Henry Lee Junior

Henry Lee Man-Kee
李萬祺
Nationality Hong Kong
Born March 18, 1958
Hong Kong
Related to Candice Yu (ex-wife)
FIA World Touring Car Championship
Years active 2007
Former teams Ghiasport, WK Longman Racing, Changan Ford Racing
Previous series
2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship
Championship titles
2000 Asian Touring Car Series
Last updated on: 21 November 2011.

Henry Lee Man-Kee Junior (Chinese: 李萬祺, pinyin: Li Wanqi) is a Hong Kong celebrity and a racing driver.

Early life

Lee is the son of Henry Lee Hok-Ping who was a motorcycle racer and worked for Sime Darby. Lee Jr. majored in Business Administration and graduated from University of Southern California. He was an auto racing fan since young due to his father's influence. He began racing karts in 1986 and competed in the Guia Race of Macau for the first time in 1988.[1]

Racing career

Henry Lee Junior racing his BMW at Zhuhai in 1994.

In 1999, Lee drove a Volvo S40 for Ghiasport, sponsored by Ericsson.

Lee declared bankruptcy in 2001 after suffering losses during the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997 -1999. Afterwards, all his racing activities are sponsored.

Henry Lee Jr drove for WK Longman Racing in the 2000 Asian Touring Car Series, sponsored by NuLife . After a season long battle with friend and rival Charles Kwan, he took the championship after finishing second overall in the Guia Race of Macau.[2]

He raced again in the 2002 Hong Kong Touring Car Championship for GR Asia. He drove a Ford Focus ST170 which was sponsored by Valvoline and won the championship.[3]

In 2005 he drove a Honda Accord for Ghiasport in the China Circuit Championship (CCC).

He was competing again in the CCC, driving a Ford Focus for Changan Ford Racing. He won the round 5 race at the Golden Port Circuit in Beijing.

Henry Lee Junior driving his BMW320i in the Macau Guia in 2007.

In 2007, Henry Lee Junior took part in the World Touring Car Championship finale in Macau, driving a BMW 320i for Avtodom Racing.[4] He qualified 27th [5] but crashed out on lap 1 in race 1.

Personal life

Lee married actress Candice Yu in 1987. They have two daughters from their marriage. Their first daughter was born in 1988 and the second daughter in 1991. Candice Yu admitted the couple have been divorced for two months in April 2003 after 16 years of marriage.[6] In January 2008, Candice Yu claimed that she did not receive her alimony every month.[7]

On 31 January 2008, near the age of 50, Henry Lee Junior re-married after his 26 year-old girlfriend Yu Yang had already given birth to a son for him in 2007.[8]

Bankruptcy

Ngai Chiu-Neng was Henry Lee Junior's master in race driving, he died of liver cancer in 1996. That year, Lee invited Chui Yin-Ping, widow of Ngai Chiu-Neng, to invest HK$1.8million into his company Top Pacific Communication in 1996. But in 1998 Chui sold her shares back. In 2002, she filed for Henry Lee Junior's bankruptcy when Lee could not repay the money owed to her.[9] The court granted an immediate bankruptcy order to Henry Lee Junior on 5 September 2002.[6][10]

References

  1. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))車癡比賽屢奪大獎 Apple Daily. 26 April 2003.
  2. ↑ 2000 Guia Race of Macau race results
  3. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))李萬祺與福特 Focus戰車　努力作戰 Apple Daily. 20 September 2002.
  4. ↑ 2007 Macau Guia entry list 2007 Macau Guia entry list
  5. ↑ http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp54/result.php?race=wtcc_qual&lang=en#result
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 (traditional Chinese (HK))捱過破產　難忍外遇 余安安、李萬祺離婚兩月 Apple Daily. 20 April 2003.
  7. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))前夫添丁擺滿月酒豪爽 余安安明寸李萬祺拖贍養費 The Sun. 30 January 2008.
  8. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))50歲李萬祺奉子成婚 余安安冷對前夫再娶 Apple Daily. 16 February 2008.
  9. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))寧讓嬌妻買貴衫　不肯還錢給寡婦 女債主數臭余安安丈夫 Apple Daily. 6 September 2002.
  10. ↑ (traditional Chinese (HK))欠 債 100 萬 李 萬 祺 被 判 即 時 破 產 "Sing Tao Daily. 6 September 2002.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
N/A		 Asian Touring Car Championship Champion
2000 		Succeeded by
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