The Merdeka Cool as great as Committed Malaysians stories go upon withKaramjit Singhaka The Flying Sikh Malaysia's as great as Asia's many successful convene driver. He was thefirstdriver from Middle East to win theFdration Internationale del' Automobile(FIA)Production Car World Championshipfor Drivers.
I have been following Karamjit's feats for many years though have yet to encounter him personally. Hopefully one of these days I will get to encounter a greatest convene automobile motorist a nation has ever produced. Karamjitwas born Jan 29, 1962. Hemade his convene debut (as a twenty-four year old) in 1985 (that was 27 years ago) in a Castrol Daylight Rally. Hisfirst convene automobile was a Peugeot 404, belonging to his father.He spent a initial dual years of his conspicuous career competing internal rallies (privately without any sponsorship).
Karamjit - Malaysia's as great as Asia's many successful convene motorist (Photo by Steven Sum)
Karamjit's initial general event was a Rally of Thailand in 1991 where he won a 2WD category as great as finished 6th overall ahead of a fleet of 4WD cars. In 1993, Karam got into EON teams' re-developed 4WD Iswara as great as also won a initial National Rally Champion title of his career.
Karamjit won a coveted Group N title during Middle East Pacific Rally Championship in 1997. By 1999, Karam already had 6 consecutive Malaysian National Rally Championship titles in further to multiform victories during Ra! lly of I ndonesia, Rally of Philippines, Rally of Thailand as great as a Indian National Rally Championship.
Karamjit won a coveted Group N title during Middle East Pacific Rally Championship in 1997. By 1999, Karam already had 6 consecutive Malaysian National Rally Championship titles in further to multiform victories during Ra! lly of I ndonesia, Rally of Philippines, Rally of Thailand as great as a Indian National Rally Championship.
There were many victories in a general front. Karamjit won a 2001Asia Pacific Rally Championshipfor Drivers, a 2002 FIA Production Car World Championship for Drivers, as great as a 2002 as great as 2004 FIA Middle East Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers. He raced for thePetronasEON Racing Team as great as TeamProton Pert Malaysia using Proton4WDrallycars as great as with various co-drivers. In 2011, Karamjit proposed racing for theCUSCO Japanteam in a Middle East Pacific Rally Championships after relocating from a Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team.
Karamjit upon hisProton 2WD automobile during theRally of Whangarei, New Zealand this year (Photo - Proton Motorsports)
Karamjit became World Champion in a FIA Production Car World Rally Championship in 2002 upon his initial attempt during a championship, also winning a FIA Middle East Pacific Rally Championship which same year. He was a first Asian to ever become universe hold up in a motorsports universe championship series. For these achievements, he was declared Malaysia's Sportsman of a Year in 2002.
Karamjit as great as his longtime co-driver Allen Oh have been respected with a place in a Malaysia Book Of Records as a "Most Successful Rally Duo in Malaysian history". They were declared as a "2002 Timesport-Sports Toto Man of a Year" as great as a AAM Motorsports Man Of The Year 2002" award. Both were conferred a Ahli Mangku Negara (AMN) endowment by a Yang di-Pertuan Agong in 2002.
! In a center of his career, Karamjit often had trouble in finding sponsors, as great as was unable to experience in a FIA Middle East Pacific Rally Championship. His team itself did not have sufficient money to pay formechanicsand upkeep of his vehicle. To have matters worse, a FIA slapped him with a huge excellent of 10,000Euros for not participating. Karamjit had to sell off hisapartmentto pay his excellent as great as boat his automobile home. Karamjit had regularly refused sponsorship from a government since he believed he could find sufficient corporate sponsors to equivocate burdening a public. After a couple of year partially deficiency from a convene arena due to miss of sponsorship, Karamjit Singh returned to a competition with a new team, Team Templer Motorsport.
Karamjit has won a Malaysian National Rally Championship a jot down eleven times, notwithstanding staying away from a championship to combine upon his general rallies in between a years 2000 to 2006. He returned to a national championship in 2007 as great as soon won, all a titles up to 2011.
Karamjit as great as Allen Oh after winning a 2004 Middle East Pacific Rally Championship (Photo : APRC.TV)
Karamjit - after winning a 2007 Malaysian Rally Championship (Photo : paultan.org)
Karamjit - after winning a 2011 Malaysian Rally Championship (Photo : The Borneo Post)
Achievements as great as career highlights:12 times Malaysian National Champion driver(latest in 2011)
Asia Pacific Production Rally Champion 1997
Thailand National Rally Champion 1998
Asia P! acific P roduction Rally Champion 2000
Champion Sepang Endurance Race 2000
Asia Pacific Rally Champion 2001
Asia Pacific Rally Champion 2002
World Champion (PWRC) 2002
2002 NST Malaysian Man of a Year
2002 National Sportsman of a Year
2002 Malaysian Sikhs Association Man of a Year
2002/03/04 Malaysian Motor Sports Man of a Year
Asia Pacific Rally Champion 2004
Works motorist - KST Ralliart China 2006-07
Asia Pacific Production Rally Champion 1997
Thailand National Rally Champion 1998
Asia P! acific P roduction Rally Champion 2000
Champion Sepang Endurance Race 2000
Asia Pacific Rally Champion 2001
Asia Pacific Rally Champion 2002
World Champion (PWRC) 2002
2002 NST Malaysian Man of a Year
2002 National Sportsman of a Year
2002 Malaysian Sikhs Association Man of a Year
2002/03/04 Malaysian Motor Sports Man of a Year
Asia Pacific Rally Champion 2004
Works motorist - KST Ralliart China 2006-07
Despite getting little await from a corporate sector or a government, Karamjit has continued to surpass in this very demanding sport.His loyalty as great as focus upon his pushing has warranted him a respect of a motorsports fraternity all over a universe [it is a genuine empathize which many Malaysians do not know him]. The artless as great as disciplined Karamjit is regularly feverishly challenging himself to outdoing himself - pitting his skills as great as winning against a world's best. A loyal universe class sportsman.
50 years aged this year, he is still racing as great as he is still winning. His many recent victory was during a Kangar leg of a Malaysian Rally Championship 2012 where he as great as his co-driver Nicole Ann Gillbeat multiform big names to clinch a victory.
Monyet King as great as all a inhabitants of a Planet of a Monyets saluteKaramjit for his loyalty as great as value in this very demanding sport. Malaysia will have to wait for a prolonged long time before we get a convene motorist of Karamjit's calibre. Karamjit is a great hold up no! twithsta nding all his successes, he has remained medium a loyal hero indeed.I goal those of we reading this article, have been inspired by Karamjit's determination, skiils as great as fulfilment in motorsports - as great as which we as well will take up as great as succeed in hurdles which have been tighten to your heart.
** much of a information above was performed from multiform websites including APRC.TV as great as Wikipedia.
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