The Tamiya Asia Cup Singapore Qualifying 2011 Round 5 took place at the Singapore Expo with the track open from July 14-17, 2011. Entries went up as the air-conditioned venue and carpet track attracted many racers to join. Heading into Round 5 and nearing to the Tamiya Asia Cup Finals, it would be the first time that many racers looked forward to race on carpet.
4WD GT qualifying saw a battle between P.Y.Tang and Nicholas Lee, both running the all-new TA06Pro chassis, and both clocking under 10 second lap. P.Y.Tang could not not managed to get a clean run made a few mistake in Q1 and Q2 but clocked the only 30-lapper, but Nicholas Lee took the TQ honour on Q3 with a cleaner run.
Top 3 Qualifying Standings A-Main (4WD GT):
1. Nicholas Lee - TA06Pro - 30 laps 5:01.654 - 9.708s
2. P.Y.Tang - TA06Pro - ORCA Infinite - 30 laps 5:09.359 - 9.792s
3. Chee Lip Keong - TA05R V2 - H-Energy - 27 laps 5:02.343 - 10.245s
Final A1 4WD GT did not see much of a battle, with P.Y.Tang matching Nicholas Lee for the first minute. P.Y.Tang got stuck in the in-field lost grounds with a big gap to catch the leader. Nicholas Lee cruised on to take the win, with Esmail in 2nd followed by P.Y.Tang in 3rd. Final A2 started off well for P.Y.Tang overtaking on the inside line at the first corner when Nicholas Lee was caught off guard. P.Y.Tang went on to lead for the first 4-minute with a few minor contacts in between. Unfortunate contact in the last minute P.Y.Tang lost a lot of time, with that Nicholas Lee went on to win Final A2 and the overall win, P.Y.Tang came in 2nd and Chee Lip Keong in 3rd. P.Y.Tang took an easy win in Final A3 when Nicholas Lee broke his car around the 2-minute mark. With the win in Final A3, P.Y.Tang took overall 2nd and Chee Lip Keong finished a consistent run to take overall 3rd.
Top 3 Final Standings A-Main (4WD GT):
1. Nicholas Lee - TA06Pro - 2pts
2. P.Y.Tang - TA06Pro - ORCA Infinite - 3pts
3. Chee Lip Keong - TA05R V2 - H-Energy - 6pts
In the Super Stock class, young Daryl Thong took TQ in his ORCA-powered TT01E looking in a much better form in carpet racing. Hong Jie Ming qualified 2nd while Kevin Wong started 3rd from the grid. A more entertaining Super Stock class saw 13 cars all squeezed into the final mains. Daryl Thong ran the Final A1 and A2 superbly running away cleaning from the start and avoiding a lot of the accidents, took the overall win. Not so lucky for Hong Jie Ming who started 2nd, involved in pile-ups and dropped down in the pack, and allowing Shawn Chow to capitalize to take overall 2nd. Kevin Wong finished a strong 3rd overall.
Top 3 Qualifying Standings:
1. Daryl Thong - TT01E - ORCA Infinite
2. Hong Jie Ming - TT01 - ORCA Infinite
3. Kevin Wong - TT01
Top 3 Final Standings (Super Stock)
1. Daryl Thong - TT01E - ORCA Infinite
2. Shawn Chow - TT01 - ORCA Infinite
3. Kevin Wong - TT01
P.Y.Tang's ORCA-powered Tamiya TA06Pro was equipped with the ORCA Infinite 6000Mah 60C 7.4V LiPo and H-Energy 2500Mah 7.4V Lipo for M11X, with Acorn Racing Custom Tyre Cleaner.
