2009 Philippine Autocross Championship Series Cebu round-4

One of the most exciting race yet so far for the series in Cebu City, it was a DGL Motorsports and Kartzone battle for the best overall fastest time of the day. It was David Lim of DGL Motorsports who clocks in the fastest time so far after the Novice Modified-A class at 1:11.76 followed by team mate Mato Tan at 1:14.05 and No Care Racing driver on board the Chery QQ car Dennis Corro at 1:14.99.  In the Novice Modified-B, Justin Neri of Kartzone was the one who first broke the 1:10 minute barrier as he clocks in 1:09.50, Mato Tan breaks the record again as he clocks in 1:08.66 in the same class and David Lim beats Tan’s time as he won the Novice Modified-B clocking in the fastest time of the day so far at 1:07.15.  In the Novice Modified – C class, Atty. Jess Garcia made his presence felt immediately only on his first run, sporting a newly modified turbo Mazda Miata, clocks in at 1:06.91, the first driver to break the 1:07 mark.  The tension was up in the air when Mato Tan failed to beat Atty. Garcia’s time as he only manages 1:07.67.  It was David Lim’s time to run using his white Honda CRX, he manages to clock in a second faster than Atty. Garcia’s time, Lim clocks at 1:05.90 winning the Novice Modified-C.

In the Experience Modified-C another exciting battle between Atty. Garcia and Lim as Atty. Garcia clocks in an eye whopping 1:05.39, setting a new time to beat again. David Lim didn’t waste any time as manages to beat Atty. Garcia’s time improving only .01 of second out of the Kartzone driver, Lim clocks in at 1:05.38.  In the Open-C class both drivers now faces each other in the track, as the excitement mounts in the crowd, both drivers displays an awesome driving skill as they grace thru the track.  In the first heat Atty. Garcia clocks in faster than Lim however he hit two pylons in the process he clocks in at 1:05.39 plus two penalties while Lim clocks in at 1:06.62 clean run.  In the second heat, Atty. Garcia also manages to run faster than Lim, and it could have been the fastest time of the day at 1:04.92 but hit two pylons in the process and Lim secures the overall fastest time of the day as he clocks in at 1:05.33 clean run.

During this race, it was the debut of NCR (no care racing) new Toyota GT turbo, who made good times on the track.  Pietro Jaldon of Davao also graced the race and made his presence felt in the opening heats of the race, but failed to secure a place.  Team NCR fielded the most number of entries and the team was indeed having fun on the track.  The Racing Line would like to thank all its sponsors who made the race possible; Park Mall, Federal Tires, Castrol Edge, RCTV-36 and the different race teams who participated in the race are team NCR, Karrtzone, DGL Motorsports, ACR, Cebu Textar, Bimmer Club of Cebu, TACC, Dub City and many more.  Round-5 will be on December 12, 2009 at Parkmall.