAN CUP RACE to be held in Indonesia, which also hosted the 1st and 4th ASEAN CUP races.
Source: Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.
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