Anton sets lap record in big start to 2014 circuit season

MANILA, Philippines — Carlos Anton kicked off his 2014 campaign with a record-breaking race in the first leg of the Circuit Showdown at Batangas Racing Circuit recently.

Anton, the reigning Philippine Touring Car champion, clocked 1 minute and 44.325 seconds to break his old record (1:44.788) by almost half a second aboard his Mark Young-Hornitex prepared CRX.

“The team prepared the car well and Jeff [de Leon] of Forcespeed helped us get the right set up with the suspension and brakes which I think made the difference,”  Anton said after the race.  “With God’s grace, we hope to reset all our records this year.”

The Mark Young team is now busy preparing for the next round in Clark on April 5.  Promising Iñigo Anton is also set to compete in Bracket F where he hopes to at least equal his runner-up finish last year.

Anton and the Mark Young team are backed by Castrol, Yokohama, Hornitex, Cars Unlimited, Mohspeed, Special Stage and Autoshack. Steve Silva, Contributor