He grew up in Barangay Tinago in Cebu City and eventually, became a mechanic at an early age.[1] An unknown fanaticism and will urged him to run for presidency, eventually leading to his flight to Manila, wherein he argued and debated with prominent political figures and became a constant mock-up comedian of sort every presidential election.
Racuyal, a mechanic or garbage collector by profession,[4] was never a credible political figure at any point in his life. His final attempt at the presidency in 1986 was thwarted after the Commission on Elections disqualified him as a "nuisance candidate".[3]
There were questions as to Racuyal's mental stability.[5][6] Among his promises should he be elected to the presidency was to construct roads out of plastic to prevent their further deterioration.[1][7][8] When he invited Manila Mayor Arsenio Lacson to be his running mate in the 1953 presidential elections, the latter called Racuyal "strictly fiction, utterly fantastic and incredible".[1] Nonetheless, as time passed, his repeated candidacy provided for an amusing mild diversion to a frequently heated election atmosphere.
Racuyal made it to the ballot twice. In 1935, he got 158 votes or less than 0.01% of the vote. In 1969, he got 778 votes, or just over 0.01% of the vote.
Racuyal died in 2004 in Bulacan and was buried at an undisclosed location.[1]
