Henry Lee Junior
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Lee at the 2006 China Circuit Championship in Shanghai
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| Native name | 李萬祺 (Lee Man-Kee) | ||||||||||||||||
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March 18, 1958 British Hong Kong |
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| Nationality | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Yu Yang (m. 2008) Candice Yu (m. 1987, d. 2003) |
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Henry Lee Man-Kee Junior (Chinese: 李萬祺, pinyin: Li Wanqi) is a Hong Kong celebrity and a racing driver.
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.
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 [1]. 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.
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.
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.[2] He won the round 5 race at the Golden Port Circuit in Beijing.[3]
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