The first race of the Singapore Edam Open Championship took place on March 7, 2010 with about 40 participants from Singapore and Malaysia. The morning greeted us with bright sunshine and high track temperatures, making qualifying rounds tricky to drive.
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Qualifying Rounds
The first round of qualifying started at 10:00AM. The morning traction was good as Team XRAY driver Tom Goh set a blistering pace of 29 laps @ 7:02 to secure pole position for the first round of qualifying. As the weather got hotter many drivers struggled with lack of traction trying to better Tom Gohâ™s qualifying time.
Qualifying order :
1) Tom Goh XRAY NT1
2) Nelson Lee
3) Philip lee
4) Zamil
5) Ben Seet
6) Rosli
7) Terence Chung 8) Shafiq XRAY NT1
9) Don Chng XRAY NT1
10) Barry Ng
Final
In the 45min A-main final , Tom and Nelson had a good start and pulled away from the pack, both drivers battling in every corner with less than 0.5sec separating them. While in the second chasing pack, XRAY driver Don Chng was having a good race only 5sec back from the leading duo. XRAY driver Shafiq had a bad start but was chasing back lost time with a good pace.
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In the quarter part of the race, Nelson Lee encountered some problems with his car and this took pressure off XRAY driver Tom Goh who was already 1 lap ahead of the rest..
Tom had a comfortable lead and never looked back. Don was closing in on 3rd position until a flip dropped him back to 4th. Shafiq had some accidents and this drop him out of contention.
Finally the race ended with a comfortable win for Tom Goh with his XRAY NT1, follow by Barry and Zamil . Don Chng finished in 4th place despite a fantastic fight back. Shafiq finished in 8th place.
In the C-main final we had young XRAY driver Amirul winning the race against drivers twice his age.
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Final Finishing Order
1) Tom Goh XRAY NT1
2) Barry Ng
3) Zamil 4) Don Chng XRAY NT1
5) Ben Seet
6) Don Ng
7) Rosli 8) Shafiq XRAY NT1
9) Nelson Lee
10) Philip Lee
XRAY drivers L-to-R: Shafiq , Amirul , Tom , Hazlan (click to enlarge)
