NEW CHALLENGE for the CEBU RACERS

2010 Philippine Autocross Championship Series – Cebu City Round-2

The second round of the 2010 Philippine Autocross Championship Series in Cebu City was indeed a challenging one for the racers, sporting a new track in SUGBU, South Road Properties, although the race track was a high speed track with more than a hundred meter of stretch with some few chicanes and open turns. Drivers were really having a hard time mastering the track due to its sandy texture of the asphalt. “Its part of the track and part of the challenge for all the drivers, everyone will definitely pass thru those challenges” Danny Santiago said, Race Director.

Mato Tan of DGL Motorsports showed superb driving mastery again, sporting the DGL Motorsports Honda CRX, he clocked in the best time of the day, in the Open-B class. While David Lim got second place overall during his last run in the Open-C. But it was not an easy task as Kartzone Racers really gave the DGL Motorsports team a hard time, Dereck Arculli and Justin Neri was exchanging leads before Mato got the fastest time. Justin Neri of Kartzone got the lead at 39.44 then followed it up with 38.18 in his Experience Modified-B run, then Dereck Arculli of Kartzone came crashing the records again clocking in at 38.11 in the same class. Mato Tan got the lead back with his Experience Modified-C run at 37.04, it was his first taste of the 37 second mark. While Jong King of NCR also got a good run at 37.90, at this point towards the end part of the race, the racers has already mastered the track. In the Open B class, Mato Tan again broke his own record clocking in at 36.22 setting the fastest time to beat in the race, Dereck Arculli came close at 37.71 in his final run, setting the 2nd fastest time so far, until David Lim got the at good run at 36.53 also in his final run of the day advancing to second place overall, Dereck Arculli of Kartzone settled for 3rd place overall.

In the Novice Stock class, Allan Choachuy of NCR got the biggest surprise of the race winning two championships in a row, the Novice Stock-A and Novice Stock-C respectively. In the Novice Modified classes, Kartzone racers dominated this class, Justin Neri, Dereck Arculli, Blake Go and Jess Garcia were just exchanging podium places, while DGL Motorsports dominated the Experienced Modified classes.

The second round of the Philippine Autocross Championship Series in Cebu City is made possible by Castrol Edge, Castrol Magnatec, Federal Tires, Zest Aire, special thanks to Pioneer Mighty Gasket, Disk Brake Australia and City Government of Cebu. Thanks to all participating teams, Kartzone, DGL Motorsports, NCR, Cebu Textar, Toyota Auto Club Cebu, Dub City and all the rest of the racers.