A Thrilling Turn around Result in Round 3 of Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup

Date posted on July 31, 2019

Clark International Speedway, Clark Pampanga An exciting Round 3 for the Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup 2019 and an unexpected turnout and twist blazed for the podium finishers of Race 1 and Race 2.

Qualifying Round – Rider #01 Jakob Sablaya broke away from the other riders with a speed of 3.755s over Rider #09 Marco Ventinilla, the latter was at 0.063s over rider #05 Trahvys Paralejas, who can be noted from previous rounds that positioned in 6^th Place.

Race 1 – Wet race transpired during the competition, however a different twist came out as rider#02 Andrej Ondillo was able to get the 3^rd Place though he slides and overshoot in Lap 2 as rider#06 Chino Hung came back and reigned again as the second 2^nd placer. However, rider#01 Jakob Sablaya was still at the number 1 position compared with the rest of riders. Meanwhile, rider#05 Trahvys Paralejas who notched 3^rd in the qualifying round got his motorcycle changed, as he did experience motorcycle electrical failure because of the intense rain fall and were in 8^th position during this race.

Race 2 – Riders became more competitive, giving the audience a thrilling and exciting round. Jakob Sablaya once again broke away from his competitors. The battle began for the 2^nd and 3^rd place as rider #05 Travhys Parelejas was able to come back and compete in a head to head battle against rider #08 Kurt Villanueva and rider #06 Chino Hung.

Final result of the competition has come and the result was unexpectedly satisfying for the winners 1^st Place for Rider #01 Jakob Sablaya, Rider #05 Travhys Paralejas at 2^nd place and 3^rd place winner Rider #08 Kurt Villanueva.

The continuous improvement of the Honda Pilipinas Dream Cup Riders was undeniably observed as the they become faster and well- skilled to compete again with each other in Round 4.

Below are the riders result and overall standing:

QUALIFYING ROUND

POS.	RIDER NO.	NAME	BEST TIME	2^ND BEST
1	1	Jakob Sablaya	2:24.467	2:24.787
2	9	Marco Ventinilla	2:28.222	2:28.721
3	5	Trahvys Paralejas	2:28.285	2:28.806
4	7	Kokoy Mangibin	2:28.360	2:29.306
5	6	Chino Hung	2:28.612	2:28.978
6	8	Kurt Villanueva	2:29.459	2:30.465
7	2	Andrej Ondillo	2:33.445	2:33.820
8	3	Chad Mangulabnan	2:35.243	2:35.505
9	4	Michael Nicol Lee	–	–

RACE 1

POS.	RIDER NO.	NAME	TOTAL TIME	BEST TIME	DIFF.
1	1	Jakob Sablaya	14:08.889	2:46.971	–
2	6	Chino Hung	14:39.223	2:52.857	30.334
3	2	Andrej Ondillo	14:57.023	2:52.366	0.212
4	8	Kurt Villanueva	14:56.811	2:56.702	47.922
5	7	Kokoy Mangibin	14:31.563	2:49.361	22.674
6	3	Chad Mangulabnan	14:59.435	2:53.086	50.546
7	9	Marco Ventinilla	14:24.226	2:50.354	15.337
8	5	Trahvys Paralejas	14:30.579	2:49.270	21.690
9	4	Michael Nicol Lee	–	–	–

RACE 2

POS.	RIDER NO.	NAME	TOTAL TIME	BEST TIME	DIFF.
1	1	Jakob Sablaya	16:50.418	2:24.192	–
2	5	Trahvys Paralejas	17:14.061	2:27.408	23.643
3	8	Kurt Villanueva	17:14.186	2:27.521	23.768
4	6	Chino Hung	17:14.721	2:27.461	23.404
5	7	Kokoy Mangibin	17:20.720	2:28.081	30.302
6	9	Marco Ventinilla	17:22.207	2:28.634	31.789
7	2	Andrej Ondillo	17:49.794	2:32.292	59.376
8	3	Chad Mangulabnan	18:08.917	2:35.254	1:18.499
9	4	Michael Nicol Lee	–	–	–

OVERALL STANDING

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