Ivan Isada

5/5 ✋🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

🏁 THAT’S A WRAP FOR NESR SPRINT RALLY SERIES ROUND 5! 🏁

After six challenging stages, a cancelled SS3 due to timing issues, and a dramatic downpour that left much of the field battling slippery conditions in SS4, our competitors showed incredible determination to bring it home.

🥇 1st Overall – Ivan Isada / Geoff Solidum ( #1) – 27:46
🥈 2nd Overall – Mon Dimapilis / Alex Lao ( #6) – 28:00
🥉 3rd Overall – Ricky Montelibano / Alex Gonzales ( #3) – 28:08

Congratulations to all our class winners, finishers, and crews who pushed through the changing conditions and delivered another exciting day of rallying at Rally Farm Sports Complex.

A huge thank you to our officials, marshals, volunteers, partners, and spectators for making Round 5 another memorable event. Your passion and support continue to drive Philippine grassroots rallying forward.

📋 These are PROVISIONAL results and remain subject to final verification and any official protests.

See you at the next round of the NESR Sprint Rally Series 2026! 🏁🇵🇭

🏁 NESR Sprint Rally Series Round 5 – End of SS4 🏁

What a dramatic afternoon at Rally Farm!

Unfortunately, SS3 was cancelled due to timing issues, meaning the fight for overall honors would come down to the remaining stages.

Then came SS4, and Mother Nature decided to shake things up. A sudden downpour left half the field battling a wet and slippery stage, creating changing conditions and shaking up strategies as crews searched for grip.

At the end of SS4, the leaderboard remains incredibly close:

🥇 Ivan Isada / Geoff Solidum – 15:26
🥈 Mon Dimapilis / Alex Lao – +15s
🥉 Ricky Montelibano / Alex Gonzales – +20s

With the roads changing and the gaps still manageable, everything is still to play for.

🔥 Just TWO stages remain in Round 4. Who will keep their composure, who will attack, and who will stand on the podium at the end of the day?

Stay tuned for more updates from the NESR Series Round 5! 🏁🌧️💨

🏁 PROVISIONAL RESULTS – END OF SS2 🏁
The battle at the front is incredibly close, with just 14 seconds separating the Top 5 after two stages of the 2026 Nueva Ecija Sprint Rally Series!

The fight for the podium is far from over, with Vip Isada / Henry Buenconsejo just one second behind in fourth place and Ricky Montelibano / Alex Gonzales only six seconds off the podium.

Round 5 up next, what's the goal?

It didn’t come easy but relieved and still in awe myself that we got ourselves back up there. Thank you Teo and Bryan for double checking the car and making the crucial decision for the last stage push!

🏁 NESR Sprint Rally Series 2026 – Overall Drivers Points Recap

Ivan Isada sits firmly at the top with 60 points, delivering a perfect run of consistent results across all three rounds. Patrick Ng holds 2nd place with 45 points, keeping the pressure on but needing a big push to close the gap. Vip Isada rounds out the Top 3 with 36 points, staying within striking distance of the leaders.
Ricky Montelibano jumps into 4th with 20 points, showing improvement after a slow start.
Caloy Calica (14 pts) edges into 5th, tied closely with Laurence Palo (14 pts), setting up a tight midfield fight.

3 rounds down and the fight is ON! 🔥