FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Arion Crosby will take his act to another level this month.
Crosby, the only son of a multi-titled bodybuilding champion, will start racing with a group of junior karters this April in a series of international events.
The young Crosby will first be in Pattaya, Thailand to take part in races that members of the Resultado Racing Team will join in.
Crosby accepted an invitation to be part of Resultado Racing Team early this month, when he won the 2023 International Karter of the Year honors at the 21st Annual Golden Wheel Awards.
Crosby, a grade school student at Brent International School, became the 10th member of Resultado Racing, formed over the last two years and which assembled a team of young, talented and promising karters.
“It’s a big thing. It’s a big achievement,” said Arion when he was presented the award during a gathering recently at the Flamingo Wine and Spirits in Met Live!, Pasay City.
Getting the International Karter of the Year honors was his biggest achievement since starting off at the age of 5, when he discovered his love for karting.
“This is something I really worked hard for,” added Arion, who will be under the care of renowned karting coach Milo Rivera, a five-time Automotive Association of the Philippines Driver of the Year awardee and Manila Standard’s motoring editor.
Arion caught the attention of Resultado founder Theo Zaragoza back in July last year, when he had his first international meet at the Kartodromo de Coloane in Macau, where he took the Junior 125 Class by storm in the prestigious Macau Asia Karting Festival.
Arion showed his skill and determination, when he did the best lap time of the race, an incredible 51.716 seconds, at a speed reaching 83.7 kilometers per hour.
“Before Resultado Racing took him in, what Arion did was 51.7 and the fastest time in Carmona (circuit) is 59.6,” said Zaragoza.
“I am proud to have Arion as part of our team. Winning this next race is not a long shot. Arion is very focused and disciplined,” added Zaragoza.
Arion will now be in the company of top senior karters Mikel Fuentes, Ben Corpino, Luis Segundo, Von Viray and Kenneth Tan.
Among the junior karters who are also part of Resultado Racing are Akhina and Andretti Santos, Lucio Reyes and Tino Zaragoza.
Last year, Arion was impressive with the five accolades he got, and this includes a first place and fourth place finish at the 2023 Asian Open Championships, and ninth place at the Asia Pacific Motor Sports Championship.
This year, he was first place in the Rotax Max Challenge Philippines Series’ first and second rounds.
His mom, Gemmalyn Bonghanoy-Crosby, now 35, was a competitive athlete herself 10 years ago, having won numerous honors as a bodybuilder in the United States when Arion was still two years old.
Arion’s impressive list of recent achievements also includes back-to-back 1st place wins at the Rotax Max Challenge Philippine Series (Round 1 & 2) at Carmona Racing Circuit, a testament to his exceptional skill and relentless pursuit for excellence.