SINGAPORE: The windows of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 9 sports car were rolled down, letting in the acrid fumes of burning rubber and deafening groans of modified exhaust pipes.
“Honestly, it was just to drive fast and hard for fun,” he told CNA. “There was no race or challenge.”The occasion was the eve of National Day, also known as “0808” or “” as the drivers liked to call it, an annual informal event where drivers of such cars take to the streets to experience the joy and adrenaline rush of going fast in a group. There could be hundreds of cars speeding through Orchard Gudang on that day, Adam said.
Racing typically involved a drag competition between two performance cars on a straight and deserted road, usually in Lim Chu Kang, Seletar or Tuas. Multiple cars would gather at these locations to watch the race, with spotters looking out for the Traffic Police . The cars could go well beyond 100km/h while navigating these routes, in what Adam called “spirited driving”.
Drivers used walkie-talkies to communicate while rounding, and stopped at petrol kiosks to refuel and let their cars “cool down”, he said. A 2017 report by automobile magazine Torque said the remote, graveyard-lined 40 tiang was the home of “quite a significant Saturday-night racing subculture” throughout the 1990s. One YouTube video showed dozens of performance cars there on Aug 8, 2014.According to Adam, a race usually happened when word spread that a car had been modified to be powerful enough that its horsepower exceeded a certain level.
The Evo driver would approach a trusted and neutral “match fixer” who knew the scene well enough to find the WRX driver through group chats or mutual friends, Adam said. Car workshops were not involved in organising races.
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