Coseteng wins title, driver of year award
SUBIC BAY — Reigning champ Jody Coseteng of San Mig Coffee gave the best performance of his racing career as he bagged another sweep that put an exclamation point to his impressive title-clinching feat yesterday in the finals of the 2006 San Mig Coffee-Petron Blaze Cup Philippine Touring Car Championships at the Subic International Raceway here.
Winning may seem nothing but ordinary for Coseteng, but there wasn’t any moment that he buckled down in both races as he captured his 10th straight Group 1 Super Saloon title and the coveted 2006 Driver of the Year.
Sharing the limelight with Coseteng was Uly Maninding of Explorer Motorsports who likewise displayed a smooth, near-perfect sweep to capture the Group 3 Production title of this event also supported by Powerade, Hero Energy Drink, Viva Mineral Water, Gold’s Gym, Ray Ban, Valvoline Oils Eagle One, Yehey.com, Nissan Motors Phils. and official media partner Studio 23.
"I wanted to end this season with a bang, that’s because it’s my 10th crown that completed my 10-year domination in the touring car scene," said Coseteng who also bared plans of taking a respite from the local motor sports scene.
"Nothing is definite yet. But I’ve been racing most of my life and next year, I’m planning to take a rest, spend more time with my family and do some reflections whether I’ll move on to another decade of racing or not," he added.
Coseteng was so dominating, the race was reduced to a battle for second place between Kookie Ramirez of Petron Ultron-SRA and Don Pastor of Bioactive Team TEC.
In the morning race, Pastor was running second in the first seven laps until he hit the tire barrier that momentarily washed off his focus on the race and paved the way for Ramirez to overtake and control his post all the way to the finish line.
Ramirez diced several times with Pastor in the final race but continued to preserve his hold of second place until a backmarker Judge Banny Vargas of MP Turbo blocked his path and gave Pastor the chance to pull ahead for the runner-up finish.
Louis Ramirez of Petron Ultron-SRA and Dominic Bon ended fourth and fifth respectively in both races.
Overall, Coseteng wrapped up the title with a total of 159 points, a 37-point lead over Kookie Ramirez who finished with 122 while Pastor settled for overall third place with 110.
The series is sanctioned by the Automobile Association Philippines (AAP) and sponsored by San Miguel Corporation, Petron, Valvoline, TNT, Yokohama, Rota, Rayban, Bendix, Starbright Bodykits, A1 Driving, BRC, SIR, Gadgets, KTC Tools, The Philippine Star, 97.9 Home Radio, 92.3 Joey FM, 99.5 RT, autoindustriya.com, Nissan Philippines and Motolite, the Official Battery.
Winning may seem nothing but ordinary for Coseteng, but there wasn’t any moment that he buckled down in both races as he captured his 10th straight Group 1 Super Saloon title and the coveted 2006 Driver of the Year.
Sharing the limelight with Coseteng was Uly Maninding of Explorer Motorsports who likewise displayed a smooth, near-perfect sweep to capture the Group 3 Production title of this event also supported by Powerade, Hero Energy Drink, Viva Mineral Water, Gold’s Gym, Ray Ban, Valvoline Oils Eagle One, Yehey.com, Nissan Motors Phils. and official media partner Studio 23.
"I wanted to end this season with a bang, that’s because it’s my 10th crown that completed my 10-year domination in the touring car scene," said Coseteng who also bared plans of taking a respite from the local motor sports scene.
"Nothing is definite yet. But I’ve been racing most of my life and next year, I’m planning to take a rest, spend more time with my family and do some reflections whether I’ll move on to another decade of racing or not," he added.
Coseteng was so dominating, the race was reduced to a battle for second place between Kookie Ramirez of Petron Ultron-SRA and Don Pastor of Bioactive Team TEC.
In the morning race, Pastor was running second in the first seven laps until he hit the tire barrier that momentarily washed off his focus on the race and paved the way for Ramirez to overtake and control his post all the way to the finish line.
Ramirez diced several times with Pastor in the final race but continued to preserve his hold of second place until a backmarker Judge Banny Vargas of MP Turbo blocked his path and gave Pastor the chance to pull ahead for the runner-up finish.
Louis Ramirez of Petron Ultron-SRA and Dominic Bon ended fourth and fifth respectively in both races.
Overall, Coseteng wrapped up the title with a total of 159 points, a 37-point lead over Kookie Ramirez who finished with 122 while Pastor settled for overall third place with 110.
The series is sanctioned by the Automobile Association Philippines (AAP) and sponsored by San Miguel Corporation, Petron, Valvoline, TNT, Yokohama, Rota, Rayban, Bendix, Starbright Bodykits, A1 Driving, BRC, SIR, Gadgets, KTC Tools, The Philippine Star, 97.9 Home Radio, 92.3 Joey FM, 99.5 RT, autoindustriya.com, Nissan Philippines and Motolite, the Official Battery.
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