Henry Lee Junior
Henry Lee Junior | |||||||||||
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李萬祺 | |||||||||||
 Lee at the 2006 China Circuit Championship in Shanghai | |||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1958 | ||||||||||
| Spouses | |||||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||||
| FIA World Touring Car Championship | |||||||||||
| Years active | 2007 | ||||||||||
| Former teams | Ghiasport, WK Longman Racing, Changan Ford Racing | ||||||||||
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| 2007 | FIA World Touring Car Championship | ||||||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||||||
| 2000 | Asian Touring Car Series | ||||||||||
| Last updated on: 21 November 2011. | |||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 李萬祺 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李万祺 | ||||||||||
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Henry Lee Man-Kee Junior (Chinese: 李萬祺; born 18 March 1958) is a Hong Kong celebrity and a racing driver.
Early life
[edit]Lee is the son of Henry Lee Hok-Ping who was a motorcycle racer and worked for Sime Darby. Lee majored in business administration and graduated from University of Southern California. He was an auto racing fan from an early age because of 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
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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.
Lee 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 won 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 competed 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]
In 2007, Henry Lee Jr. took part in the World Touring Car Championship finale in Macau, driving a BMW 320i for Avtodom Racing.[4] He qualified 27th but lost early in the race.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Lee married actress Candice Yu in 1987. They have two daughters, born in 1988 and 1991. They divorced in 2003.[6] In January 2008, Candice Yu claimed that she did not receive her alimony every month.[7]
In 2007, Lee had a son with his girlfriend Yu Yang, who is 24 years his junior. Lee and Yang married on 31 January 2008.[8]
Bankruptcy
[edit]Lee's racing mentor Ngai Chiu-Neng died of liver cancer in 1996. Later that year, Lee invited Ngai's widow, Chui Yin-Ping, to invest HK$1.8million into his company Top Pacific Communication. In 1998, Chui sold her shares back. In 2002, she filed for Lee's bankruptcy when he could not repay the money owed to her.[9] The court granted an immediate bankruptcy order to Lee on 5 September 2002.[6][10]
References
[edit]- ^ 車癡比賽屢奪大獎 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Apple Daily. 26 April 2003.
- ^ 2000 Guia Race of Macau race results
- ^ (in Chinese)李萬祺與福特 Focus戰車 努力作戰 Apple Daily. 20 September 2002.
- ^ 2007 Macau Guia entry list 2007 Macau Guia entry list
- ^ "Macau Grandprix -". www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo. Archived from the original on 2008-03-30.
- ^ a b (in Chinese)捱過破產 難忍外遇 余安安、李萬祺離婚兩月 Apple Daily. 20 April 2003.
- ^ (in Chinese)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.
- ^ (in Chinese)50歲李萬祺奉子成婚 余安安冷對前夫再娶 Apple Daily. 16 February 2008.
- ^ (in Chinese)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.
- ^ (in Chinese)欠 債 100 萬 李 萬 祺 被 判 即 時 破 產 Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine "Sing Tao Daily. 6 September 2002.