The National Racing Association began it with four hours for motorcycle road racing in the Philippines in 2001.

It’s doing it again.

The NRA is back this 2008 with the toughest motorcycle event of the year – The Castrol Power 1 12 Hour Motorcycle Endurance Races, happening on May 31, 2008 at the Batangas Racing Circuit.

Find out how the most formidable race teams from the country’s motorcycle industry — Kawasaki Motors Philippines, Kymco Philippines, Motorstar (Eastworld Industrial Sales, Inc.), PMR (Philippine Motorcycle Resources Corporation), Sinski Motorcycle Philippines, Suzuki Philippines, and Yamaha Motor Philippines — battle it out for national motorcycle endurance titles with one machine and two riders taking turns for twelve, straight hours on the track.

Watch how riders, bikes, and mechanics work together for a steadfast and flawless performance that can make them finish with the rest and endure with the best.

Title at stake for the Castrol Power 1 12 Hour Motorcycle Endurance Races are the 110 cc Endurance Championship and the 125 cc Endurance crown.

Wildcard entries (motorcycles that do not qualify within the 110cc and 125 cc class displacement, and allowed up to 250 cc) and privateer race teams may also register and join the races.

The Castrol Power 1 12 Hour Motorcycle Endurance Races are also brought to you by Petron Corporation, Motorcycle Dealers Association of the Philippines (MDAP), Motorsiklo Trading, Inc, Motoworld, Caloocan Sales Center, Easy Trailer and Teknic.

Media Partners are Stoplight TV, ANC (ABS CBN News Channel), News Central (Studio 23), Man and Machine, Auto Extreme, and NewsWatch (RPN 9); Manila Bulletin Drive, Cruising Magazine, Manila Bulletin Sports Digest, Scooterista Magazine, Motorcycle Magazine, C! Magazine, Mo2rista, and Inside Racing. Websites are www.motorcyclephilippines.com, www.motorcycleasia.com and www.lipacityonline.com.

For details, you may contact the National Racing Association Secretariat at tel. no. 725 3949 or mobile no. 917-8202391. Or log on to motorcyclephilippines.com or motorcycleasia.com for more information.

The Castrol Power 1 12 Hour Motorcycle Endurance Races are sanctioned as National Level by the National Motorcycle Sports and Safety Association (NAMSSA).