Rivera, Anton share Autocross third round top honors
Credit to Author: MIKE POTENCIANO| Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 16:23:26 +0000
Asian Gymkhana champions Milo Rivera and Carlos Anton notched the best time records in the recently concluded third round of the Philippine Autocross Championship held at the Acienda Outlet Mall in Silang, Cavite.
However, it was the younger Iñigo Anton who again ruled the Open Class, making it three in a row for a perfect start in the current year. The 14-year old Baguio student was under pressure the whole day after experiencing mechanical problems anew with his Mark Young Racing’s Honda Civic EF that left him with only two runs to get the Open Class win.
Petron’s Rivera was only competing in his first autocross race for the year and topped the race with a fantastic time of 37.48 seconds. Using his trusty and well-sorted Toyota Starlet, Rivera was the only one that broke the 38-second barrier and stomped his authority anew in the very technical discipline of autocross.
“We were blessed and thankful to have a car running perfectly for us to win this third round of the autocross championship,” said a very happy Rivera. “Although we will not be competing the whole season, we still wanted to give it our all and gun for the win. Thank you to our crew for keeping the car in shape even after a five-month hiatus.”
The veteran Carlos Anton had to settle for second place overall as the second Mark Young Racing Honda CRX suffered from brake master failure after two runs. His time of 38.38 seconds was never beaten except by Rivera. This created a very tense evening for the Antons as the veteran racers tried to beat their time records.
Trying to take the lead was Milo’s younger brother and regular autocross campaigner, Estefano Rivera. Using his newly built Honda EG hatchback, Estefano made a fast 38.40-second run in the evening but wasn’t enough to beat Carlos’ time, making him settle for third place. Iñigo took fourth place overall with a time of 38.96 seconds.
“I’m so happy that we still won the Open Class in spite of our car having so many problems in this round,” said the younger Anton after a long night of waiting on the side with his broken car. “We still got our third straight win in this class and my dad is in first place and I’m in second for the yearly championship. We hope we can continue this up to the end.”
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