Suba, Rivera complete Fern-C team's sweep

MANILA, Philippines - VJ Suba and Milo Rivera rallied to complete a surprise 1-2 finish for Fern-C racing team in the kickoff of the 2012 Petron Karting Super Series at the Carmona racetrack in Cavite recently.

Suba quickly grabbed the pole on the green light and banked on his defensive maneuvers to fend off Franco Reyes of Industria Racing behind during the first 13 laps. 

Rivera took over from younger brother Estefano Rivera and moved up to third behind Reyes, who like Estafano, encountered engine problems, paving the way for Fern-C Racing’s 1-2 finish in both the ROK Overall and ROK Senior divisions.

CJ Tsui, also of Industria Racing, topped the qualifying heat while Reyes charged back in the last 600 meters to slip past Suba and rule the pre-final race of the event sanctioned by the Automobile Association Philippines and sponsored by Petron Blaze, San Miguel Corp., Motorstar and Aeromed.

Suba, who submitted the fastest lap-time of 45.732 seconds, wrapped up the 20-lap race in 16 minutes and 28.803 seconds while Milo Rivera checked in 2.553 seconds later.

Comebacking Javi Benitez, a former Junior Karter of the Year, took third place while Tsui and Archim Lagman wound up fourth and fifth, respectively.

Estefano Rivera went on to finish the race but settled for runner-up honors behind ROK Junior champion Daniel Miranda of Cebuana Lhuillier-Marcelo Racing.

Jaz Monzones of Natmo Asia-GP1 Racing bagged the ROK Novice title over former SQ Karter Raul Baretto.

Nike Mora of Red Bull Supreme Racing scored a double victory after anchoring a 1-2 finish with defending champion Don Batino in the SQ Expert class over Philip Rido, Daniel Park and Peter Kim. He later prevailed over Othmar Stutz and Rido in the SQ Veterans division.

Michael Jordan won the SQ Novice class over Michael Buenafe.

For details, call the Carmona racetrack c/o Rose Feria at 845-0745, 889-3389, 845-3287 and 845-4142 or visit www.asiankarting.com.