Tengku Djan Ley bin Tengku Mahaleel is the head of

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Motorsports and is also a Malaysian professional

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driver who has taken part in the

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racing series and others.Sweet Victory For Tengku Djan, Lotus At Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race
He has won the 12-hour Merdeka Millennium Endurance race twice, in 2005 and 2006. Tengku Djan Ley is one of the Kelantan royal lineage.

2005 FIA GT Championship - Zhuhai, China Round

Tengku Djan Ley also competed in the 2005 FIA GT Zhuhai Supercar 500 race, sharing a Lotus Exige 300RR with

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, the pair finished 14th overall and 2nd in G2 class

2008-09 A1 Team Malaysia

He was also the deputy technical director of

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starting from 2008/09 season of

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Drifting

Tengku Djan Ley also actively participates in drift racing, taking part in D1 Grand Prix-sanctioned events as well as the sister tournament of the

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series, the Formula Drift Asia. He participated in the D1 GP "World All-Star" tournament at Irwindale Speedway in 2006 and 2007, finishing 5th and 4th in the respective years. He also raced in the Formula Drift Asia series, winning the championship in 2009 and 2010. In 2011, he chose to take a break from Formula Drift Asia to join the All-Star Professional Thailand Drift Series with the Red Bull Drift Team Thailand, winning the championship with convincing fashion although his car is one of the least powerful in the series. Another of his notable performances in 2011 was during the

Qatar event, where he drove his street legal

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and took out many notables drivers including

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and Frederic Aasbo who were piloting more powerful purpose-built drift machines. His impressive form saw him finishing 2nd, just behind former Formula Drift champion

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.Formula Drift Qatar 2011: Tanner Foust wins, Tengku Djan 2nd!

Achievements

* 2005

Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race The Sepang 12 Hours (formerly known as the Malaysia Merdeka Endurance Race and Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race), was a 12 Hours Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing event held annually between 2000 and 2016 at the Sepang Internation ...

– Overall winner roton R3 Lotus Exige 300RR* 2005 FIA GT Zhuhai Supercar 500 – 2nd in class, 14th overall Proton R3 Lotus Exige 300RR * 2006

– Overall winner roton R3 Lotus Exige 300RR* 2006 D1 Grand Prix Malaysia – Champion ridgestone Malaysia Toyota Corolla AE86* 2006 D1 Grand Prix "All-Star" World Championship – 5th place ridgestone Malaysia Toyota Corolla AE86* 2007 D1 Grand Prix "All-Star" World Championship – Best 8 ridgestone Malaysia Toyota Corolla AE86* 2008

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– Best 16 ridgestone Malaysia Nissan SilEighty S13.5* 2008 D1 Grand Prix "Tokyo Drift" Odaiba – Top 32 uarter Mile Garage Nissan 180SX* 2008

Pro-Am Singapore – 25th position ridgestone/Firehawk Malaysia Toyota Corolla AE86* 2009

Asia – Champion ridgestone Malaysia Nissan SilEighty S13.5* 2010

Asia – Champion ridgestone Malaysia Nissan SilEighty S13.5* 2011

Qatar Global Challenge – 2nd place ridgestone Malaysia Nissan 180SX* 2012

Asia – 2nd runner-up rive M7 Bridgestone Nissan 180SX

Film

* ''Impak Maksima'' (2007) as himself (cameo appearance)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tengku Djan Ley Living people Malaysian racing drivers Royal House of Kelantan Malaysian people of Malay descent D1 Grand Prix drivers Drifting drivers 1976 births