MTRT club race lures over 200 riders

MANILA, Philippines - The country’s ace motorcycle riders return to action as they battle for the titles at stake in the Motorcycle Taipei Research Team (MTRT) Club Race today at the Pasay Boomland Kart Track.

The race is open to riders of all brands and is sanctioned by the Underbone and Scooter Racing Association (USRA).

Major classes will be covered by insurance for this event presented by Honda Phils. together with major sponsors FDR, Racing Boy and AIT, minor sponsors Kymco, Jad Racing, Motul, Repsol, Motolite, KTM, HGM, SRT, SmartBatt, JM Mirasol, Castrol, JP New Tomas, JVT, Spyder, DSF, Gatorade, DBS, 720 Armour, and donors Triumph JT Mktg., Deka Trading, Boomland and EverFoam Industrial Corp.

Among the ace riders are Dashi Watanabe, Cassey Ng, Ralph Kenneth Torres, Bryan Ortile, Gerald Cruz, Jeoffrey Teopengco, Rizaldy Canare, Dexter Daquigan, James Barcial, Niño Fabian, Dustin Esguerra, Herbert lopez, Jeffry Chan, Marvin Mangulabnan, Anthony Roman, Michael Altamira, Benjo Mendoza, and also star riders from Cebu Garry Caneda, Lyndon Requilme, Keken Cabahug and Mark Capoy.

The race is supported by media partners Motorsiklo Xklusibo, Inside Racing, Stoplight TV, The Racing Line, MCP and Motorista.

A total of 200 riders will be competing for the titles including riders from Honda Motorworld Cebu, JVT, Jethron, DSF, Team Salbahe, HGM, Replica Pro, Spark Racing Team, Jad Racing, ET Works, Team Friction Zone, Batman Racing Pro, Ton’s Racing, Team G Shop, Team Castrol, Team ERE, Yamaha Riders Club of Cavite, Cebu Beat Riders, Crossroad Riders Club Makati, Street Bie Riders, United Riders Club Power Pipe Kids, MIO Exclusive Club (MEC), MIO Owners Society (MOS), Nouvo Owners Society (NOS), Super 8 Club, Kymco Like Club, Alliance Beat Riders (ABR), Dash Owner Club, CBR Club Phil., and Skydrive Phil.

These riders will be competing for the titles in seven major race categories, namely: the Scooter 130cc Beginner, the Scooter 160cc novice, Scooter 180cc Expert, Under bone 115cc novice, Under bone 115cc Intermediate, Under bone 130cc Inter / Expert and the Under bone 150cc Inter / Expert.

Luscious cash prizes, trophies and other items await the winners. The champion gets P10,000 cash and trophy, the runner-up wins P5,000 cash and trophy, third place – P2,000 plus trophy, fourth place – P1,000 and fifth place – P500.

Gracing the affair are racing executives Sunday Julaton of Honda Phils., Charlie Ong of FDR, Bob Lu of Racing Boy, Arber Armobit of AIT, Gilbert Limjoco of Kymco, Don Dale Ortega of JadRacing, Andy Leongson of Motul, Richmann Uy of Repsol, Raniel Resuelo of Motolite, Karen Caballero of KTM, Bryan Ortile of SRT, Hector Hermida of SmartBatt, Jevis Aguilar of 720 Armour, Virgilio Cruz of Triumph JT MKTG., Eric Ng of Deka Trading, Anthony Go of Everfoam Industrial Corp., Edwin Go of Motorskilo Xklusibo. Al Camba of Inside Racing, Jong Uy of Stoplight TV and The Racing Line, Jake Swann of MCP, Sonny Regala of Motorista, Jun Mirasol, Jeremy Pe of JP New Tomas, Benjo Mendoza of JVT, Gerry Altamira of Spyder and Danny Daquigan of DSF among others.

Bearing the Theme “Race On The Tracks, Not On The Streets”, the said event is aimed at reviving the interest in motorcycle racing as a sport, promote social responsibility and continue the talent discovery search in underbone and scooter racing.

Adding excitement are three invitational fun races – the All Mechanics Race (open for mechanics with no pro-rider background), the Team Race (single group race for touring team, club riders.) and the Club race (for riders with no track experience only.)

Entry fee is only P1,000. All Honda motorcycle entries in seven major categories are free courtesy of Honda Philippines. For more info, call MTRT at Tel Nos. 09177041395 09189449999 09228187118, and 02-2154495.