Davao bets early favorites

DAVAO CITY — Davao City 10-second drag racers Guillermo Torres Jr. and Vanni Garcia are among the early favorites in races 8 and 9 of the Philippine Drag Racing Familysport (PDRF) competition to be held at the Manila Harbour Center this weekend.

Torres will be riding his Mitsubishi Evo IV while Garcia will vie aboard a Mirage Cyborg in what is considered to be among the toughest series of the PDRF.

Torres and Garcia are competing to break the Philippine record of 9.957 seconds held by Ken Kepner.

Tomorrow’s race features Quick 8 heads-up races and top 16 competitions for the Dodo Ayuyao Cup series.

Qualifying runs for the Sportsman Pro for 10-13.99-second cars, Hot Street for 14-15.99-second cars and Street Stock (16 seconds and up) bracket classes shall be held tomorrow afternoon.

At least 12 PDRF national records are expected to be shattered during this weekend wherein attempts for national record runs shall likewise be seen in the qualifying and elimination rounds. - E. Regalado