Caribbean Motor Racing Championships 2015 – Guyana looking to send strong message to Trinidad and Tobago

 

GUYANA is aiming to send its strongest contingent to Trinidad and Tobago for the second leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) 2015.
This was confirmed to Chronicle Sport by the vice-president of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Shyraz Roshandin.
Roshandin said that as of Friday, there was a large contingent of competitors eager to represent the Golden Arrowhead, but the club has limited space.
“We have a meeting tomorrow. Right now, we have about 15 cars that want to go but we only have space for 8, we want to see what is the strongest team (of eight) we can pick or if possible we can send 12 cars. The club may have to come up with some more money to send 12 cars.”
He noted too that this year marks a major milestone in motor sport, so the GMR&SC is eager to send its strongest unit to defend its current country championship.
“This year is the 60th Anniversary for motor racing and we want to ensure that we (Guyana) win the Caribbean Championship, so we are going to send the most cars that we can send to Trinidad because it’s the cheapest destination. We are going to try to make the most out of it right now.” the GMR&SC vice-president added.
He said following that meeting tomorrow, the Team Guyana, officials and all, will be shortlisted and competitors will be contacted to confirm. Roshandin said too that motor racing fans can expect the team to be confirmed and published as early as Friday, May 30.
Meanwhile Chronicle Sport has confirmed that after many complaints of the quality of the track during last year’s event, the Trinidad and Tobago Automotive Sporting Association (TTASA) has promised to resurface the entire raceway ahead of the June 19-21 event.
Roshandin said that the Trinidadian authorities assured that the surface work will not take too much time to complete and be race-ready. “They say they are resurfacing the track; It is a four-day project to resurface the entire track and it will be race-ready three days after. They have a club day event set for the 7th of June so those works have to be done before that,” the V-P stated.
After the first round of the CMRC 2015 in Jamaica, that country leads with 323 points followed by the defending champions Guyana on 159, Trinidad and Tobago 126, the Cayman Islands 62 and Barbados 0. Barbados failed to send to send a team to the first leg.
On the individual end of things, Guyana’s Kristian Jeffrey has started his Group Four CMRC title defence in fine style with 75 points while Jamaica’s George Bailey is on 51, countryman Peter Rae is on 30, Trinidad’s Franklyn Boodram is on 27 and Danny Persaud of Guyana on 15. For Group Three, Garry Barrett of the Cayman Islands leads with 62 followed by Guyana’s Rameez Mohammed 36 and Afraz Allie 33; Jamaica’s Natasha Chang is 4th with 30 while Noel Golding sits in 5th with 25 points. Group 2 has Jordan Powell of Jamaica on 75 points ahead of the Trinidadian duo of Marc Gill (54 points) and Damien Nesbit (45) while Jamaica’s Owen Campbell (34) and Robin Sutherland (32) bring up the rear. Guyana’s only Group 2 competitor in Chet Singh had mechanical issues.
On the 600cc Superstock class, Stephen Vieira of Guyana holds a 7-point lead over countryman Wayne Elliot Vieira (61). Jamaica’s Robert McDonald sits in 3rd (45) points ahead of team mate David Bell (36) and Kyle Reynolds (28).

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