Jeffrey in for Swift Cup and Radical series

By Stephan Sookram
OVERSEAS-based Guyanese and two-time Caribbean Motor Racing Association (CMRA) Group Four champion Kristian Jeffrey will join the Radical SR-3 series as well as the Suzuki Challenge Series Swift Cup this weekend.

Jeffrey is the first Guyanese to enter the Swift series and the third to try his hand at the Radicals following Mark Vieira and F4 competitor Calvin Ming.
Speaking to Chronicle Sport yesterday, an overjoyed Jeffrey commented that it’s great to be included in the Swift Cup, adding that this weekend in Barbados is going to be ‘fun’.
“I am thankful for the opportunity given to me by those sponsors. It’s one of the series where there are equal cars and it’s going to be bumper to bumper racing. That’s what I like,” the 2014 and 2015 Caribbean Champion said.
Jeffrey will be under the banner of Team Suzuki, with his first outing expected to be on Sunday.
On the Radical front, Kristian’s father Kevin confirmed that he is going to be in one of the SR3 machines this weekend, telling Chronicle Sport, “We have secured a radical for this coming weekend (the Festival of Speed). I have already rented one for use.”
“The main reason for the rental of the Radical this weekend is to get in some seat time for the upcoming (CMRA) season which begins in a couple weeks in Jamwest,” continued Kevin.

However, Kristian’s future participation in the series is yet to be decided.
“I tested one (Radical) last week, it’s a really exciting series as well, and again it’s racing. It’s something that I like. It depends on how I go this weekend; we are going to see if we go forward in the series.”
“It is a bit costly though so if I’m going to get into it, I’m going to need to get sponsors for it. As you know we are also running the CMRC this year as well, so again, so we’re going to see how all that goes,” he continued.
Meanwhile, the Jeffrey/Ming radical battle is one that is sure to whet the appetite of race fans with the later recently acquiring a brand new SR3 earlier this week.
The rekindling of the informal battle which started last year in Guyana when Jeffrey put his full race Mitsubishi Evolution 9 against Ming’s Mygale F4 will now see fairer grounds in the Radical where both drivers will call on their skills and international exposure.
The Festival of Speed is billed for the weekend of May 7-8 at the Bushy Park Raceway in Barbados.