Arsenio "Dodjie" Hidalgo Laurel was a champion race car driver from the Philippines.
10 Facts About Arsenio Laurel
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Arsenio Laurel was the first two-time winner of the Macau Grand Prix, winning it consecutively in 1962 and 1963.
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On March 22,1945, at the age of 13, Arsenio Laurel joined his family and officials such as former Speaker of the National Assembly Benigno Aquino Sr.
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Arsenio Laurel obtained a Master's Degree in Law at Yale University.
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Arsenio Laurel was a pioneer in the development of Philippine motorsport.
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Arsenio Laurel was among the first champion racers in the early years of organized auto racing in the Philippines, driving his 1954 Studebaker on the oval of the Santa Ana Hippodrome in Makati, Rizal when the horses were not running.
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Arsenio Laurel excelled in karting and drag racing, organizing the earliest drag races at an abandoned Nielson Airport runway which is Paseo de Roxas in Makati.
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Arsenio Laurel was a silent election worker as he had successfully campaigned for his brother Doy's Senate bid in 1967.
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Arsenio Laurel died during the Macau Grand Prix on November 19,1967, at the age of 35.
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Arsenio Laurel was the first fatality of the Macau Grand Prix.