Two of the bigger motorsports and racing names in Taiwan have long made excellence their standard, and now they are going for 2014 Asian Le Mans gold. After finishing in 3rd place overall in the 2013 calendar year, owner of AAI Motorsports, Jun-San Chen returns to the battlefield with a pair of BMW Z4 GT3s and a Mercedes benz SLS AMG GT3. He will be heading up the group of racers who will be aiming to take home the class win with Buddy Club, one of Japan’s most famous tuners.
AAI Motorsports was founded in 1990, based in Taiwan and has worked side by side with Buddy Club for many years. Their participation in the Asian Le Mans has reaped them a great deal of success and they are looking for even more this year.
Buddy Club has long carried a tradition of motorsports excellence and engineering, something that’s evident in any of their products. Their wide variety is meant to appeal to the masses, with products ranging from coilovers and control arms, camshafts and even voltage kits but their true passion is clearly racing.
The fact that they convey their passion into the products is the single best thing any customer could reasonably expect from any aftermarket company. In today’s world of saturated copycats and cookie cutter design processes, quality can often suffer. This is never a problem with any of the Buddy Club products, because they firmly believe in the motto of selling what you race.
With 58 points and the lead currently after Round 3 in Shanghai, Jun-San Chen is in control of their own fate. Fellow teammate Morris Chen sits just below him with 55 points after 3 rounds, and the series goes to Japan for the thrilling conclusion.
The Buddy Club and AAI Motorsports team comprising of Takeshi Tsuchiya (Japan), Tatsuya Tanigawa (Japan), Sakaguchi Ryohei (Japan ) and Ollie Millroy (UK) continue to work towards the class win. Taking a look at the standings after 3, they are doing a pretty damn good job.
Taking first and second place in Round 1 held at the Inje Speedium in South Korea, Buddy Club and AAI Motorsports haven’t looked back since. Just watch the team at work in Korea in the video below for any question of their desire to win.
| Inje | Fuji | Shanghai | Buriram | Sepang | ||||||||||
| Position | Comp | Team | Nat. | Total Points | Pole | Race | Pole | Race | Pole | Race | Pole | Race | Pole | Race |
| 1 | 91 | Team AAI | TPE | 58 | 15 | 25 | 18 | |||||||
| 2 | 92 | Team AAI | TPE | 55 | 25 | 18 | 12 | |||||||
| 3 | 90 | Team AAI | TPE | 36 | 1 | 18 | 1 | DNF | 1 | 15 | ||||
| 4 | 33 | CLEARWATER RACING | SIN | 25 | 25 | |||||||||
| 5 | 7 | PYTHON | CHN | 0 | DNS | |||||||||
Buddy Club also have a complete 86 lineup of parts and styling cues including the 86 tails everyone wants to have but nobody can seem to afford. Don’t forget that’s not all they make, so be sure to check out our Buddy Club product listings for an idea on what they have to offer as a manufacturer.
UPDATE – Enjoy some footage of Round 5 and 6 in Japan below and stay tuned for our wrapup of the 2014 Asian le Mans and the win by the Buddy Club and AAI Motorsports team.
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