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)