The biggest annual racing event in the country brought by Toyota Motor Philippines has concluded its leg 3 of the third season of Vios Cup at Clark International Speedway in Pampanga last September 9-10, 2016.
The Vios Cup has three classes: Promotional Class, Sporting Class and Super Sporing Class.
In the promotional class, 17 drivers competed plus the celebrity class (4 drivers for this leg) which is the sub-category of promotional. Celebrity drivers Joyce Pring, Jinno Rufino, Fabio Ide and Arci Muñoz were present to race in the promotional class. Phoemela Baranda and Sam YG has been promoted to sporting class wherein they had to overtake 17 racers at Sporting Class. Meanwhile, Super Sporting Class consisted of 15 racers.
Race 1 winners are Aira Medrano (Promotional), Gerard Loy (Sporting) and Carlos Loinaz (Super sporting). Race 2 winners are Oliver Matias (Promotional), Miguel Diaz (Sporting) and Jette Calderon (Super Sporting). Celebrity class was dominated by Fabio Ide.
2016 VIOS CUP SEASON 3 LEG 3 |
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RACE 1 |
WINNER |
TEAM |
CELEBRITY CLASS |
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1st Place |
Fabio Ide |
Toyota Motor Philippines |
2nd Place |
Jinno Rufino |
Toyota Motor Philippines |
3rd Place |
Joyce Pring |
Toyota Motor Philippines |
PROMOTIONAL CLASS |
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1st Place |
Aira Medrano |
Toyota Alabang |
2nd Place |
Oliver Matias |
Toyota San Fernando |
3rd Place |
Oscar Suarez |
Toyota Cebu |
SPORTING CLASS |
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1st Place |
Gerard Loy |
Toyota Dagupan |
2nd Place |
Miguel Diaz |
GM Motorsports / Toyota Alabang |
3rd Place |
Sam YG |
Toyota Motor Philippines |
4th Place |
Tonton Ramos |
Toyota San Fernando |
5th Place |
Ben Grimes |
AUTS Racing |
SUPER SPORTING CLASS |
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1st Place |
Carlos Loinaz |
Toyota Batangas |
2nd Place |
Andres Calma |
GM Motorsports / Toyota Alabang |
3rd Place |
Basti Escalante |
Toyota Otis |
4th Place |
Raymond Ronquillo |
Toyota Balintawak |
5th Place |
Jette Calderon |
Toyota Cebu |
RACE 2 |
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CELEBRITY CLASS |
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1st Place |
Fabio Ide |
Toyota Motor Philippines |
2nd Place |
Jinno Rufino |
Toyota Motor Philippines |
3rd Place |
Joyce Pring |
Toyota Motor Philippines |
PROMOTIONAL CLASS |
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1st Place |
Oliver Matias |
Toyota San Fernando |
2nd Place |
Aira Medrano |
Toyota Alabang |
3rd Place |
Red Diwa |
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SPORTING CLASS |
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1st Place |
Miguel Diaz |
GM Motorsports / Toyota Alabang |
2nd Place |
Miko Maristela |
Toyota Quezon Avenue |
3rd Place |
Gerard Loy |
Toyota Dagupan |
4th Place |
Ben Grimes |
AUTS Racing |
5th Place |
Steve Bricknell |
Toyota San Fernando |
SUPER SPORTING CLASS |
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1st Place |
Jette Calderon |
Toyota Cebu |
2nd Place |
Andres Calma |
GM Motorsports / Toyota Alabang |
3rd Place |
Basti Escalante |
Toyota Otis |
4th Place |
Raymond Ronquillo |
Toyota Balintawak |
5th Place |
Daniel Miranda |
Toyota Balintawak |
Special Awards:
Brembo Most Improved Celebrity Driver – Fabio Ide
Motul Slingshot award (most number of overtakes) – Daniel Miranda
Bridgestone Adrenaline Rush Award – Joyce Pring
Bridgestone Catch Me if You Can Award – Joyce Pring
Overall Best Male Celebrity Driver – Fabio Ide
Overall Best Female Celebrity Driver – Joyce Pring
Promotional Fastest Lap winner – Aira Medrano
Fastest lap in Sporting Class – Gerard Loy
Fastest lap in Super Sporting Class – Daniel Miranda
The leg 4 of the Vios Cup will be in November. For more information and updates, kindly visit www.toyota.com.ph or www.facebook.com/toyotamotorphilippines