Asia Max Challenge 14-15 March 2015, Sepang International Kart Circuit After just three years in the Junior category, Jon is progressing to the Senior category this year as he turns 16 years old. He kick-starts his first Senior race in the Asia Max Challenge (AMC) held from 14 to 15 March at the Sepang International Kart…
Read moreSMSA Annual Awards Night27 February 2015, Republic of Singapore Yacht Club Invitation Letter – look carefully and you will notice the karter in the background is Jon. Republic of Singapore Yacht Club. Jon receiving his SKC 2014 overall championship award from Mr Kenneth Wong (VP, Karting Sport). Jon and Kartmaster Drakar’s team principal and members.…
Read moreA One-day Practice on the AsiaCup Single Seater Car 1 December 2014, Sepang International Circuit “The AsiaCup is a FiA designated “International” motorsport series, designed to provide a platform to transition from karting to formula motorsport without a huge financial burden on our racers and their families. The drivers will experience professional motor race engineering services from the…
Read morePicture courtesy of www.kartingasia.com Rotax Asia 2014 wrapped up its final round (round 6) on 12 October at Sepang International Kart Circuitlaysia. Jon finished in 17. After six intensive rounds of racing, Jon was placed 16th out of 47 drivers, and first among the group of karters from Singapore. Looking back, 2014 did not start…
Read moreAsia Max Challenge 2014 (Round 3) 24-25 May 2014, Malaysia Sepang International Karting Circuit. Asia Max round 3 was originally scheduled to be held at Pekan but then it was changed to Sepang. Jon is returning to race at the track where he experienced the kart flipping incident. For this round, the team arrive earlier on…
Read moreAsia Max Challenge 2014 (Round 2) 26-27 April 2014, Elite Speedway Malaysia It has been one and a half months after Jon’s horrific race incident during AMC Rd1, as Jon prepared himself to race again. This time, he will be using the Kosmic kart from his AKOC 2013 races. Picture courtesy of www.rotaxasia.com (Mr Ben…
Read moreIt was a miracle that Jon suffered only minor injuries after he flipped out of his kart on 9 March during round 1 of the Asia Max Challenge 2014 (AMC) in Malaysia’s Sepang International Karting Circuit. However, a further medical check showed that the muscle on his right leg was quite badly torn. As a result,…
Read moreA Harrowing Experience Asia Max Challenge 2014 (Round 1) 8-9 March 2014, Malaysia Sepang International Karting Circuit It was a miracle that Jon suffered only minor injuries and a muscle pull after he was flipped out of his kart and took a few tosses and turns before landing on the grass patch during the Pre-Final…
Read moreRotax Invitational Race Malaysia 201418-19 January 2014, Malaysia Sepang International Karting CircuitJon kick-started his 2014 racing campaign with the Rotax Invitational Race Malaysia on 18-19 January. Unfortunately, he had to give his school’s “Year 3 Edge Leadership Camp” a miss as it coincide with the race.A total of 27 drivers from eight countries competed in…
Read moreJon Lee, Boy Racer Dreams should be free. Sports to the people. Jon saw his dream transformed from “It’s never too young to dream” as a speaker at TEDxYouth@Singapore 2012 to “Dreams should be free” in Starhub’s advertisement for Super Sports Arena, a local television channel. The series of 60-second vignettes (commercials) feature local sporting…
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