The South Dakota Circuit will be transformed into a tyre flammable speedway today as the GMR&SC hosts the third leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC).
Daredevils from Guyana, Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados will push their start buttons as their high velocity machines line up for a thrilling day of racing.
Motor racing fans will see some of the fastest machines in the Caribbean, but the drivers and riders are not about fun and games. Reality forces perspective and despite their innocuous exterior, the built for speed machines and the racers will invade the circuit with one game plan; to win as fast as possible.
This year’s line-up is nothing short of impressive, attracting drivers like Jamaica’s Doug Gore and Peter Rae, Barbados’ Stuart Williams, Stuart and Mark Maloney and Guyana’s ‘Big Four’ Kevin and Kristian Jeffrey, Andrew King and Mark Vieira.
Trinidad’s representatives, Gerard Carrington, Paul Vieira and Kristian Boodoosingh will also put pedal to the metal.
Vieira, King and and the two Jeffreys will be vying for supremacy in the feature Group 4 category along with the Caribbean racing heavyweights.
Kristian Jeffrey who leads the on the individual points table, will be piloting a turbo charged Mitsubishi EVO V111
He is on 85 points. He is followed by Guyana’s Danny Persaud (74) and Trinidad and Tobago’s representative, Paul Vieira (33) in second and third positions, respectively. Jeffrey and Persaud’s effort helped Guyana to assume second so in the country championships. Guyana sits on 297 points followed by Barbados (296) and Jamaica (151). Trinidad leads with 308 points.
With Guyana in second for the team championships, the locals who are vastly experienced on the South Dakota Circuit will be aiming for overall glory.
King will be pushing in his Mazda RX-7 to the limit while Vieira will be racing his Mazda RX 8 2. Kevin Jeffrey will drive his turbo-charged Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII.
Other notable drivers competing today include: Jodi Ali (Trinidad), Shairaz Roshandin (Guyana), Rameez Mohamed (Guyana), Vishok Persaud (Guyana) and Barry Mayers (Barbados).
Racing fans will certainly have their money’s worth most of the competitors highlighted that their machines have been producing impressive lap timings.
The circuit is in perfect condition and fans should expect supersonic times.
Twenty-four races are carded for the day and the entrance fee to the circuit is $2,000 for adults and $1,000 for children.
Action starts at 08:00hrs.
