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Team Rota @ PACS 2012

We started the 2012 racing season with the 1st Luzon round of the Philippine Autocross Championship Series, which happened last Feb. 19, 2012 at Filinvest, Alabang.

 This is also the first time that we use a classic Mini in one of our races. The Mini we used is a 998 cc Flame Red edition and it has been fitted with nothing but a Stage 1 kit from minispares.com. The suspension is stock, but it still handles well and that isn’t much of a surprise.

I managed to bag the 2nd place spot in the Experienced Stock B class with a time of 1:10. I think that It’s not a bad start to the 2012 season and I could definitely improve if I just put some more focus to the way I drive. In fact, I think that I’m really lucky to still have won 2nd place even if my run on Track B was marked DNF (Did Not Finish). It was because I simply missed one gate out of utter carelessness!

It looks like all of you will be seeing more of the Mini in this 2012 season of the Philippine Autocross Championship Series. But there will be more of the Evo when Circuit Showdown starts! So I hope you guys will keep watch of my section here on Tuned. :)

Well, that’s it for now. ‘Til next time!

(pictures used above c/o Alan Ranch Sevilla)

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Steve Rojas: Introduction

Hello everyone! My name is Steve Rojas, and I’m truly honored and excited to be writing for Autoindustriya.com.

I have an unyielding passion for cars and the automotive world that all I do is write and take pictures of anything related to the topic. I asked Brent if he could let me write for Tuned after he saw my senior thesis for college. I’m really grateful to him for giving me the opportunity because here I am now writing my first and introductory post on Autoindustriya.com’s Tuned section.

I also race for Rota in the Philippine Autocross Championship Series and at Circuit Showdown, although I’m new to the racing scene since I’ve only been racing for about 2 years.

I race a Toyota Vitz at the Philippine Autocross Championship series. It’s not a powerful car, but it does handle well, which is perfect for autocross.

For Circuit Showdown, I race a LanEvo 4 which we all know is a very reputable and capable automobile for circuit racing.

However, for this 2012 season, I’ll be using a Flame Red ed. Mini for some of my races in the Philippine Autocross Championship Series. This Mini has been cooped up (no pun intended) in our cold and dark warehouse for about 3 or 4 years. Poor thing. But me and my dad decided to revive her, and she’ll be making her debut on the first round of the P.A.C.S. which will take place in Alabang this Sunday.

Well, that’s me and my machines. I hope I’d be able to supply the readers of Tuned some interesting views and insights with my future content. I’ll mostly be writing about the events and races that I participate in so that readers can be aware of what they missed just in case they weren’t able to attend.

Well that’s all for now until my next post! :)

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