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Toyota's Vios Cup welcomes bigger grid, more classes for 2016

With only a few weeks to go ’til the 2016 season begins, the Vios Cup finally gets the green light. And as expected from the “biggest motorsports event in the country,” this year is only going to get bigger.

The tools may not have changed, with the Vios Cup Car still the weapon of choice, but a lot of other things has. The biggest of which is the revised classes. It’s no longer based on qualifying times, which means driver classification remains constant throughout the season, and has since been increased from 2 to 3.

There’s now a new ‘Super Sporting Class’ that’s added on top of the Sporting and Promotional Classes. As the name suggests, it’s reserved for the Top 20 drivers from 2015 where they’re all required to have a National B License to compete. This way, the best-of-the-best can go at each other on track, hopefully showing the other boys (and girls) how clean racing should be.

Meanwhile, the Top 10 finishers in last year’s Promotional Class has been bumped up to the Sporting Class, including celebrity drivers Sam YG and Phoemela Baranda. As always, the Promotional Class is where all the newbies, oldies, ladies, and other celebrities go.

Although technically there were 63 drivers in 2015, they didn’t all share the same track at any given time. That’s why the 55 names slated for Round 1 is by far the biggest in Toyota Motor Philippines’ (TMP) history. The list includes familiar faces such as defending champions Andres Calma and Miguel Diaz, as well as the pretty faces of Derek Ramsay, Joyce Pring, Fabio Ide, and Jinno Rufino. But sadly, 2014 champion Luis Gono will not be part of the grid this year… or at least, not yet.

There are also new celebrity drivers that you may have heard of. Jericho Rosales is scheduled to make his race debut this weekend, while Miss World 2013 Megan Young and actress/singer Arci Munoz will follow suit in later rounds.

2016 Vios Cup Race Calendar
Round 1 | March 18/19 (Clark International Speedway)
Round 2 | May 21/22 (Filinvest, Alabang)
Round 3 | September 9/11 (Bacolod)
Round 4 | November 4/6 (TBA)

Here is the complete entry list for the 2016 Vios Cup.

January
21 National Drag Racing Championship Northern Series - Leg 1 Clark International Speedway
21/22 National Karting Series - Round 6 Carmona Race Track
22 Philippine Autocross Championship Series - Shakedown LTO Las Pinas
30/31 Shell Eco Marathon Asia Clark International Speedway
February
1 - 5 Shell Eco Marathon Asia Clark International Speedway
5 Philippine Autocross Championship Series - Round 1 (Luzon) Meycauayan Commercial Complex
11 National Drag Racing Championship Southern Series - Leg 1 Batangas Racing Circuit
25/26 X30 Karting Series - Round 1 Carmona Race Track
March
4 National Drag Racing Championship Northern Series - Leg 2 Clark International Speedway
5 Philippine Autocross Championship Series - Round 2 (Luzon) Meycauayan Commercial Center
11/12 X30 Karting Series - Round 2 Carmona Race Track
12 National Slalom Series - Leg 1 Robinsons Novaliches
18 FlatOut Race Series - Round 1 Batangas Racing Circuit
25 National Drag Racing Championship Southern Series - Leg 2 Batangas Racing Circuit
25 Touge Battle - Round 1 Batangas Racing Circuit
25/26 Motorsport Development Program Mega Tent, Libis
April
1 FlatOut Race Series - Round 2 Batangas Racing Circuit
1/2 National Karting Series - Round 1 Palawan International Circuit
1/2 Motorsport Development Program Cebu
2 National Slalom Series - Leg 2 Robinsons Starmills
8 National Drag Racing Championship Southern Series - Leg 3 Batangas Racing Circuit
8 Touge Battle - Round 2 Batangas Racing Circuit
8/9 Motorsport Development Program - Gymkhana Bacolod
22 National Drag Racing Championship Northern Series - Leg 3 Clark International Speedway
22/23 National Karting Series - Round 2 Palawan International Circuit
29 Toyota Vios Cup - Round 1 Clark International Speedway
29/30 Philippine Superbike Championship - Round 1 Batangas Racing Circuit
30 Philippine Autocross Championship Series - Round 3 (Luzon) Mega Tent, Libis
May
6 National Drag Racing Championship Southern Series - Leg 4 Batangas Racing Circuit
6 Touge Battle - Round 3 Batangas Racing Circuit
7 National Slalom Series - Leg 3 Cbanatuan City
13/14 Motorsport Development Program - Gymkhana Tagum
13/14 Philippine GT Championship - Round 1 Batangas Racing Circuit
14 Clubman Racing Series - Round 1 Clark International Speedway
20 FlatOut Race Series - Round 3 Batangas Racing Circuit
20 National Drag Racing Championship Northern Series - Leg 4 Clark International Speedway
20/21 Motorsport Development Program - Gymkhana Cagayan De Oro
28 Philippine Autocross Championship - Round 4 Meycauayan, Bulacan
June
3/4 Philippine Superbike Championship - Round 2 Clark International Speedway
3 FlatOut Race Series - Round 4 Batangas Racing Circuit
4 4 Hr Philippine Endurance Challenge Batangas Racing Circuit
4 National Slalom Series - Leg 4 Tarlac Circuit Hill
9/10 Toyota Vios Cup - Round 2 Clark International Speedway
10 Touge Battle - Round 4 Tarlac Circuit Hill
10/11 Asian Karting Open Championship - Round 1 Macau
17/18 Motorsport Development Program - Gymkhana Cebu
18 Philippine Autocross Championship - Round 5 SM Novaliches
24/25 Philippine GT Championship - Round 2 Clark International Speedway
24/25 Motorsport Development Program - Gymkhana Bacolod
25 National Slalom Series - Leg 5 Robinsons Novaliches
July
1 FlatOut Race Series - Round 5 Clark International Speedway
8/9 Philippine Superbike Championship - Round 3 Batangas Racing Circuit
9 National Slalom Series - Leg 6 Robinsons Starmills
15/16 National Karting Series - Round 3 Carmona Race Track
15/16 Motorsport Development Program - Gymkhana Cagayan De Oro
16 Clubman Racing Series - Round 2 Batangas Racing Circuit
22/23 Philippine GT Championship - Round 3 Clark International Speedway
22/23 Motorsport Development Program Mega Tent, Libis
29 Touge Battle - Round 5 TBA
30 Philippine Autocross Championship - Round 6 Bacolod
August
5 FlatOut Race Series - Round 6 Batangas Racing Circuit
5/6 Philippine Superbike Championship - Round 4 Clark International Speedway
13 National Slalom Series - Leg 7 Robinsons Starmills Pampanga
19/20 Philippine GT Championship - Round 4 Batangas Racing Circuit
20 Philippine Autocross Championship - Round 7 SM Sta. Rosa
26/27 X30 Karting Series - Round 3 Carmona Race Track
26/27 Asian Karting Open Championship - Round 2 Carmona Race Track
27 National Slalom Series - Leg 8 Robinsons Novaliches
September
2/3 Philippine Superbike Championship - Round 5 Batangas Racing Circuit
3 Philippine Autocross Championship - Mindanao Cagayan De Oro
9/10 National Karting Series - Round 4 Clark International Speedway
9 FlatOut Race Series - Round 7 Batangas Racing Circuit
10 National Slalom Series - Leg 9 Cabanatuan City
15/16 Toyota Vios Cup - Round 3 Clark International Speedway
23/24 Philippine GT Championship - Round 5 Batangas Racing Circuit
24 Philippine Autocross Championship - Round 8 Mega Tent, Libis
30 Philippine Superbike Championship - Round 6 Clark International Speedway
October
1 Philippine Superbike Championship - Round 6 Clark International Speedway
1 National Slalom Series - Leg 10 Robinsons Novaliches
1 Philippine Autocross Championship - Visayas Bredco Port, Bacolod City
2 Touge Battle - Round 6 Subic International Raceway
14 FlatOut Race Series - Round 8 Clark International Speedway
15 Clubman Racing Series - Round 3 Batangas Racing Circuit
21/22 Caterham Motorsport Championship Clark International Speedway
21/22 Formula 4 South East Asia Championship Clark International Speedway
21/22 Philippine GT Championship - Round 6 Clark International Speedway
22 Philippine Autocross Championship - Round 9 Philippine Arena
28/29 Asian Karting Open Championship - Round 3 Thailand
28/29 Motorsport Development Program - Gymkhana Tagum
November
4/5 Motorsport Development Program - Gymkhana Championship Mega Tent, Libis
19 Philippine Autocross Championship - Mindanao Carlos P Garcia Park
19 Clubman Racing Series - Round 4 Clark International Speedway
24/25 Toyota Vios Cup - Round 4 Clark International Speedway
26 National Slalom Series - Leg 11 Tarlac Circuit Hill
December
2/3 8 Hr Philippine Endurance Challenge Clark International Speedway
3 National Slalom Series - Leg 12 Robinsons Starmills Pampanga
9/10 Asian Karting Open Championship - Round 4 Macau

The 2016 Vios Cup is in partnership with Bridgestone and Rota, supported by Motul, TRD, Brembo, Denso, AVT, OMP, and Tuason Racing.

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Christopher Kho

Christopher Kho

A true supporter not only of Philippine motorsports, but also of all Filipinos in motorsports whether they are competing locally or abroad. Chris has loved motorsports since the very beginning. This has led him to find Time Attack Manila.
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Christopher Kho

Christopher Kho

A true supporter not only of Philippine motorsports, but also of all Filipinos in motorsports whether they are competing locally or abroad. Chris has loved motorsports since the very beginning. This has led him to find Time Attack Manila.
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