TRS PROTEGE BASTI ESCALANTE WINS MINI-ROK CROWN AT ENCHANTED
A more confident Basti Escalante, a protégé of the Tuason Racing School-Racing Career Management Program (TRS-RCMP), pulled a sweep of all three races to clinch the Mini-ROK crown recently in the fifth leg of Magnolia Purewater Karting Super Series at the Enchanted Kingdom Kart Trak.
Equipped with the skills and techniques learned under TRS-RCMP, Escalante displayed better race maturity as proven by his focus and aggressive driving in bagging the title with the big support of Tuason Racing School, Ready2Race, OMP and his individual sponsors; Audi,Transnational Diversified Group, SIDC Bridgestone, Puma, Coke Zero, Castrol, Bank of Commerce, Werdenberg International Corp., Emcor, KServico, Audi, Washington Watches.
“The TRS-RCMP lessons worked well for me and the kart set-up was just simply perfect. That made me more relaxed and just focused on my race,” said Basti, son of the famed gourmet restaurateurs, Chef Tony Boy and Agnes Escalante of Antonio’s in Tagaytay.
Now a Grade 6 De La Salle Zobel student, he topped the time trials submitting a fast 35.203 seconds – signifying his strong intentions to win.
And after ruling the qualifying heat and the Pre-Final, he never let the chance for victory to slip off his hands as he controlled the race coast-to-coast to claim the chequered of the 16-lap Final race.
He clocked nine minutes and 21.891 seconds or 5.985 seconds ahead of runner-up Aira Medrano. Ready2Race teammate Marc Meynet checked in third.
“We’re happy with Basti’s marked improvement as it also proved the success of our ideals and modules under the TRS-RCMP. Surprisingly, he learned the discipline and racing judgment of a racing champ quite that fast and we’re sure he’ll make it there on top in no time,” said Mike Tuason, TRS Vice president of Operations.
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