Former perennial Karter of the Year Jette Calderon scaled the top of the mountain once again as he hoisted the championship in the premier KT Expert class during the opening leg of the 2013 Kartzone Superkart Series held last weekend at the Kartzone track in barangay Panagdait, Cebu City.
Calderon, a recent graduate of Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu, took full advantage of the absence of reigning Karter of the Year and rival Juan Antonio “Tonyo” Carcel and swept the rest of the heats including the 25-lap final heat which he finished in 11 minutes, 48.197 seconds, beating Joseph Rojo by a whopping seven seconds.
In third place was Justin Go.
In addition to his wins in the first and the pre-final heats, Calderon capped off his impressive weekend by logging in the fastest lap time of the final heat at 28.059 seconds. The youngster pushed his bid for this year’s Karter of the Year plum by coming away with a total of 55 points after the first leg.
However, the second leg is shaping up to be a fierce race with Carcel, who sat out the race due to his preparations for college, expected to suit up and compete.
In other divisions, the winners were Panpan Reroma (KT Masters), Vince Rojo (KT Novice), Lord Seno (Honda Expert), Kym Lymgenco (Honda Novice), Liam Sacal (Mini ROK) and Seven Aleman (SQ Cadet).