Carmona, Cavite – To settle the score between Mickey Mazo and Romer Corbe, Yamaha Motor Philippines hosted an 8 hour endurance race not on the streets, but on the safety and confines of the Carmona Racing Circuit where Team Corbe bested Team Mazo with a combined total 1450 laps in 8 hours against 1380 laps for Team Mazo.
THE AWARDS
“Champion ako!” said Romer Corbe, who led Mikey Mazo individually with 346 laps vs 339 for the latter. “Sa lahat ng pumunta maraming salamat sa suportang binigay nyo sa amin” he added.
Kyle Paz, who had the best lap of the 8 hour endurance race with only 55.3 seconds riding a Yamaha NMax grabbed the Fastest Lap Award and took home P20,000.00. When asked if he could do another hour after riding full swing for 5 hours, Kyle replied “hindi na” with a big smile on his face. The Fuel Efficient Award went to Team Mazo burning a total of 54.22 liters of gasoline for the whole 1380 laps in 8 hours.
PRELUDE
Mickey Mazo and Romer Corbe battled in the infamous $20,000 illegal street race up in Marilaque (Marcos Highway) after a heated argument on social media with fans taking sides. That time, Mazo emerged victorious after taking the lead at the last curve.
ENDURANCE RACES OFF THE STREETS
Motorcycle endurance events are everywhere these days. Unfortunately, no matter how organizers brand it as “not a race”, they still become a race at some point where some participants finish at ridiculously low timeframes and to accomplish that, they ride at speeds beyond what the law allows. Yamaha Motor Philippines said they aim to take these street races (including all forms of illegal street races) off the streets and to the confines of the racetrack where there are no pedestrians crossing or other vehicles using the road and this race is only the first of many endurance races (in the racetrack) happening in the future.
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