to put it bluntly? Go karts offer u the best chance of stepping
into full time pro-racing, but its still a tough uphill challenge.
I raced 3 seasons semi-pro in karts and other stuff, but in
the end had to give it up due to financial
constrains.
Dennis is possibly the closest Singapore has to a professional
racer. Although when I last left for UK and he gave me a little pep
talk, he was also some manager for Eurocars, think he was in charge
of the Lotus cars or something.
Maybe in terms of number of events participated in, Ringo Chong can
count as another, but to date apart from Dennis, I don't think
Singapore has any racers who races for a living. No thanks to the
infernal lack of support from this blasted country's administration
of course.
so how much does one need to prepare to fork out initially for a
racing career?
sry..it sounds silly but im really curious..
and i wud like to ask Heng how u started the ball rolling...u
started ur karting career in sg or uk? are u still racing full time
now btw?
and how does one apply for a racing license? u need to be part of a
club or individually can apply..im really interested in motor
racing but prob is i absolutely don noe where and how to start?..
i guess s'poreans generally are skeptical of motor racing cos of
the dangers plus with reports of bikes and car accidents in the
papers..esp bikes, naturally most parents wont allow their children
to take part in racing..however i feel that speeding is not
dangerous if one can CONTROL the machine and if it is on a proper
race track..i believe speed is nothing without control.perhaps the
building of Tuas Speedway is a small step by the govt to bring
motor racing to sg in the near future...hopefully .
