RCMC organized its first EP race at the huge nitro racetrack at PA East Coast, Singapore. Last race that the club organized any EP race was about 2 years ago. However, entries to this event were larger than expected with over 50 entries in both Modified Class and FF Class. Everyone was very eager to run in this huge track.
Qualifying on Sunday delayed in the morning as the track was still wet from rain the night before. The RCMC staff did a great job to clean up and pumped out the water out from the track. Sunny weather was drying the track around noon time and the organizer decided to start the qualifying without further delays. With a slight change on the track layout due to some area still wet, Nicholas Lee led the pace followed closely behind by P.Y.Tang with his XRAY T4. Alvin Koh was in 3rd after Q1, and another XRAY T4 driver Daryl Thong 4th. As the the track was getting drier in Q2, laptimes dropped. P.Y.Tang and Nicholas Lee led the pace again in Q2, with P.Y.Tang topping the group after Q2, followed by a motor failure retirement by Nicholas Lee. Rain started to fall again during Q3 and the race never got restarted. The race director called it a day and it was a pity that the final results were based on 2 qualifying rounds.
Top 10 Qualifying Standings (Modified Class)
1. P.Y.Tang - XRAY T4
2. Nicholas Lee
3. Esmail
4. Chee Lip Keong
5. Alvin Koh 6. Daryl Thong - XRAY T4
7. Jason Lee
8. Kevin Wong
9. Shawn Chow
10. Ben Seet
