The Philippine Touring Car Championships (PTCC), formerly the Philippine National Touring Car Championships, is the only touring car series running under the banner of the Automobile Association of the Philippines (AAP).
7-631: Race Fans Incorporated, a private enterprise, has undertaken organizing, promotion, and marketing activities of this event after being granted exclusive permission in a memorandum of agreement with the AAP. PTCC races run both at the Subic International Raceway (owned and operated by Philippine racing legend Pocholo Ramirez ) and the Batangas Racing Circuit (owned and operated by Johnny Tan ). Touring car races in
14-721: The Hong Kong Classic Car Races. The major visitor to the track was the Asian F3 Series . The racing circuit closed in July 2010 with the three-day "The Last Lap" held as the last racing event. At the time of its closure, the Subic International Raceway had a total length of 2.900 km (1.802 mi) with 15 turns. It had long straights that allowed for a long and short circuit setup. The fastest official race lap records at
21-565: The Philippines has not yet reached the levels of popularity enjoyed by other motoring sports such as karting , drag racing and open wheel racing . However, the growing number of entries in the PTCC grid has grown from 24 cars in its 2005 season to 34 cars in its 2006 season. This article related to touring car racing is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Subic International Raceway Subic International Raceway
28-472: The help of other figures in Philippine racing including Mandy Eduque, Mike Potenciano, Macky Carapiet, Louis Camus, Freddy Masigan set up Sports Values Incorporated (SVI) so that they could convert the existing paved roads and taxiways into a racing circuit. The Subic International Raceway was opened in 1994 with SVI initially only able to secure a three-month lease for the racing circuit's site. The lease
35-700: Was a racing circuit at the Subic Freeport Zone in the Philippines . It was built in 1993, through the efforts of famed race car driver Pocholo Ramirez . The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 led to the United States abandoning their base in Subic. The Subic International Raceway was established at the site of the former Naval Air Station Cubi Point 's refuelling area for fighter jets. Former Filipino race car driver Pocholo Ramirez with
42-774: Was also open to amateur racers. Subic Bay has hosted South East Asia's Premier motorcycle, touring car and formula car events. The Marlboro Asia Pacific Road Racing Championship, Asian Festival of Speed (AFOS) featuring the Southeast Asian Touring Car Zone Challenge (SEATCZC) and the Asian Formula 2000 have all raced here, and it also hosted the Asian 1600 Touring Car Invitational Cup, the Philippine Japan Invitational Historic Car Races and
49-590: Was extended multiple times during the racing circuit's 17-year operation. It gained approval from the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) in 1997 and secured a grade four Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) license in 1998 which certified the racing circuit's suitability for international automotive and motorcycle races including the Asian Touring Car Series and Formula 3 races. The racing circuit
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