Why the Petron Rally of Champions is like no other

WITH motor sports making a big impact this year, it is common to hear from racing enthusiasts that there are just too many races happening at the same time! From Time Attack to Rallycross, drag racing to endurance races, it’s really a maze out there as to which race series you would like to concentrate on.

To throw another race series into the pot, our MP Turbo Team has just come up with the Petron Rally of Champions presented by KIA. I can already hear the groans of other racers out there. So how can this event be different from the rest? Why is it worth the time and effort to join? Here are the reasons why our ROC Championship is like no other out there and therefore worth considering if you are truly a racing enthusiast.

3 races in 1 weekend

We have included 3 races in 1 weekend to address the need for all racers to be able to compete in the easiest the ARRIVE and DRIVE, which you can use any stock, production car, do a practice run, nominate a time and try to hit that time consistently. You get 1 demerit for every 0.1- second that you are off from your target time. The one with the lowest number of demerits in his or her bracket wins.

This will enable the novices to run at their own pace, use automatic cars and not overdrive to enjoy the thrills of racing. This will also be a good place for young drivers, who are not even allowed to have a driving license, to compete in a safe and organized racing event. Special classes like organized, too.

- battle where the goal is to set the fast where specially prepared racecars are used to win the different categories, namely Open, Open 4WD, Open RWD, and Open 2WD. There will be sub classes for normally aspirated the best times to be coming from these machines and will highlight the great race cars now running in the different series.

The final race is the premier event called the Petron Rally of Champions where KIA cars are used by the motor sports champions in Future, Present, Past and Masters’ Champions categories that will be hotly contested using the same cars.

Asian Gymkhana format

The Petron ROC will follow the Asian Gymkhana format wherein no driver will be allowed to practice with the cars on the track. They will be given the cars to familiarize them in other areas and then run for 2- 3 heats to determine who the winners are in the various categories. The top winners in each category are then grouped into a Knockout competition where the overall ROC Champion is determined.

The track will be changed after the heat runs and no practice will be again enforced. The Knockout as everyone has an equal chance of winning over the other. There is no event that anyone can run in the same conditions like that of the Petron ROC.

Decathlon of motor sport

We are building the Petron ROC as the decathlon of motor sport, meaning we do 10 different racing disciplines in the ROC’s 10 round series. We start with Gymkhana do slaloms, tarmac hill climb, dirt trial, karting, tarmac rally, dirt rally and other disciplines in the succeeding rounds.

This is not going to be an easy event to master and win all the Decathlon, the winner is the most revered and celebrated athlete. The winner of the Petron ROC truly deserves to be called the Champion of Champions!

History in the making

- there was a David and Goliath sce of the ROC’s knockout competition. Pacis went up through the ranks and battled with rally champion made a big mistake in the final happy Isada.

A lot of the participants told us that we found the right formula for racing and they will be back again.

Best gauge

the best drivers are in the country win as there is no advantage over the other drivers in terms of race car power or track familiarity. The Petron ROC will be the great equalizer for all to show what they got!

We hope that you will follow the Petron Rally of Champions. We will be bringing the highlights to your cell phones and living rooms with multimedia coverage planned for it. We hope to see you at the ROC and let’s see who be! Godspeed!