Jackes rules Mini-ROK Cup, seeks karting’s Triple Crown

MANILA, Philippines - Flynn Jackes carried on the lone fight for the TRS-Castrol Racing Kids Team with a come-from-behind win in the final race to rule the Mini-ROK Cup at the Clark International Speedway.

The nine-year-old Fil-Aussie quickly wrested the top spot after starting last in the final race, and pulled ahead to reassert his supremacy with the big support of Castrol, Bridgestone, Standard Insurance, C! Magazine, OMP, Coke Zero, Oakley, Aguila and Toptul.

It could have been a sweep for Jackes as he topped the time trials in 1:10.169 and prevailed in the neck-to-neck battle to the finish line in the qualifying heat by just 0.129 of a second.

But a spin-out on the first lap of the pre-final heat put him at the tailend of the finals grid. Despite the odds, Jackes gave his all running at a fast laptime of 1:09.820 as he stuck close and diced for the lead with his two rivals until he grabbed the top spot for good with two laps to go.

He completed nine laps of racing in 10:29.445 or three seconds ahead of the runner-up.

“The incident was a big test to Flynn’s fighting spirit and determination and we’re happy that he managed to apply what he learned from his continuous training under the Tuason Racing School Race Career Management Program (TRS-RCMP),” said TRS president and founder JP Tuason.

The Coca-Cola Mini-ROK Cup is the second of the Triple Crown Jackes is eyeing this season after capturing the Mini-ROK crown of the 2012 Coca-Cola Karting Super Series.

Winning the Mini-ROK Cup, which will hold its last two legs on Nov. 10-11 at the Carmona Racetrack, will also serve as a preparatory stage for his third goal – the Asian Karting Mini-ROK crown of the 2012 Asian Karting Open Championship which wraps up its last two rounds in Indonesia on Dec. 15-16.

“If he captures the Asian Mini-ROK plum, Flynn will not only regain the crown the Philippines last won in 2009 but he will also go down in Philippine Karting history as the first kid to win a Triple Crown.  The whole team will go all out to support him in this historic milestone,” Tuason added.

For more info about the TRS-Castrol Racing Kids, interested parties may email www.tuasonracing.com <http://www.tuasonracing.com/>  or at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]>  or visit Tuason Racing School fanpage on facebook or call the TRS secretariat c/o Aileen Urgelles or John at 820-4203.