Wet Battles Ahead in Perlis
NST, 7th December 2007

THE Felda Malaysian Rally Championship concludes with its final round in Perlis from today with battles set throughout the field, most juicy of all the one between two veteran crews in the P11 (1,600 to 2,000cc) class.

The rally starts off under wet and slippery conditions with six special stages (SS) around the Chuping plantations today, marked by a longest third SS of 19.71 kilometres at Weigh Bridge, which is also the opening SS for tomorrow's six remaining stages that conclude the MRC season.

And that is just how class P11 leaders Kan Chee Hong and Bernard Chin want it to be today, as they fight out the class championship with the Rajoo brothers Gunaseelan and Jayaseelan.

The Perodua M5 Racing Team duo of Kan-Chin, on board a four-wheel drive Perodua Myvi, believe they hold an edge over the two-wheel drives, particularly Gunaseelan-Jayaseelan, on board the GSR-Pennzoil Team's Proton Gen2.

Kan, who has 47 points in the championship standings, leads Gunaseelan by just three points.

Chin had lost out on the co-drivers' championship to Jayaseelan after sitting out the previous round in Kuantan on Nov 4-5, where the overall title was wrapped up by Karamjit Singh and co-driver Jagdev Singh.

The P11 title is not the only one being contested right to the wire as the P9 (up to and including 1,400cc) class drivers' championship is also being contested between Jamaluddin Tukimin and Nik Ammar Mohamed. Both are tied on 30 points.

The P11 class drivers' title is also up for grabs between the two leaders Ahmad Shafie Jalil and Sutan Mustaffa Salihin. Ahmad Shafie leads Sutan by a single point, 49 to 48 entering today's first SS.

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