{"id":68982,"date":"2025-03-28T13:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T05:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=68982"},"modified":"2025-03-28T13:45:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T05:45:26","slug":"toyota-motor-philippines-inspires-racers-to-push-limits-for-better-through-toyota-gazoo-racing-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2025\/03\/28\/toyota-motor-philippines-inspires-racers-to-push-limits-for-better-through-toyota-gazoo-racing-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Motor Philippines inspires racers to push limits for better through TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) recently held the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Academy Philippines (TGRA) at the Clark International Speedway, where aspiring racers got to experience the thrill of the racetracks for themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the first half of the program, participants were oriented on the basics of racing, proper racing etiquette, car control techniques, and braking points on the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second half of the program, students got to apply what they had learned during the orientation through guided track activities. The slalom activity tested the participants\u2019 agility, while the \u2018follow the leader\u2019 activity allowed them to get a feel of the racetrack\u2019s straights and corners by following the racing line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TGRA was met with enthusiasm by first timers, who composed a majority of the participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI race go karts, so I wanted to try driving a car \u2013 to see kung anong pinagkaiba. It\u2019s almost the same, but also different because the car is bigger. For me, I feel like mas masaya ito,\u201d shared Karis Alexandra Santos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince bata pa ako mahilig ako sa kotse and manood ng racing. I\u2019m also fascinated by the mechanical aspects of cars. Kaya I took the opportunity to sign up nung nakita ko na may slot sa TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Academy,\u201d shared Nemuel Obas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe TGRA makes it more accessible to get into this sport. It was beyond my expectations. Akala ko yung first few exercises lang gagawin namin \u2013 yung avoiding the cones and braking. Yun pala we also get to go around the track a few times and at a good speed,\u201d shared Miguel Corrales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPangarap ko makapag-drive sa speedway, sa track \u2013 yung ma-experience yung ganitong driving environment at ma-enhance yung skills ko, so inencourage ako ng mga anak ko mag enroll [sa TGRA]\u201d shared Javi Rios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a woman in motorsports, I\u2019m excited to promote diversity and break down barriers in a traditionally male-dominated sport. I think the TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Academy is the perfect place to bring this passion of mine to life,\u201d shared Ella Nicole Bornilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe TGRA is our way of making motorsports more accessible to racing fans,\u201d shared TMP Assistant Vice President for Marketing Services Andy Ty. \u201cWe\u2019ll have more batches of the TGRA this year, so we invite those who missed this first batch to join us in the next ones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TGRA was launched in 2014 as a training ground for hopefuls looking to kick start their racing career. Some graduates of the program have gone on to pursue professional racing careers, with some participating in the TGR Philippine Cup, TMP\u2019s premier racing series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Academy Philippines is accredited by the Automobile Association Philippines (AAP) and brought to you by Official Fuel & Lubricants Partner Petron and Official Tire Partner GT Radial. This event is also supported by Toyota Financial Services Philippines, myTOYOTA Wallet, Denso, AVT, 3M, ROTA, Tuason Racing, OMP, and Kinto One.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The TGRA was launched in 2014 as a training ground for hopefuls looking to kick start their racing career. Some graduates of the program have gone on to pursue professional racing careers, with some participating in the TGR Philippine Cup, TMP\u2019s premier racing series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":68983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[637],"tags":[628,1367],"class_list":["post-68982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring-2","tag-motoring","tag-toyota"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68984,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68982\/revisions\/68984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}