{"id":412562,"date":"2024-08-29T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=412562"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T14:00:00","slug":"Cruz-cruises-to-Round-8-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/Cruz-cruises-to-Round-8-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz cruises to Round 8 win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aric Cruz finished the season with a bang after topping anew the Intermediate Class of Round 8 of the 2024 \u201cMOTO IV\u201d Points Race Series last Sunday at the Cowtown Race Park.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old recent intern at Herman\u2019s Modern Bakery won both heats for a perfect 50 points. Vicente Palacios wound up second with 44 points, while Ethan Yumul was third with 40 points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe track was a fun dry and tacky course. To me it was about having fun but after I crashed in the first heat going to the third lap, I decided to race like I had nothing to lose. I would like to give all the thanks to the Lord up above for giving me the courage to not give up and I would like to dedicate this win to my parents for always standing by my side in all of the hardest times,\u201d said Cruz after his Round 8 victory aboard his trusty 2024 Yamaha Yz250f.<\/p>\n<p>He also extended his thanks to Rep. Ralph Yumul (Ind-Saipan) for the tents, \u201cas it was a crazy hot day\u201d and Guy Pudney of MARPAC \u201cfor the refreshments to keep us hydrated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other sponsors Cruz sent his gratitude to include Inas Kitchen, YCO Hardware, 670 Rocksteady Shop, TurnKey Solutions, DC Pro Rentals, and the Ericco Racing Team.<\/p>\n<p>Results of the other classes will be published in the next issues of <em>Saipan Tribune<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/imgupload\/3c24db7262b268cb8fb4edcb1da8953b.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p>\n<p>Aric Cruz in action in the Intermediate Class of Round 8 of the 2024 \u201cMOTO IV\u201d Points Race Series last Sunday at the Cowtown Race Park.<\/p>\n<p>-CONTRIBUTED PHOTO<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aric Cruz finished the season with a bang after topping anew the Intermediate Class of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412562","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}