By Stephan Sookram

THE Caribbean Motor Racing Association (CMRA) will undergo a major change in the group four aspect of its Championships when the first leg gets going in May of this year.According to sources, the CMRA’s committee has decided to revert to splitting the group four category into a two-wheel drive and a four-drive class.
The split comes as a result of several two-wheel drive competitors constantly complaining of their machines being unable to legally produce the power required to keep up with the sheer speed of the all-wheel drive machines currently dominating the standings.
This is not the first time that the group four division was split, as this was done in 2010 when two champions were awarded based on the drive train; Kevin Jeffrey for the four-wheel drive division and Paul Vieira in the two-wheel class.
Meanwhile, many are seeing the reintroduction of the split class as a breath of fresh air with more competition expected at the group 4 level.
Former Club captain and group three and four competitor Danny Persaud has already welcomed the move by the CMRA to split the groups.
Speaking to Chronicle Sport, Persaud said “Yes, I welcome the split. It means that more competitors will come to the line in the group four and it also means that a lot of guys, who were keeping their cars in their garage because they were afraid of the all-wheel drive cars, will now bring them back to track.”
“I also think that a lot of the group three guys are going to go up to the group four class because almost all of them I think will want to bring home points for their country.
Persoanlly I just like to drive and enjoy myself so the more races, the better for me,” contended Persaud.
The first leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships will take place at the Jamwest Raceway in Jamaica on May 23 where two-time champion Kristian Jeffrey is expected to begin his title defence.