Slain race car driver and motorsports proponent Ferdinand “Enzo” Pastor always wanted to be a racer—even in death. Pastor’s wish was that his ashes are to be placed “inside an engine” so he would have a feel of what it’s like, then have someone “rev the sh— out of it.”
This unusual request was revealed by mechanic and close friend Marc Thomann, one of the colleagues shocked by Pastor’s murder at a Quezon City intersection Thursday night, just days after the 32-year-old sportsman and father of two won his latest race.
“It is a big loss for the family and for the nation, which benefits most when Enzo does well in his races abroad. He was like the Pacquiao of racing,” Thomann said in tribute.
The police have yet to establish the motive for the attack—why someone excelling and widely admired for his speed on the track would be stalked by a masked gunman who waited for him to slow down and stop at a red light.
Pastor was driving an Isuzu truck carrying a race car, with his helper Paolo Salazar as passenger, when ambushed around 10:20 p.m. Thursday at the corner of Congressional and Visayas Avenues, according to the Quezon City Police District.
With report by Julie M. Aurelio
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