Tiger Motorcycle Captured 2008 IRGP Crown
The Tiger Racing Team successfully claimed the Shell Advance Juniors Trophy in the recent Inside Racing Grand-Prix 2008 at the Carmona Racing Circuit in Cavite City.
Victor Laude of Team Tiger maneuvered the Tiger Matrix 115 cc to victory against the Yamaha X-1 machine rode by Tracy Gaddi and Randall Ylagan who settled for 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Tiger Thailand Motorcycles Philippines, Inc. brought home the championship trophy and won the 2008 IRGP Manufacturer's Award.
"We've made a lot of preparations for this prestigious event, the IRGP, since we are the defending champion of the 115cc GP Expert class who won by Dustin Esguerra, Michael Medina who was 1st runner up and Victor Laude who landed 2nd runner up in the Junior Super Stock class in the Motolite IRGP held last year", Norman Tandoc said, the Tiger team manager. "We are very happy with the superb performance of our Tiger motorcycles, Heng Dong Lim said, the president of Tiger Thailand Motorcycles Philippines, Inc. The team really works hard for this, the riders are determine to win and it bears fruit for the efforts being done to bring home the championship trophy", Lim said.
The Tiger Racing Team is looking forward to defend the title next year. Ready to face the new challenge in the IRGP 2009.