CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!

Congratulations to everyone involved in the 3rd Bukit Cermin Race. We Also Would like to thank Gary Of CCI (Cycle Cyclon Industries) Sdn Bhd for the support and sponsorship throughout the race. We departed from Penang at 9am Saturday the 7th, and reached KL at 2pm. In the evening we managed to hit the track for the 1st time. It was very muddy and slippery due to the heavy rain earlier that day. The track was 1.4km long with high speed trail, berms at every corner, a watery rock garden in the middle and towards the end of the track, 4ft high 5ft long drop. After 3 rides we cleaned up and head back to the hotel.

On the race day, the sky was blue and sunny...that helped the track to dried up slowly due to shades along the track. The organiser used a digital time keeping which so damn cool. It used a automatic start gate with sensors which triggers the software down below at the finish line that has another sensor at the finish line.

The seeding run went bad for me. I was trown away at the very first drop at the top. A small drop but the landing was way too slippery for me and have my bike on the wrong side of the line. In the end, i clocked 4.26. As for others, all went well. Omar was a bit dissapointed by not bringing the trusted WetScream tyres and believe he could done better.

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The Final run is all about Zel, as he clocked among the fastest time he start as the later rider coming down. At the last corner, he was 7seconds faster than the hot seater. Garbbing the hot seat was a certain....until he lost his pedal during the last drop and 'dushhh!!!' he fell. He manage to get u so quick and run across the finish line. With everyone in disbelieve he steal the hot seat by a mere 0.165seconds. But the fall was soon to be costly, he could have taken the 3rd place as the next rider came across the finish line.
(left picture: Zel, a moment before... gedebakbukbik....)

Both Omar and Wan was on a great run. Flawless but still not enough to get any closer to the top riders. As for me, i manage to shave more than a minute than my seeding run. A smooth ride in the end. The CCI/N9 rider were much inpressive. Unfortunate for Zaki, he bottomed his fork and broke the frame.
Anyways, here's are the result of the team riders.

Omar Mashood - 7th Place (Master)
Zel Ashraff - 4th Place (Open)
Mohd Redzuan - 10th Place (Open)
Kamaruzaman - 20th Place (Open)

Since there was no elite category, all the elite riders were in the Open Category..and that explain why i was at the 20th place out of 38...**sigh**..The Master Category consist of 40 riders. In the end, it was a great race with great supports from CCI. Thanks a million, CCI. Hope we can do this again in the distance future.

For more clippings from the race, please click our gallery & video link.