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Malaysia's 'Flying Sikh' bags 12 trophies in Indonesian motor rally

Darpan News Desk IANS, 26 Oct, 2022 11:28 AM
  • Malaysia's 'Flying Sikh' bags 12 trophies in Indonesian motor rally

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 26 (IANS) Malaysian-Sikh rally racer Karamjit Singh has made history by winning three championships at the three-day motorsport rally in Jambi, Indonesia.

The hexagenarian racer, who is famous as the 'Flying Sikh' in Malaysia, used a 16-year-old national car -- a Proton Gen2 -- to bag 12 trophies in the three championships he participated in with teammate and co-driver Jagdev Singh, local media reports said.

Singh's Proton Gen2, which he calls 'outdated', managed to beat a more sophisticated car worth RM1.5 million.



"I really have a passion for this. Even though I don't have a sponsor, I use my own money and an old machine, but I can still beat the more modern cars," Singh was quoted as saying in New Strait Times.

"Motorsports is expensive, but with the effort and help from other competitors from Indonesia... I was able to achieve this success, and I want to chase many more successes," Singh told reporters upon his arrival at the Kuala Lumpur airport.

The Proton Gen2 2.0L Turbo 4WD also helped him win the Malaysian National Rally Championship 2022 in Pahang two months ago.

Singh had managed to dominate this year's Asia-Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) circuit in the fifth round of the M3 Sprint Rally event last week, before winning the Indonesian Rally Championship in the third and fourth round of the National Rally event in the weekend, New Strait Times reported.

Launched in 1988, the annual APRC, which comes under the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), could not be held in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The APRC covers motorsport events in India, Japan, Indonesia and China.

Singh became the first Asian driver to win FIA Production Car World Championship for Drivers. He has been rallying professionally since 1985.

He has won the 2001 Asia Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers, the 2002 FIA Production Car World Championship for Drivers, as well as the 2002 and 2004 FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers.

He has raced for the Petronas EON Racing Team and Team Proton Pert Malaysia using Proton 4WD rally cars.

Photo courtesy of Facebook (Karmajit Singh) & Video Courtesy of Youtube via The Shillong Times

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