Guyana came from behind to secure the 2013 Seaboard Marine-sponsored Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) country title, while Jamaican Doug Gore took the driver’s championship top honours after the event concluded on Sunday at the South Dakota race track.
With home turf advantage, the Guyanese scored a whopping 464 points on Sunday to win the overall championships with 508 points, ahead of closest rival Jamaica, who finished on 392 points, while Barbados ended the championships on 343 points.
In the individual segment, Gore finished on 118 points ahead of Kevin Jeffery, who amassed 70 points, Gore took the championship from David Summerbell Jr who won it last year.
Barbadian Doug Maloney (60 points), Guyanese Mark Vieira (58 points) and Jamaican Peter Rae (57 points) rounded off the top five drivers for this year’s championships.
Meanwhile, Barbados won the CMRC Group Two Class with Kurt and Mark Thompson leading the points standing with 104 and 92 points respectively.
The overall local group winners for 2013 are: Group 1-Mohamed Ali (118 points); Group 2A- Mohamed Roshandin (150 points); Group 2B-Afraz Allie (168 points); Group 3-Paul Vieira (90 points); Group 4-Paul Vieira (128 points); Superbike A- Joel Neblette (153 points); Superbike B- Nikel Seebeeran (200 points); Go- kart- Stanley Ming Jr (125 points) and 125 cc motorcycles- Heemand Boodhram (75 points).
