Source : Daily Express  6/11/2011

Kota Kinabalu: Alig Wong, 31, retained his Drift King title at the Burnout360 Sabah Drift Challenge for the second year running since it was introduced last year.

He beat his challenger, Lee Ngan Hing, 31, after six laps due to a tie in points in the semi-finals which resulted in Lee being announced the third place winner, whereas 26-year old Leong Vun Chuan being the runner up.

“There had been a lot of challenges this time as the number of contestants doubled from last year’s, and many of them modified and changed their engines for this challenge,” he said, while Wong on the other hand chose to retain his original engine for the challenge.

Meanwhile, fourth and fifth place went to Ardie Nor Din Abdul Rahman and Tsen Siong Kok respectively.

In this respect, Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Dr Yee Moh Chai who officiated at the closing ceremony hopes the organisers have achieved their objectives to expose the sport to the public and government alike.

He said the sport is among many other activities that can attract more tourists into the State, as tourism is the core for Sabah’s economy.

The chief judge who is also the country’s number one drifter, Tengku Djan Ley sees the participants as having the potential in growing in the sport, and hopes to come back again next year.

He said being here as one of the judges was a good experience for him, to see the newcomers in motor-sports.

“The drifters today as well as the organisers have done a good job, and I see that there is potential for more growth in this sport,” he said after the prize giving ceremony on Saturday.

Co-organiser and Casero Event Managing Director, Steve Johnny Mositun said the event was a successful one, in terms of public participation among others.

“But the most important thing is we finally caught the attention of the government and we hope more support from the government will come in future,” he stated.

Also present was Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir, Deputy Speaker of State Legislative Assembly, Datuk Johnny Mositun, City Police Chief, ACP Ahmad Sofi Zakaria and Assistant Youth and Sports Minister, Datuk Jahid Jahim and City Hall Director General, Datuk Yeo Boon Hai.