THE GOOD Lord helps those who help themselves. This is one saying that Guyanese racer Kristian Jeffrey is banking as he tries to gain sponsorship to compete in Canada during the off-season of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC).Jeffrey recently emerged joint Group four (4) champion driver (along with Trinidad’s Kristian Boodoosingh and Gerrard Carrington) at Wallerfield – the Trinidad leg of the Caribbean Championship.
Speaking after collecting his accolades, the Guyanese who studies in Canada indicated that he hopes he has done enough to impress possible sponsors for a drive with a North American team.
“Hopefully it does. I’m glad for anything, even if it’s little. Motor racing unfortunately is not a cheap sport. The level where I am now is manageable but if I want to get to the next level and put Guyana on the map, I really need the help from anyone right now.
Throughout my career, my dad has been sponsoring everything and there is no way I am going to put him through further expense. I’m trying to network myself. Hopefully people can see that I’m talented enough to put Guyana on the map, so hopefully some more sponsorship comes on board.”
Meanwhile Jeffrey, who now holds the lap record in three of the four Caribbean tracks, feels that he has what it takes to win back-to-back Group 4 champion driver awards.
“I drove my heart out to get points (Country and Individual). Fortunately we still racked up and we are still in a better position than we were last year, so we have a good cushion going into the last round.
“Every race meet you have to take it one at a time and expect competition; that’s what you are racing for, good wheel-to-wheel racing. I think we have a decent enough package to win the Championship so one step at a time.”
Jeffrey, who still stands atop the group 4 championships with 133 points, is 75 points ahead of his nearest rivals (Boodoosingh and Carrington) heading into the third round of competition set for September at Bushy Park in Barbados.

By Stephan Sookram