Panglao, Bohol – Perennial bet Ephraim Onahon of team Honda Project M Koby Estremo Racing Team and Gian Carlo Comendador of YN4 Racing made their presence felt by standing tall at the winner’s podium twice at the close of the ENEOS Regional Underbone Grand Prix (RUGP) at the Panglao Kartways, here, 14 September.

Onahon first took the Open Grand Prix division leaving past closest rivals that included Comendador and Mario Borbon Jr. at second and third places, respectively. He then added another top podium finish by winning the Diablo Cup UB 155 Ltd Gran Prix category on top off Deo Pondoc and Comendador, in that order.

On the other hand, Comendador, redeemed himself with two top podium finishes first in the Honda Winner X category over Sylvester Ramirez and Mark Ocon and in the Diablo Scooter 125 GP category on top off Onahon and Borbon Jr.

All winners were awarded by Jay Sanchez, ENEOS Philippines Corporation, General Manager for Marketing and Planning along with race chairman Jonathan Uy of  5th Gear Motorsports .

Other winners saw:

UB 155 Ltd Intermediate

1st – Deo Pondoc

2nd – Nikko Nambatac

3rd – Gian Carlo Comendador

UB 155 Ltd SP

1st – Kent Calugay

2nd – Kyro Mangosong

3rd – Mark Leorna

Scooter160 Open

1st – Nikko Nambatac

2nd – Jean Michael Borila

3rd – Gian Carlo Comendador

UB 155 Ltd Beg

1st – John Tonido

2nd – Kian Kyle

3rd – Kyro Mangosong

Scooter 125 Ltd Beg

1st – Jones Colados

2nd – Kent Basalo

3rd – Karl Camansi

Diablo Scooter 125Sp

1st – Kent Basalo

2nd – Tom Silfavan

3rd – Yenz Saceda

Presented by ENEOS Motor Oil, Japan No. 1 Motor Oil and organized by 5th Gear Motorsports, the Panglao Bohol leg is the first on its scheduled two leg series for the Visayas Region. The previous legs were held in Mindanao hosted in Davao City last April 4 and in Tagum City last June 15. The last leg for the Visayas series will be this October 15 all sanctioned by the NAMSSA Racing FIM National Federation and the Unified Sports and Racing Association (USRA).

Race Partners include Pirelli Tires – Official Tires; Manufacturer Partners- Honda Philippines, Inc., Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc., Quantum Battery – Official Battery. Racing Boy PH – Official Performance Parts, Imprints Custom – Official Outfitter; Rookie Cup Title Sponsors – LYR Motorparts, VMAN Racing , XPREZ Battery, High Gear Academy Phils, P1 Moto, Project M Racing and ZEUS Performance Exhaust. (Jon Develos)