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Asian Le Mans: OAK Morgan closes out season with win
By alley - Dec 7, 2014, 10:27 AM ET

Asian Le Mans: OAK Morgan closes out season with win

OAK Racing's Morgan-Judd LMP2 completed its domination of the Asian Le Mans Series with a decisive victory in today's 3 Hours of Sepang.

After the OAK Morgan took pole with lead driver Ho-Pin Tung, teammate David Cheung opened up a 25-second gap to Eurasia's ORECA-Nissan during the opening stint. OAK's Ho-Pin TUNG took over 1 hour 45 minutes in, and cruised home to the checkered flag to secure the LM P2 Team Championship and an invitation to next year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Craft-Bamboo Racing, polesitter in the CN class, lost its advantage early as Frank Yu was overtaken by Denis Lian from Team Avelon Formula. However, on lap 33, his Wolf GB08 had an over-long pit stop, and Craft-Bamboo took the lead back. After Kevin Tse's steady stint he handed over to Jonathan Venter who brought the car home to the win and with it the 2014 Team and Driver Championship in the class.

In the GT category, Clearwater Racing's #33 Ferrari 458 GT3, which started last in the eight-car field, turned its luck around during the race. Hiroshi Hamaguchi started aggressively and was able to pass all the front-running Team AAI cars to take a decisive lead, and was never headed thereafter. Team AAI's #91 BMW Z4, which started second, led the Team AAI cars and took second place. However AAI's #91 Z4 still held on to take the 2014 GT Team and Driver Championship as well as the invitation to the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

The race finished with a torrential downpour in the last 20 minutes, so the cars completed the race under a safety car and the event was finally red-flagged with 5 minutes remaining. All eight starters managed to finish, however.

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