THE third edition of the highly anticipated Georgetown Grand Prix will take place at the GT Motorsports track on Thomas Lands this evening.

Several of Guyana’s top junior and senior drivers have been dusting the cobwebs off over the last week to get themselves ready for the event.

The X30 juniors are expected to be the pinnacle of the event with a two-point difference between leader Zachary Persaud and Nathan Rahaman.

With Zack at 111 and Nathan at 109, the battle could go either side with both youngsters understanding that the winner of the overall championship at the end of the year gets a MOTUL-sponsored seat at a U.S. event.

They can also not underestimate the rest of the pack, as one good day for Rayden Persaud (82) or Paige Mendonca could jeopardise their championship hopes.

With every point being important, the two points awarded for fastest lap in qualifying will be where the fun starts for these young daredevils.

The X30 Senior class has its own fireworks with former junior champion Mikhail Persaud returning to action after missing the first two rounds because of academics.

At the moment, it is Matthew Phang who leads with 103 points over Steven Nobrega (98) and John Phang (91) but things could go topsy-turvy with the right kind of action from any of those guys today.

Elan Rahaman is in the mix as well, with 73 points and can cause some serious upsets.

In the X30 Masters class, Shan Seejattan leads with 77 points ahead of Mahendra Boodhoo (51) and Vishal Sawh (48) but the addition of Raymond Seebarran, a former four-stroke champion could make things difficult for the trio.

In the Easy Cup division, Naresh Alves leads after two rounds with 111 points ahead of Ackeem Thomas (99) and Rylie Ramroop (84).

In the 60CC Kids Cup, Justin Ten-Pow holds a commanding 154-point lead over Nicholas Sawh and Ben Phang who are tied for second place on 90 points.

Today’s event begins at 18:00hrs