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Burn rubber! GBS-MDO IDS goes to City Kart Racing!

Supposed to be a welcome to Camille and farewell to Francis and Noel, the whole GBS-MDO IDS team traveled all the way to Sucat to experience what City Kart Racing has to offer.

City Kart Racing is a concept taken from a European standard of Go-karting,
using the latest technology in equipment, layout of track design and facilities
that would cater to the new generation of drivers. (from CKR's official site)

City Kart Racing is along South Luzon Expressway and can be accessed through the West Service road; you can exit from either Bicutan or Sucat. We reached CKR at around 7 PM Friday night. We started by signing our liability waivers, then off to the dressing room to gear up. Afterwards, Jeff (CKR's owner and manager) taught us everything we needed to know to survive the tracks. Then it's showtime!

We had 3 races and after every race we had rounds of powerade while analyzing the results of the previous race (one should see how CKR manages to present such detailed race reports - very accurate even to the last millisecond). Funny thing is, the eight of us got equally divided into two teams right after the first race - the Katipunan connection (UP & Ateneo) versus the Taft connection (De La Salle). I guess our strategy didn't work out because when we crossed the checkered flag on the third and final race, the four Katipunan racers finished ahead all four Taft racers (bad..).

Here are some pics from our burn-rubber, need for speed experience at CKR:

The Racetrack. This is just 1/4 of the whole track. Almost half of the racetrack is situated outdoors. People stuck in traffic along the east service road can see you and your car roaring along the tracks. You can imagine their awe.


Why I love P&G. This team is the number one reason why my internship at Procter & Gamble is very fun-filled and fulfilling.

Very much welcome. (l-r) Herbert, Camille, Jeff (CKR owner), and Ryx. And take this, after our races Jeff gave us our CKR membership cards. We're now professional Kart drivers!

The Katipunan connection wins. Chris finished first, Francis second, and Ethel third. When we go for our paintball wargames sometime next month, we'll make sure the Taft connection will have the last laugh (attention Anton, Herbert, and Boni).

Tending my injury. CKR staff are very prepared in cases like mine. I had burnt skin due to excessive grip on the steering wheel.


Personally, this karting experience provided me three learnings:

1. It's better to have a strong start, but it's always best to have a stronger finish. In the three races I finished 4th, 5th, and 8th, respectively (what improvement). I realized that in almost anything i do, whether it's work or race, how i finish is what will always matter.

2. Respect the flags. Karts, though powered by Shell V-power fuel (ooohhh..), don't have side-mirrors so it's always best for you, for your teammates, and for the other racers if you know how to acknowledge the flags, especially the blue one (attention Boni) which means that a faster racer is behind you and for safety's sake, give way!

3. Do the drift! Just when I thought that I can't drift without a handbrake, Karting tells me otherwise. In the CKR racetrack, there were a lot of sharp U-turns that it's either you do a perfect drift or you crash into the sidelines. You don't want the latter option. Trust me, it hurts.


We finished our night by taking a very late dinner (how about 12 MN?) at UCC cafe at the Bonifacio Global City. And boy we were hungry! And tired, yes. You should've seen the eight of us slumped in our respective sofas. Haha.

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