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Scrutineering day |
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4X4 of all shapes and sizes congregrated for inspection |
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Last minute.. |
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adjustments and repairs were made to the last minute of scrutineering, here Ah Kuin rectifys Anton's car |
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Bugging.. |
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The Indonesians came with their usual buggies again |
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Flag off |
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at MJC withOUT the usual song and dance |
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the gang listens |
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to the speech with 1- Nunok, 2 -Ah Gu, 3 - Ah Chan, 4 -Eddie and 5 - Laurence with Brunie competitor 6. |
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Joe's new car |
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in its first time showing as a competition car. This was a long wheel base Toyota MkII LX |
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Lau and Eddie |
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competed in a number of events together. This is a little unusual for Eddie as he often is an event official |
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Arnold and Aboy |
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cheerfully waiting for the SS to start |
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First time too |
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David is his first competition outing as well |
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Tune-up |
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Ah Gu is now driving an Indonesian vehilce, having worked in Jarkarta for the last year |
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Two Biggies |
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Ah Ni and Chicken Egg in a rather strange serious mood |
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Checks |
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borneo4x4 gives his buddy Laurence last minute checks before competiting |
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The Brother |
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of Chicken Egg helps adjust tyre pressure before competition |
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Chang Cousins |
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Ah Kuin and Ah Kiat from Sabah on SS 2 |
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Unusual recovery |
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for Indonesian competitors as he was stuck ont he slope |
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Ah Chan |
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Tarat Winch Challenge champ has now to work with a new co-driver. He works out the winching point here |
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Joe's first |
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problem was that his winch lock did not fully engage and he could not winch up the wall. He later rolled his car in SS 2 |
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Our Indonesian bro |
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was stucked in the mud once too often. Here he progresses by winching |
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Down slope |
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Robert from Bintulu was one of only TWO who drove down this slope |
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Ah Lo |
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is from Mengattal, Sabah and is driving and partnering Anton (Indonesia) in his BJ40. He is the hardest working driver |
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Speed off |
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Ah Gu, speeds off in SS2 |
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Kuin's dilema |
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his front lockers were not disengaged and this caused his front wheel to slid down slop, getting caught by the tree |
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Ah Soong |
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was trying to keep clean and was teased by friends that caused him to wallow in the mud (insert) |
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cable power |
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is seen here as the winch is torn off the Indonesian vehicle when it dropped down the slope in SS4 |
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Siong Fah |
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from Miri and his co-driver from Brunei.. truely international |
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Jacko |
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climbs the slope of SS4 with ease. That was only half the story, he almost DNF when he could not disengaged his rear strap |
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Sequence of Serwan rolling |
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Shin drops in |
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down the slope in SS4 without rear winching |
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