Alex Yoong in 1998 .

His early racing career started in saloon cars in 1992 when he was 16. Alex became the youngest driver in Malaysian motor sport history and moved into a one-make Proton series. He secured his first pole and win in his fourth role and ended up winning two out of five races.In 1992, he took up saloon racing and took a Toyota Corolla to the Macau Grand Prix and managed to get third place in the 1600cc class in the Guia race. However, when he was 11 , he wanted to begin racing but the government refuses to give him a competition license as he is underage at that time.

Instead, he made a habit of attending race meetings and volunteering his services as an electronic scoreboard operator. Moreover, he honed his skills on his father's track, taking his father's Honda Civic for hot laps of Shah Alam in all sorts of weather conditions, self-learning how to four-wheel drift whilst propping himself up with cushions on the driver's seat. 

Alex Yoong in 1998 .

His early racing career started in saloon cars in 1992 when he was 16. Alex became the youngest driver in Malaysian motor sport history and moved into a one-make Proton series. He secured his first pole and win in his fourth role and ended up winning two out of five races.In 1992, he took up saloon racing and took a Toyota Corolla to the Macau Grand Prix and managed to get third place in the 1600cc class in the Guia race. However, when he was 11 , he wanted to begin racing but the government refuses to give him a competition license as he is underage at that time.

Instead, he made a habit of attending race meetings and volunteering his services as an electronic scoreboard operator. Moreover, he honed his skills on his father's track, taking his father's Honda Civic for hot laps of Shah Alam in all sorts of weather conditions, self-learning how to four-wheel drift whilst propping himself up with cushions on the driver's seat.