Out with the Red, In with the Blue

From this:To this:


Yep, you are right, ran around the track with the hood half open. lol! where do you think did the theme came from? hmmm...


lol!, not really! hahaha... its pure coincidence that i bought a slide for my son with the same theme. Its really a copy of this:


a friend from MLPH was looking for somebody to be sponsored. Originally, I was not included in the sponsorship. I was a third stringer i would say. It was originally offered to Mark Arce, but Mark can't commit that he will be completing the 2012 circuit showdown season so it was referred to Philip Velasco, Philip was also on the same predicament, only he's selling his race car Black wing.

December of 2011, getting a call from Philip that he just rejected the offer and that he and Ulysses Paredes nominated me as the filler for the last slot was a great christmas gift from them. Thanks to you guys!!! Mark Arce included!

and to share Roxy's decal with Liqui Moly.




Liqui Moly Products really performs on extreme environment, its really worth your money:
I would recommend the following:
1. Engine oil - Toptec 4100 5w-40 - i actually have a leak on my turbo, when i was using a different brand, the oil coming from the turbo was excessive after 5 laps (you could see oil dripping after a session), but when i used the Liqui moly toptec 4100, the oil leak was next to negligible (no dripping of oil).

2. Octane booster - Octane Plus - Helps increase hp and reduces knocking

3. Ceratec - ceramic coating used in WTCC. I noticed that the oil temperature takes a lot longer to heat above 130 degree celsius. My baseline is a synthetic Shell Helix which usually overheats after 10 laps in BRC but with liqui moly ceratec and engine oil, i could push more than 15 laps without overheating the oil, and the one who's overheating was me after the 15th lap. lol!

LIQUI MOLY FTW!

Philippine Endurance Cup

Some links you might want to read up:

From Kotse.com
http://www.kotse.com/home/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=517%3Aanim-na-oras-ng-pilipinas-2011&Itemid=166

From HotBits
http://www.hotbits.org/motorsport-detail.aspx?id=18

From Philippine Star
http://www.philstar.com/sportsarticle.aspx?articleid=757292&publicationsubcategoryid=69

From Remate
http://www.remate.ph/2011/12/anim-na-oras-ng-pilipinas/


Of course all the documentations were pointing to who's the winner and all, but i hope you guys were there on the event itself, to see and feel the spontaneity of the event.

Drama is a word that would be able to sum it up.

Half way through the race, driver change happened. I'm the next one after Mark Arce, I never really thought that there would be any overtaking thats going to happen. Before me there were'nt much of overtaking but things get heated up when we were trying to gain laps from the 2nd placer on FM2. During the whole time, I was on track i was able to pull a lead of 3 laps and yet our pit crew were saying im behind by 2 laps... The manager was wanting me to push another 2 more laps before i pit in and have a driver change...

I kept pushing the car, i was giving feedback from time to time on how much fuel i still have and kept on reminding the pit about the health of my tires. I keep on saying "Tires are busted" over the radio. I really dont have a way to tell how much tire i have when running non stop and full throttle. All I know is that the car is not turning well and there's a certain feeling that the tires are not gripping.

I still kept on pushing already, gained 4 laps and then boom.... i was exiting the chicane and the front left tire burst. I lost 1 front tire and lost electrical power. I had to pullover. I tried checking the battery terminals hoping it just came loose but its not. I checked the fusebox and didn't found any blown fuse. I had to let the PIT now about this, I tried the radio but apparently the frequency has been changed unknowingly and i dont know my teams frequency. i have to walk to the pits and ask for some help.

And all of a sudden all 4 laps gained was lost, everybody thought that its the end of the race for MLPH MSC FM2 team but the team pulled it off. Thanks to Raffy! (Chief Mechanic) we just need to put the power back and have the car limp to the pit for tire replacement.

In short, Raffy was able to find the problem. There was a blown fuse! I have missed it big time.
I was able to limp the car back to the pits for tire change but the car was plagued due to an open wire caused by the blown tire. it kept on bugging the driver after me. It has to be pitted in again and cover the wires. After that the car ran smooth again.

BUT we were already lagging behind by so many laps that we were only on the 3rd position for FM2.

Moral of the story:
Prepare - had it been known the tires capability before the race, we could have approximate the number of laps before it bursts. Simulation was key and most scenarios should be covered.

No procrastination - all things that can be done ahead of time should be done ahead of time.

Objective should be same for the whole team.
Some participate to be part of history. Some are trying to create history.

Start the 2010 right!

Jan 6, 2010 - baby boy - Alonso Marcus came out to rock our world... Proud father to an almost replica of mine... hehehe...



Jan 27, 2010 3rd MLPH Trackday headed by MotorSport Crew
It was a GEB filled with surprises thanks to our sponsors!


Katinko, Castrol


and the attendance...


and the line... not racing line... but the line to get a taste of SIR track... hehehe


New car, New shoes, New addition to Motorsport Crew!!! - owned by Mark Arce (kiamoy)

and the first revelation of the Black Top Quad Throttle Turbo charged corolla...


I was not able to update the blog much, was putting my time and effort to my wife and marcus... anyways, will try to keep the blog updated. cheers!

RWYB Weekend

Despite the heavy rain and crazy traffic (we were literally on the road for 8 hours!), we went to Subic last July 17 to 18 for the 2nd round of RWYB.

The initial plan was for us to do our DIY's first (reason why we decided to go the night before the race) when we get there and then discuss our sponsorship contracts. However, because we were all tired and the weather wasn't at all cooperating, we just ended up having dinner at Xtremely Xpresso (our newest sponsor, by the way).

L-R from Top: Cye, Patrick, Philip, AJ, Jun, Jeff

We were up as early as 5:30 the next morning for preps and to get the best parking slots. Here's what we found outside Philip's house (where we stayed for the night):

Pearl, White Hawk, and Tammy - drenched!

Imagine how wet the road was at the raceway! Because the track was slippery and visibility was so poor, we were required to do one orientation run before we actually did the timed laps. Bracket times were also deferred 2-3 secs due to the weather conditions (translate: water puddles on the track) so most of the players decided to join Bracket G.

p L i p @ Black Wing

Nano with his box type

phat_tricks' warcar

Me and Tammy

dmott with his pearl

edwin and his 93 turbo

According to the organizers, Sir Kookie and Ms Menchie, this was the worst weather RWYB has ever seen. That didn't stop us though, because the Motorports Crew still managed to bag several podium finishes:

Bracket G: 3rd place - Patrick Sison (phat_tricks)
Bracket F: 2nd place - Philip Velasco (p L i p)
Bracket D: 2nd place - Edwin Rodriguez (edwin)

Unfortunately, White hawk got into an accident...


Get well soon, MLPH MSC supports you.

While Tammy and I ended up having a breakout with 56 low & 57 high sec for Bracket C, which is supposed to be 58+ secs. Darn! I should've stopped for 1 sec a meter or two before the finish line.. lol.

We were all tired at the end of the day but it was all worth it. My take away ----
"Real Racers drive on wet track, posers dont" -- kookie R.


PS
Almay drove back home, I ask her to push tammy a bit. She did make 160 kph along SCTEX, wet condition, too bad wasnt able to document it...