MSS ROUND 5. THE FINALE

It was a big upset for championship leader in the Malaysian Super Series Supercar race, Wira Dani Daim when he was demoted to second place in the last round of the year of the five round championships happening at the Sepang International Circuit.

Wira who drives a Radical SR3 race car in the series was leading the championship at 111 points, 2 points ahead of Dilantha Malagamuwa driving a Porsche with 109 points and in third place was Mok Weng Sun also in a Porsche with 105 points.

All of that changed with the entry of FIA GT driver Tim Sugden in a Mosler MT900 on the last 2 race over the weekend.

For both race 1 and race 2 Mok Weng Sun managed to finish in first place, ahead of Tim Sugden with Wira following in third place. Dilantha only managed to finish 5th and 4th in the two races.

Mok received full points which puts him as the Championship winner for the 2009 Supercar category with 145 points while Wira had to settle for second place with 135 points and third in place was Dilantha with 127 points.

In the Supersixteen class Wong Yew Choong or Boy Wong as the racing world knows him by, took first place with 142 points. A whopping 63 points ahead of Koo Pak Chiang with only 79 points and Moo Wei Leong with 75 points.

“It’s been a good year for me and the team and looking forward to 2010 racing season where we will also concentrate in the Supersaloon class,” said Boy after receiving the Championship trophy.

This makes it his fourth Championship in the Supersixteen class, he added that he is confident that he can manage to go into both class without too much complications as to one race affecting his performance in the other.

“I already drove in a few rounds of the Supersaloon race and I think I can manage both, besides I need the challenge anyway,” said Wong who also won the first Sepang 1000km race this year.

FAST FACTS ON MALAYSIAN SUPER SERIES

Organised and promoted by Sepang International Circuit (SIC), the Malaysian Super Series, or simply referred as MSS within the motorsports fraternity, was introduced to provide more top level competition for Malaysian racers and as a platform to unearth new talents. First organized in 2002, it comprises the bike and car competitions and has been growing in stature and is basically Malaysia’s national championship for motor racing. Apart from the local championships, international racing series are sometimes incorporated in the race with the Hong Kong Classic Car Series being its permanent partner.

In giving more prominence to the series, the final rounds of bike and car championships are run with world class series with the bike competitions running as support races for the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix and the car competitions with the A1GP World Cup of Motorsports. Previously, the MSS car competitions were incorporated in the Super GT International Series Malaysia race programme. GT Unfortunately, with this year’s edition of A1GP remaining uncertain, SIC had proceeded by the staging the MSS and the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia as the supporting event.