Category | Stock Cars |
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Country | Asia-Pacific |
Inaugural season | 2014 |
Official website | www |
The Asian V8 Championship Series (AV8C) was a motorsports competition for stock car race drivers from the Asia-Pacific. The only edition of the racing series took place in 2014, over two events at the Clark International Speedway in Pampanga and the Batangas Racing Circuit in Batangas, both in the Philippines. The tournament was organized by the Philippine Formula Autosports Foundation and was intended to set the Philippines as a hub for NASCAR racing in Asia. The overall winner of the tournament will compete in the NASCAR Whelen Series and in the K&N Pro NASCAR Series.
Participants
Rider |
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Josh Burdon |
Kunihiro Iwatsuki |
Stefano Marrini |
Joe Merszei |
Don Pastor |
Enzo Pastor |
Schedule
No. | Track | Date |
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1 | Clark International Speedway, Mabalacat, Pampanga | April 5 |
2 | April 6 | |
3 | Batangas Racing Circuit, Rosario, Batangas | June 7 |
4 | June 8 |
Race winners
No. | Race | Winning Driver |
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1 | Clark | Enzo Pastor |
2 | Clark | Josh Burdon |
3 | Batangas | Josh Burdon |
4 | Batangas | Enzo Pastor |
References
- Don Pastor represented Team USA for this tournament. He has also represented the Philippines in other tournaments
- On June 12, Enzo Pastor was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Quezon City on the way to Clark, Pampanga for the final leg of the tournament.
- "NASCAR Comes to the Philippines Via Asian V8 Championship".
- "16 int'l drivers, 8 Nascar cars set to race in PH".
- "Drivers - Asian V8 Championship". Archived from the original on 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- "PH racer Enzo Pastor shot dead in Quezon City". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 13 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 July 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.