Formula 4 demonstration set for CMRC Guyana leg

Guyanese racing fans will be in for a treat when current Formula 4 driver Calvin Ming brings one of his newly acquired machines for a demonstration run during the final leg of the 2015 Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) later this year.

Ming, through his father Stanley, a former president of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) and racer, confirmed that he is looking to bring one of his Formula 4 machines back to Guyana to show exactly what he does in North America.

Reports indicate that he will be looking to do several demonstration laps around the small South Dakota Circuit with the GMR&SC announcing their approval to the request.

The car will be shipped to Guyana in an enclosed trailer and should arrive in Guyana around mid-October ahead of the November 14-15 demonstration.

Meanwhile, Stanley Jr is currently preparing to compete in the Formula 4 NACAM (North American Central American Motor-racing) Championships’ inaugural race as a precursor to the Formula 1 Grand Prix in Mexico.

He is in Palmetto, Florida at the Team Pelfrey workshop getting ready to test an F1600 at Sebring next weekend.

The F1600, the first Formula-type car he was evaluated in at the Gingerman Raceway in Michigan, was geared for another track, but on the second day of testing he equalled the lap record for the F1600 category.

If Ming’s schedule permits he may race this car in the final 3 races of the F1600 Championship Series in Pittsburgh, mid-October.

He is also making final adjustments to the red F4 car before loading and shipping same to Mexico next week where testing for that will commence shortly.

An email from NACAM said after a long negotiation between Formula One management and the organising committee of the Formula One Grand Prix in Mexico, the official announcement of the championship being the support race of the Mexican Grand Prix, October 30 – 31 and November 1, was made.

Ming started racing in the shifter kart division in Guyana and is currently attending the Florida International University pursuing an engineering degree.

In July of this year, the junior Ming did some testing in a F4 car belonging to Team Pelfrey, a top team in the United States and after evaluation had been invited to drive for the team.

Ming also attended the Skip Barber Racing School Programme where he emerged top of 21 students and is currently involved in extensive testing sessions of his two Mygale F4 Cars at various venues across the U.S.