ON SEPTEMBER 28, the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) will host its ‘Day of Racing’ at the South Dakota Circuit and while much of the talk and focus is usually reserved for the marquee Group 4 category, the Superbikers have quietly, but cogently earned the spotlight over the past two years thanks to the intense rivalry that they managed to generate.

Fans, having watched the Canadian maestro Kevin Graham dominate the local scene for many years before Guyana’s own Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira snatched the reins of power, now have the opportunity to witness a new and exciting cadre of riders who are already creating headaches for the more established riders such as Vieira, Joel Neblett and Carlos Rodrigues.
The new kids on the block Nikhil Seereeram, Matthew Vieira, Elliott Vieira, Stephan and Nicholas Boodram have been displaying steady improvement over the past two years coming through the ‘B’ Class category and are now posing a serious threat to the reign of Stephen Vieira, Neblett and Rodrigues.
Then there are Carey Griffith and Ricardo Fagundes, two riders who dominated the ‘B’ Class for quite some time, but just like the others are finding the chasing flock hard to isolate.
Seereeram and Matthew Vieira seem to be the most talented of the young brigade with the former already posting impressive victories over local champion Stephen Vieira, while he also had an impressive debut at the opening leg of the CMRC in Barbados, securing a victory against some of the best riders in the Caribbean.
Most of the young riders have come through a well coordinated junior programme starting with karting where they honed their dexterity and handling skills, and come September 28 at the South Dakota Circuit, motor racing fans will have an excellent opportunity to see these young daredevils showcase their skills against riders who are considered the best both locally and regionally.
The script is set for a day of exhilarating rivalry when the older boys with their superior experience flex their muscles against the youthful exuberance and raw skill of the young brigade.
So fans are being urged not to miss this must-see spectacle as experience and skill clash with youth and enthusiasm in a showdown for bragging rights and championship supremacy.
It promises to be fireworks from the lowering of the starter’s flag to the waving of the chequered flag and who will be the last rider standing is anyone’s guess right now, but come race day what will be witnessed is a motor racing fans’ dream.
What is certain is that the ‘old boys’ did not take too kind to the younger guys attempt to upstage them, so since then battle lines were drawn and in ten days’ time the winners will be known.