.. Jamaica’s Doug Gore named Champion Driver

GUYANA’S Kevin Jeffrey and the trio of Vieiras in Mark, Paul and Stephen, proudly defended their home turf last Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri, where the final leg of this year’s Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) was held.

However, the dominance by the Guyanese which also brought an end to the racing season, was not enough to prevent Jamaica’s ace driver, Doug Gore, from speeding off with the Champion Driver title, but earned Guyana the Team Championships, which they snatched from Jamaica.
Jeffrey swept the first two events in the Group 4 Category, while Mark Vieira piloted his tube frame Mazda RX8 to pole position in the event of the Seaboard Marine sponsored CMRC, enabling Guyana to finish with 508 points.
Jeffrey lived up to his pre-race boasts, wherein he vowed to avenge his defeat to Gore in the opening leg of the CMRC in Jamaica, with his double wins earlier in the day, before being forced to retire in the final one due to a computer glitch that forced the shutdown of the car while he was in pole position.
Other outstanding performances came from young Superbiker, Nikhil Seereeram, who many feel is ready to take over the reins from Stephen Vieira despite being classified as an amateur, as he blitzed the field in all three races, but failed to take home the Champion Rider title, which was shared between Stephen Vieira and Joel Neblett, because of his amateur status.
Paul Vieira was also outstanding in the local Group 4 Division, while Stanley Ming Jnr. was also dominant in the Shifter karts category.
However, the focus of the over 12,000 spectators had to be how the Mitsubishi Evolution VIII of Jeffrey and the Mazda RX 8 of Mark Vieira would fare against the powerful Audi TT of Gore and as early as the first race they got their monies worth as the two Guyanese combined well to take the top two spots.
Gore, starting from lane two on the grid was kept in that position at the opening lap of the second race, but quickly used his superior speed down the straights to pass Vieira on the second lap, but was no match for Jeffrey, who sped away from his opponents en route to consecutive wins.
The order was the same at the start of the third race, but Jeffrey after leading for three laps suffered a computer failure and that allowed Vieira to streak away to victory with Gore trailing him into second.
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