Malaysian Cub Prix is a motorcycle tournament held in Malaysia for Supercub compatible mopeds a.k.a. kapchai with displacements between 110 cc to 125 cc. The tournament is aimed to encourage young riders to unleash their talents in motorcycle racing by taking part in legal race tournaments and to curb the Mat Rempit phenomenon among young teenagers. Many incentives and subsidies are given to newbies to encourage them to take part.
The major sponsors for the tournament are PETRONAS, Yamaha, Automotive Association of Malaysia (AAM) and Berita Harian.
Contents |
Malaysian Cub Prix is divided into 3 categories - Expert, Novice and Wira epg.
The 2007 season was the final season for the use of 2-stroke machines (maximum displacement: 125 cc) with the same reasons as Novice category. The Expert category has more intense competition and the winner of the Expert category for the whole season is known as King of Kapchai (Raja Kapcai).
Starting from the 2008 season, the Expert category uses 4-stroke machines with the displacement ranging from 110 cc to 130 cc.
Starting from the 2006 season, the bikes used in Novice category are 4-stroke mopeds with displacements up to 115 cc. In previous seasons, 2-stroke 110 cc mopeds were used, but they were changed to 4-stroke mopeds to encourage the use of 4-stroke bikes for environmental reasons. Another reason is to enable Malaysian racers to familiarize with 4-stroke racing to compete with Thai and Indonesian racers who are more familiar with 4-stroke racing.
This category was introduced in 2002 to encourage young teen riders to take part by using 4-stroke machines. The machine used is same as the Novice category - 4-stroke 115 cc, but with the maximum age limit of 19 years old (Previous age limit: 21 years old).