SINGAPORE: MOTOR RACING - Changi Airport Race pits Jett8 Airlines Boeing 747 against Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Cup race car to kick off Grand Prix season

Record ID: 310473

  • Title: SINGAPORE: MOTOR RACING - Changi Airport Race pits Jett8 Airlines Boeing 747 against Porsche 911 GT3 Carrera Cup race car to kick off Grand Prix season
  • Date: 6th September 2009
  • Summary: CHANGI AIRPORT, SINGAPORE (SEPTEMBER 5, 2009) (REUTERS) GRANDSTAND WITH AUDIENCE ON THE TARMAC BLUE PORSCHE 911 GT3 CUP RACE CAR ON THE TARMAC AUDIENCE WATCHING CAR DRIVER YUEY TAN, POSING WITH GIRLS PLANE PILOT CAPTAIN PETER LEO CHIN FANG POSING WITH GIRLS (SOUNDBITE) (English) YUEY TAN, RACE CAR DRIVER, SAYING: "I'm gonna win today, I hope." DRIVER ENTERS BLUE PORSCHE BLUE PORSCHE DRIVES OFF TO START POSITION JETT8 BOEING 747 TAXIING TO START POSITION GIRL WITH A CHEQUERED FLAG ON THE FINISH LINE PLANE ON THE RUNWAY STARTING THE RACE PORSCHE RACING AFTER THE PLANE PLANE AND PORSCHE CROSSING THE FINISH LINE, TOO CLOSE TO CALL A WINNER PLANE TAKES OFF PORSCHE DRIVES UP TO THE STAND CAR DRIVER YUEY TAN DECLARED THE WINNER VARIOUS OF THE TROPHY GIVING AND CHAMPAGNE SPLASHING (SOUNDBITE) (English) YUEY TAN, RACE CAR DRIVER, SAYING "I got off the line really really well, I was happy with that. I got lots of grip on the tyres and the rest was history. We just went full pelt and we managed to beat the plane." VARIOUS OF DRIVER YUEY TAN, POSING WITH GIRLS BY HIS CAR INSIDE TERMINAL 3 CHANGI AIRPORT, SINGAPORE (SEPTEMBER 5, 2009) (REUTERS) PORSCHE 911 GT3 UNDER THE COVER VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS AND VISITORS IN A GATE LOUNGE OFFICIALS UNCOVER RED PORSCHE 911 GT3 CAR HEADLIGHT DETAILS PORSCHE SIGN ON THE HOOD VARIOUS OF CAR ENTERIOR, GEAR STICK SPEED GAUGE SHOWING MAXIMUM SPEED OF 350 KM/H BACK OF THE 911 GT3, DETAIL OF EXHAUST
  • Embargoed: 21st September 2009 13:00
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  • Location: Singapore
  • Country: Singapore
  • Topics: Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky,Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVA1NMWDSRHAELDDEAIXMF5CY583
  • Story Text: Singapore's Changi Airport (September 5) hosted an unusual race on Saturday (September 5). A Boeing 747, owned by Jett8 Cargo Airlines, was pitted against a Porsche 911 GT3 racing car in the first such race held in Asia.
    The race was held on the main runway and its parallel taxiway which were closed for other traffic during the race.
    "I'm going to win today, I hope," said Singapore driver Yuey Tan, who competes in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia series.
    After preparations and entertainment, Captain Peter Leo Chin Fang taxied the Boeing 747 to the end of the runway while Yuey Tan drove the Porsche to the end of the taxiway.
    After a false start, the run produced an extremely close finish, with the jumbo-jet and car crossing the finish line almost together before the aircraft lifted into the air.
    The race stewards, after a short delay, declared the car the winner. Yuey Tan received a trophy from Lim Hwee Hua, a cabinet minister in the Prime Minister's Office.
    "I got off the line really really well, I was happy with that. I got lots of grip on the tyres and the rest was history. We just went full pelt and we managed to beat the plane," said Yuey Tan.
    The race marked the start of the build-up to the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix on September 27. This will be the second Grand Prix staged there and once again will take place under floodlights.
    Before Saturday's race, a small ceremony was held to launch the Porsche 911 GT3 in the Singaopore and Asia-Pacific region.
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