Drift king Keiichi Tsuchiya racing in the tenth edition of the Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race

Catch the king of drift as he takes part in the tenth edition of the Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race (MMER) at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) this Saturday 8 August 2009.

Keiichi will be driving a Honda S2000 in class A1 under the J’s Racing Labs banner. He will be partnering race driver Junichi Umemoto and Hideo Kubota who are last year’s champion in class A.

A first time for Keiichi, he is brought in as a secret weapon as the  team is confident that he will give a fresh drive to the team and finishing as class champions again this year.

“We will do our best,” said the easy going Keiichi who is famous for his skills in drifting and considered as the godfather of the sport.

“It is going to be a tough race against other competitors such as the team using Lotus cars but we consider ourselves as an expert team of endurance race from our vast experience. We believe we can reach our target.”

Apart from the main race, race fans can also catch the Petronas Formula Experience, Classic car race and the Aston Martin Cup.

Off track attractions includes programs for the kids such as colouring contest ages 4 to 12, kids traditional dance competition, showtime with Fatin Nurafifah and quizzes with loads of prizes to be won.

For the fruit fanatics don’t miss this chance to sample some local fruits and there will also be food tasting booths at the Mall Area.

There will also be special vehicles on display such as the Petronas tanker, Fire Department and Police vehicles from the fast Mitsubishi EVO “Helang” and bikes.

To add more excitement 57 cars from four car clubs such as Lotus Car Club Malaysia and Waja Club will park their cars for display at the mall area.
Entrance is free with the first race starting on Friday morning with the Classic Car Race, for more information please log on to sepangcircuit.com.my