Racing

I fumbled last Saturday when I wrote that the 4th leg of the 2012 Kartzone Superkart Series was set last weekend.

It is this weekend yet and I hope to get a chance to be there after some commitments including a lecture and workshop for aspiring journalists at the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu.

Several of the karters are also from the school and they even have a nice looking billboard in the school campus.

Gone are the days when the only sports recognized by the schools are basketball and volleyball.

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I was tempted to drive very fast on my way home last Sunday hoping to catch many more laps of the British Grand Prix, but the heavy rain made it impossible.

The racers can change to wet weather tires, but we ordinary drivers have to make do with what we have.

When there is very heavy rain, sometimes the sanest maneuver for drivers is to stop some place safe.

I did catch the last two laps of the race at Silverstone, but felt a bit heart broken to see that Michael Schumacher, who started third, failed to make a second podium finish since his return to Formula-1 racing.

The race was very eventful and the action during the early stages was another proof how more exciting F-1 is compared to other forms of auto racing. 

That is of course what I believe and I hope it doesn’t get me into trouble with NASCAR fans.

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Roger Federer must have felt like the Ateneans playing in the 11th La Salle-Ateneo Golf Classic Cebu in Bacolod City.

Yes, there is no mistake there, it was a Cebu tournament played in the neighboring island of Negros in the lair of the Green Archers.

La Salle won the title of the event.

Unlike the Ateneans, who got whacked in Bacolod, Federer broke the hearts of the British fans when he defeated Andy Murray for the Wimbledon crown.

Federer may seem to have fought a lonely battle, but Murray, who took the first set, wasn’t able to sustain his momentum.

It is Federer’s seventh Wimbledon title, which ties him with Pete Sampras and William Renshaw.

While Murray did win the hearts of the British fans, Federer also earned the respect of millions for his humility, which we now rarely see among sports superstars.

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MILESTONES: A belated happy birthday to my wife’s aunt, Anatolia ‘Mama Tolyang’ Reyes-Bacus, who turned 93 years old last Saturday.

Belated greetings also go to my aunt Eva Frasco Quiñones, who celebrated last Monday along with my mistah, Col. Rene Honasan of the Philippine Air Force.

More belated greetings go to yesterday’s celebrators like Jonathan Yu, Wesley Chiongbian, Felix Guanzon, Malyn Madayag-Hernandez, and Gilbert Suribas.

Today’s greetings go to The Freeman columnist Fr. Roy Cimagala, Dharyl Stephanie Aballe, and Lenlen Costales.

More power to all of you! - THE FREEMAN