MOTORSPORTS ASSOCIATION MALAYSIA HOSTS KARTING PROGRAM
2009-12-02 14:07:05 Author: admin Source:
The Motorsports Association of Malaysia is preparing for the 2010 season to unearth new talents in Motorsports. With the set up the 1Malaysia Formula 1 Team this year, top on the list for the talents identification is in the karting discipline.
The MAM Karting Talent Search Program will be held throughout December for the second year running. The program is open to Malaysian primary and secondary school children between ages 8 till14-years-old.
There will be four Kart Camps over a period of four weeks with a total of eight days from 9.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m. On the first day, the children will learned about parts of karts, track configuration, braking, and turning, racing lines and apex. Lap times and a child’s aptitude will be taken into account, while a session on general road safety will also be conducted.
Second day will be about basic sporting regulations, overtaking, flags, exiting pits, entering pits, start procedure in which again, lap times and child’s aptitude will be taken into account. In a whole, every student will be guaranteed a minimum of 120 minutes of karting session.
The Kart Camp is limited to the first 30 children at any one session. A maximum of 150 children will be exposed to proper tutorial karting for their entire duration of Phase 1.
At the end of every Kart Camp, 5 highest ranking Cadet and 5 highest ranking Junior will be selected to proceed to Phase 2 of the program in which a total of 25 Cadet Karters and 25 Junior Karters from the 5 Kart Camp will make through to Phase 2.
“In 2008, approximately 150 children benefitted from this Kart Camp organized successfully by MAM. After a successful first year, we are now eager to hold the second karting talent search program in which MAM hopes will churn out champions of the future. We believe the talent search idea has proven itself and the formula works,” said MAM's CEO Mia Sharizman Ismail.
Dates
1st 5 & 6 December @ Sepang International Circuit Go-Kart track
2nd 12 & 13 December @ Sepang International Circuit Go-Kart track
3rd 19 & 20 December @ Sepang International Circuit Go-Kart track
4th 26 & 27 December @ Sepang International Circuit Go-Kart track
For application form or more information about the program, kindly contact Fazli Mukhtar at 012-308 3890 / 03- 7622 8000 or view www.mam.org.my
