{"id":370239,"date":"2022-06-13T06:01:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T20:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=370239"},"modified":"2022-06-13T06:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T20:01:29","slug":"dave-celis-on-top-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/dave-celis-on-top-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Celis on top of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_370242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370242\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MRA-pixwb-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/MRA-pixwb-2.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-370242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave Celis in action during last month\u2019s Expert Class competition in the 2022 Monster Energy Point Series Race at the Cowtown Raceway Park. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dave Celis doesn\u2019t only provide thrills as a staff of Skydive Saipan, but lately has been getting oohs and ahhs from the fans of motorsports at the Cowtown Race Track.<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old Chalan Kanoa resident graduated from winning in the Veterans Class by topping the Expert Class in last month\u2019s 2022 Monster Energy Point Series Race of the Marianas Racing Association. <\/p>\n<p>Aboard his ever-reliable 2021 Yamaha YZ250F, Celis proved that he\u2019s equally adept in the Expert Class by winning the division in the May race with 47 points. Ellery Cruz came second with 45 points, while Lenard \u201cChampi\u201d Villacanas wound up third with 38 points.<\/p>\n<p>Celis said his strategy during last month\u2019s race was just to race the way he always does\u2014hard and smart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe track conditions were perfect and I just rode hard and smart and just had fun.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Celis dedicated his first win in the Expert Class to his sponsors\u2014Trench Tech Racing Team and Pacific Trading Co. and general manager Charles Cepeda\u2014and of course his beloved family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want to thank race fans and MRA for another awesome race event,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked his good friend and training partner, Cuki Alvarez, and his sons for taking a vacation in the U.S. mainland to allow riders like him to take the pole position from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a nice break for us because the Man of Motocross\u2014Cuki Alvarez\u2014is on vacation. He can take the year off from motocross if he wants to,\u201d joked Celis.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from training regularly at the Marpi racetrack during the weekend, Celis also continues his running routine at the Gov. Froilan C. Tenorio Beach Road Pathway along Middle Road.<\/p>\n<p>Being in tip-top shape and having a clear mind has resulted in Celis adding a monthly win in the Expert Class to his treasure trove of trophies in the Veterans Class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Celis doesn\u2019t only provide thrills as a staff of Skydive Saipan, but lately has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":370241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}