speedibee Posted August 7, 2007 Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 This is awesome. Perhaps IMG are behing this also? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> img will want to move in when all the hard work is done and there is money to be made .i do hope the speedway authorities in europe can see the benefit of opening up a whole new continent to the sport and will do whatever they can to help make this venture a success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bavarian Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 F.I.M. should have something like a developement plan for overseas territories to establish the sport there, help with logistics, track building, getting bikes, spare parts and trainers over etc. Other sports like football or rugby union do it and these sports are now established all over the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagonshocker Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Quite enjoyed the footage of the moped racing on youtube! Joking aside good luck to em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedwaymalaysia Posted August 8, 2007 Report Share Posted August 8, 2007 Quite enjoyed the footage of the moped racing on youtube! Joking aside good luck to em i appreciate your comment. joking aside, if not for the "mopeds" which had the weight reduced from 90kg to 48kg and with some mods on fuel tank, lowered chassis, different wheel size, carbs, footrest and handle bar etc, malaysia will never have started. these 115cc to 150cc road bikes are our bike industry's bread & butter! therefore it makes commercial sense to start with these machines which are sold in their hundreds of millions in asia. seriously, can someone remember which country was the last entry into speedway in the recent last 2 decades? and how did they start? straight into 500cc jawas? the 80cc, 125cc speedway bikes were only started not long ago and 250cc was just a year or two ago? don't be surprised if malaysia will be racing in proper speedway 500cc made in malaysia with a better version than possibly stuha and maybe within a couple of years to 5 years might be on par with jawa? to succeed in this sport, malaysia needs to do within 10 years what other established speedway strong countries in europe took 30 years to achieve. and then hopefully all countries in the s.e.asian region might want to follow this route that malaysia takes which will cost a fraction of how the last country to enter speedway in the recent decades. F.I.M. should have something like a developement plan for overseas territories to establish the sport there, help with logistics, track building, getting bikes, spare parts and trainers over etc. Other sports like football or rugby union do it and these sports are now established all over the world. absolutely agreed with you. and IMG too should invest in us instead of pushing for a world championship event straight away. we need FIM licenced referees and our FMN is only now exploring the rules of speedway. we are lucky we have matthias rohde who is volunteering his time to be the referee every saturday night. matthias used to race in germany in the 80s and he had been living in malaysia in penang for 20 years now. he has a german FMN referee licence and is also a qualified FIM race official as an environmental officer. our thanks absolutely to ivan mauger, linden warner (GBR) who is assisting ivan in coaching our guys on the jawa 500cc and matthias rohed to assist us to take off. hope you guys from europe understand our stand. thank you all for supporting our project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawakid Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 Fantastic! A bridge between Australia and Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbe Posted August 21, 2007 Report Share Posted August 21, 2007 I think this initiative by Ivan Mauger is excellent.. really what speedway needs. and those videos was cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedwaymalaysia Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 great high resolution photos at: http://www.speedwaymalaysia.blogspot.com/ NEW ZEALAND'S RICKY WEST WINS ASIA'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CUP IN MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Sunday, 28 Oct 2007: New Zealand's 16 year old Ricky Wells thrilled thousands with dominant skills to win Asia's first ever FIM sanctioned speedway event held in Malaysia, the Malaysian International Speedway Cup, in Kuala Lumpur last night (27th Oct). He scored the maximum 12 points in the heats and recorded the fastest ever time at Speedway Malaysia's Family Park track with a time of 56.68s in heat 3. Sam Taylor, 26, also from New Zealand but competing under the Australian flag won 2 heats and scored 12 points in the preliminar heats, tried hard to beat Wells in the grand final race but had to settle for second. Competing for Britain after a long layoff from speedway, Linden Warner beat Japan's Hideaki Ota to third to grab the last podium spot. Five young Malaysians who had never riden a 500cc speedway bike before 5 weeks ago could not match the winners over four laps but they won the crowd's and the foreign riders respect as they were able to race them for the initial laps. Eighteen year old Mohd Helmey Hamzah eventually won the consolation final to win the coveted "best Malaysian" trophy from 21 year old reserve rider Mohd Ariff Mohd Ali. Ariff replaced Rody Sofian Buang after Rody had to retire from a recurring collar bone problem after a fall in heat 4. The glittering prize presentation ceremony complete with the raising of the national flags and the winner's national anthem and confetti was officiated by the Deputy Minister of Youth & Sports Malaysia, Dato' Liow Tiong Lai. At the post event press conference after his win, a jubilant Wells praised the Malaysian organisers and the Malaysian rookies for putting up a very good show saying, "This is my first international and I'm very happy to be on the record as the first ever winner of a first winner of an Asia Speedway Cup. The organising was very slick and the Malaysian boys amazed me with their performance as they had so little time on a proper speedway bike before this as compared to my 8 years in the sport. The sport can go very far in Malaysia." “It was not an easy win … Sam was very fast as well and always pushing me from behind and I had to stay focus and push all the way throughout the race,” added Wells, whose achievement list included the 2007 US under-21 overall champion and the US Youth National Champion titles in 2005 and 2004. Taylor had similar praises for the Malaysians, "I was here in July to demo the 500cc speedway bike in Malaysia's first ever speedsway event when not a single Malaysian has ever riden in speedway before. They had then just started on the 115cc small bikes. In a little over 3 months and a bit, they suddenly have a dozen Malaysian capable of racing with riders with 8 and more years experience. The Malaysians will definitely be giving us a big hurry up in next year's Malaysian International Speedway Cup." “Looking at the event, I feel that the prospect of the sports progressing further is very good. The cost of having the speedway tracks and organizing the races are quite low as compared to many other events,” said Deputy Minister of Youth & Sports Dato' Liow, who also proposed that speedway tracks be built in all the states to popularize the sport further. “Speedway racing has proven to be a popular sport among our youths especially among our rempits (illegal road racers).There is definitely a huge market for the sport and I hope more parties will come forward and play their part in promoting this sport,” he added. Meanwhile, Malaysian Best rider, 18 year old Muhammad Helmy Hamzah thanked his family and friends for his achievement. “Speedway has changed me from a former rempit (illegal road racer) to a professional rider. This sport has taught me to be a disciplined and a better person. It’s the best thing that has happened to me,” he said. Representing Speedway Malaysia, Hanifah Yoong said the good progress of this new sport of speedway in Malaysia owes it's success to many people and organisations, "Without the foresight of the Minister of Youth & Sports Malaysia, Dato' Seri Azalina to support the implementation of the speedway project, the invaluable advice of Ivan Mauger, the support of the FIM and AAM, the training of key officials by Matthias Rohde and the coacing of Linden Warner as well as the dedication of the scores of officials and riders, we will not be here tonight celebrating the year's efforts in this prestigious and historical event which Malaysia made her mark." Speedway Malaysia also announced that next season's 2008 calendar will be released shortly before the end of November. FULL RESULTS: 1. Ricky Wells (NZL), 2. Sam Taylor (AUS), 3. Linden Warner (GBR), 4. Hideaki Ota (JPN), 5. Mohd Helmy Hamzah (MAL), 6. Mohd Ariff Mohd Ali, 7. Mohd Abdussobur Turino (MAL), 8. Mohd Haniff Borhan (Malaysia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatDave Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Great news - at last somewhere close to Darwin! Keep us posted on the Schedule for next year M8! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostwalker Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 tnx for the update speedwaymalaysia. i hope that speedway gets allot of attention over there. Good luck in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariusz Dubi Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 Mohd Helmey Hamzah Mohd Ariff Mohd Ali Rody Sofian Buang Mohd Abdussobur Turino Mohd Haniff Borhan What is first- and surname? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedwaymalaysia Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 What is first- and surname? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mohd Helmey Hamzah Mohd Ariff Mohd Ali Rody Sofian Buang Mohd Abdussobur (Sobur) Turino Mohd HaniffBorhan the first 2 names are given names and the commentators and reporters will call them by the names in bold. the name in red is their fathers' names. but then we don't call helmey "mr. hamzah" as this is like calling his father...so the muslims in malaysia are called by their given names if we want to use honorifics like mr. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariusz Dubi Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 the first 2 names are given names and the commentators and reporters will call them by the names in bold. the name in red is their fathers' names.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> That is that's all it sa names, and where surname? What is written down in the passport in the space surname? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedwaymalaysia Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 That is that's all it sa names, and where surname? What is written down in the passport in the space surname? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> we don't have surname in our malaysian passports just name and we insert our full names. but if we check into a hotel in europe, the last name in the above in red text will be listed as the surname. so, for the ranking list you may want to say HAMZAH ("surname") Helmy (given name) hope this helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedwaymalaysia Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 Videos uploaded for FIM sanctioned "Malaysian International Speedway Cup" held on the 27 Oct 2007 13 videos of the event night and 7 videos of the Thursday practice days have now been uploaded at our temporary site below: http://speedwaymalaysia.blogspot.com/ Please kindly relay this message to all those who maybe interested. Thank you all, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariusz Dubi Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 but if we check into a hotel in europe, the last name in the above in red text will be listed as the surname. So, for the ranking list you may want to say HAMZAH ("surname") Helmy (given name) hope this helps...<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks a lot - this helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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