BIENVENIDO G. Manalo, a Philippine motorsports pioneer, will be enshrined in the Hall of Fame when the 2013 Golden Wheel Awards honors the best in the sport on March 16 at Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino of the Cultural Center of the Philippines.
NATIONAL champion Jonathan Tiu of JCT-Blanche Racing and reigning titlist Martin Manalo of RSL Motorsports shared the limelight following separate victories recently in the third and penultimate leg of the 2012 Philippine Drag Racing Championships Southern Series at the Batangas Racing Circuit.
Enzo Pastor, one of the country’s biggest names in motorsports, received a big boost in his career recently after he was taken under the wing of Toleman Motorsports Management.
Filipino karters are preparing hard in a united fight to regain the overall championship in the penultimate leg of the 2011 Asian Karting Open Championship Series set Nov. 4-6 at the Clark International Speedway. Reigning champion Stefano Marcelo of Maranello-San Miguel Corporation-Marcelo Racing and Estefano Rivera of FERN-C Racing will be spearheading the country’s quest [...]
Carlos Anton stamped his class over a field of more than 50 drivers to rule the Circuit Showdown event at the Clark International Speedway recently.
Davao native Vincent Floirendo will push for his fourth straight triumph in the 2011 Yokohama Philippine GT Championship Series tomorrow at the Clark International Speedway. Floirendo needed the crucial win to firm up his bid for the coveted Driver of the Year award in this event sanctioned by the Automobile Association Philippines (AAP). He ruled [...]
Basti Escalante of Tuason Racing School notched his second straight sweep recently in the third leg of the 2011 National Karting Super Series at the Boomland Kart Track of the CCP Complex.
Ferdinand “Enzo” Pastor is set to become the first Filipino to race this year’s Euro Nascar Series. Pastor left for Amsterdam Wednesday to catch the qualifying practice session in the 4-km Zandourt International Circuit race track. He will join the main race this weekend. Pastor nailed the breakthrough Euro Nascar Series ticket after he was [...]
Sebastian Vettel is in the company of the great drivers in Formula One history—not just by winning the 2010 world championship, but also by crashing into the legendary “Wall of Champions” at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Following his big win in Batangas, Tuason Racing protégé Basti Escalante hopes to wrest solo leadership in the Formula SL Novice as he guns for a back-to-back in the third leg of the 2011 National Karting Super Series today at the Boomland Kart Track of the CCP Complex.
Crowd-favorite Rey Panaligan bowed out early but Audel Sison saved the day for Fern-C Racing by ruling the third leg of the Lateral Drifting Championship recently.
MANILA—The House of Representatives is set to conduct an inquiry into the shocking death of Superbikes racing champion Maico Greg Buncio. Party-list Rep. Mark Aeron Sambar of the Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta recently filed a resolution directing the House committee on youth and sports to look into the tragic accident on May 14 that claimed [...]
VJ Suba outfoxed highly favored Japanese rivals and local racers in the 2011 Denso KF2-KF3 Cup Karting Series at the Carmona Racetrack recently. Suba maximized the power of his borrowed machine to top the qualifying round over Stefano Marcelo and teammate Milo Rivera in 42.655 seconds. In the final heat, Suba refused to wilt under [...]
