Despite persistent showers at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday, the GMR&SC’s Race of Champions Meet saw some scorching performances.
A few speed demons who set the track ablaze included Kristian Jeffrey, Suriname’s Tjin Liep Shie and young Matthew Vieira.
Group 4
Jeffrey had a great day in the driver’s seat of his Mitsubishi Evo V111. He steered his machine to two exciting victories in the featured races. In warming up nicely for next month’s third leg of the CMRC in Barbados, Jeffrey bested his father Kevin and Mark Vieira in the two 15-lap races.
Group 3
Shie was in sublime form and took the chequered flag on three occasions. The daredevil was the pick of the lot in the stacked class by pushing his Toyota Starlet to the limit. In front of a fair-sized crowd, he fended off a series of challenges from Danny Persaud and his Miata and Trinidad and Tobago’s Ravi Singh to emerge the Group champion with flawless performances.
Super Bikes
Matthew, the son of Mark Vieira was born with daredevil blood and proved it yesterday. The 17-year old powered his 675cc Triumph Daytona to two adrenaline rushing victories in the category.
He raced to two comfortable victories ahead of his more celebrated rivals, Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira and Carlos Rodrigues.
Chet Singh, Shameer Mohamed and Ryan Rahaman were also in the winner’s row in the Group 2 races, each winning a race apiece.
The annual fixture which was witnessed by Director of Sport, Chris Jones, Minister of Tourism, Cathy Hughes and other notable individuals was used as a dress rehearsal for Barbados.
