Local motor-racers will hit the South Dakota circuit on Sunday when the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR& SC) stages its second Race of Champions event. The GMR& SC and competitors have agreed to host the meet, following the cancellation of the Barbados leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), and from all indications the organisers are gearing up to provide the same kind of excitement seen at CMRC.
The organisers are working assiduously to ensure that all the top drivers, bikers and go- karters, along with those from Suriname, Canada and the U. S. A., confirm participation for the meet.
Drivers Irfaan Kalamadeen, Paul Vieira and Rupie Shewjattan are expected to be on show, while stalwarts such as Andrew King, Kevin Jeffrey and Mark Vieir
a could be set to renew their battle for outright supremacy.
Mark Vieira drew first blood at the previous meet, but could face a determined Jeffrey, who performed creditably for Guyana at the opening leg of the CMRC in Jamaica earlier this year, while King, will be looking to regain his grip on the local scene, having relinquished that stranglehold to the two over the past year.
When the three met in the season opener, they split the three races, but Vieira was the most outstanding since he added two second places to be voted champion driver.
At that same Meet, Jeffrey had broken Barbados’ Roger Mayers of Barbados previous lap record (33.5) with his Mitsubishi Evolution by one tenth of a second (33.4) in the time trials which was held the previous day.
However, the Group 3 category should eclipse the Group 4 for excitement and daredevilry with Ryan Rahaman, Shewjattan, Kamal Seebarran, Raj Boodhoo and Kem Lall, all anticipated thrilling the fans during their battle for the top podium spots.
Afraz Allie and Syed Hassan, two of the leading drivers in the Group 2B Division and who both earned points at the CMRC, apart from their own skirmish will also have to stave off the challenges of Suriname’s Oliver Tjin Liep Shie, Danny Persaud and John Joseph.
The Superbikes category also promises to be just as exciting as the cars with the young brigade of Matthew Vieira and Nikhil Seereeram expected to continue their competition and this is in addition to the ‘big boys’ scrap that should feature Stephen Vieira, Carlos Rodrigues, Kwame Ridley and Carey Griffith.
The go-karts category is also billed to provide excitement and once again the young drivers are expected to take centre stage with Stanley Ming Jr and Wayne Elliot Vieira throwing down the gauntlet to veterans Marcus Fiedtkou and Stanley Ming Sr.
