HPI Works Challenge in singapore 2005

The 2005 HPI Works Challenge in Singapore was held at the Race Craft Infinity in the suburbs of Singapore on Sunday, June 19, 2005.
The track is located in a quiet site with a nice view of a cluster of high-rise buildings in Singapore and there are a golf course and a restaurant on the premises to attract many visitors. The 2005 HPI Works Challenge was the first HPI Works Challenge in Singapore and we received many inquiries for the event. In addition to Singaporeans including some Filipinos living in Singapore, there were drivers from Malaysia and Thailand to make an international atmosphere.
Two world champions, Surikarn Chaidajsuri and Atsushi Hara, came to the event with the Hot Bodies CYCLONE, which had made a sensational debut in the 2005 Thailand International Touring Car race (TITC). Everyone seemed to be excited about the erformance of the CYCLONE.
The temperature of Singapore is around 30 degrees Celsius on average and the weather was perfect with nice sea breezes on the weekend.The Electric Touring Open Modified Class and the Stock HPI 23T Class were held in the 2005 HPI Works Challenge in Singapore. Even after a long flight, Atsushi Hara and Surikarn showed up in the track on Saturday for practice. The world's strongest team consisting of two world champions, the best car with the highest performance, and Masayuki Miura to prepare perfect settings already drew attentions from many other drivers.

● Stock HPI 23T Class
Surikarn participated in the class with the CYCLONE! In the class where only HPI 23T motors were allowed to use, the erformance
of the CYCLONE stood out even more. As everyone had expected, Surikarn showed his overwhelming performance to win the TQ and and the championsip without letting anyone else come close to him. The spectators gave long applause to Surikarn, the world champion who was raised in Thailand where RC race activities are quite big.

M O V I E		CYCLONE by Surikarn(Stock HPI 23T Class A Final)
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● Open Modified Class
The performance of Atsushi Hara, the strongest world champion, attracted everyone's attention. The drivers from Singapore and Thailand were all excited about the chance to compete with him. Meen, another Thai driver who has engaged in fierce competition with Surikarn for years, was one of them and spectators were also looking forward to how he would challenge the two world champions: Atsushi and Surikarn. Atsushi demonstrated outstanding speed and perfect racing style with his new weapon, the CYCLONE, and won the TQ and the championship after winning 2 of the 3 main rounds. Meen made 2nd with the PRO 4 after some pitched battles with Surikarn and other strong drivers.
In the evening the prize awarding ceremony and banquet were held outside and drivers had a fun time chatting and drinking. Lucky Thai drivers won all the kit prizes in a drawing and many local drivers were already eager to win kit prizes at the HPI Challenge in Thailand.
At the 2005 HPI Works Challenge in Singapore held with the participation of Atsushi, Surikarn and top drivers from Singapore and Thailand, all the drivers fully enjoyed the world-level driving performance, made their best efforts for their own goals and left the site, looking forward to seeing each other again.

M O V I E		CYCLONE by ATUSHI HARA(Open Modified Class A Final)
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Results
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●Open Modified A Main

●Stock HPI 23T A Main