Mahindra-powered BMC Racing Team conquers 2016 Mamburao Mountain Bike Challenge

The BMC Racing Team, powered by Mahindra, recently dominated the 2nd Mamburao Mountain Bike Challenge or the Mambukarera 2 having finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place respectively in scenic Mamburao, capital city of the Province of Mindoro Occidental. More than a hundred of the country’s top and toughest mountain bikers, some from as far as Mindanao, joined the bikefest organized by the city government. The Mahindra Enforcer, known to the public as the PNP’s workhorse patrol vehicle, was the prime mover in the said event.

Declared winners from Team BMC in the grueling race were: Alvin Benosa, Champion, Men’s Open/Elite category; EJ Flores, 3rd Place, Men’s Open/Elite category; GicaLimjoco, 2nd Place, Women’s Open category; and Archie Duran, 4th Place, Men’s 18-25 category.

The race followed a cross-country Olympic format where bikers made loops in a 3.8 km track. The men’s Elite class to completed seven loops or roughly 25 kms, while the women’s class finished four loops or roughly 15 kms.

As in other bike fests that Mahindra has sponsored in the past, the Mahindra Enforcer was the lead vehicle and overall mobility partner of the 2016 Mambukarera.

Mahindra is the manufacturer and provider of the Enforcer patrol units that the Philippine National Police (PNP) has deployed to help secure peace and order in the local communities across the country, but also to support in disaster and relief operations. The Mahindra Enforcer is currently the No. 1 light commercial vehicle in India. It is also the staple not only of the Indian military and security forces but also of other country’s military forces which have found in the Mahindra Enforcer the toughness, ruggedness and dependability best suited to secure their borders and maintain homeland peace and order.