IT WAS certainly not the best, but for what it’s worth, the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Race of Champions was successful. 

The event didn’t have the usual huge crowd but those who turned up were entertained by the little competition on the day.
The lack of normal participation from the likes of Vishok Persaud, Kevin and Kristian Jeffrey and Mark Vieira, told a story of the drivers, who aim to help Guyana win the Country Championship at the November 16 hosting of the third leg in the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC).
Nonetheless, the drivers and riders who did suit up and fuel their machines gave the patrons their money’s worth of thrills and spills on the track.
Sixteen-year-old Matthew Vieira, the son of Mark Vieira, was fearless on his Yamaha YZF 600 and easily won the only two Superbike races featured in short race day programme.

Everyone wanted to see a showdown with the new sensation and his cousin Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira yesterday but the older Vieira was a ‘no-show’ as he was preparing for November.

No Group 4
The usual eye-candy and crowd pleaser – Group 4 – was missing from yesterday’s Race of Champions, leaving many disappointed, but understandably so.
The cars are way more expensive to run as one competitor, Mark Vieira, had pointed out. Yesterday’s event was cutting too close to November and like many others, he’s focused on the Caribbean Championship.
Kevin ‘Bush Cow’ Jeffrey was seen working on his Mitsubishi Evolution and though the heavy sounds of his high-powered engine during some trial runs turned the heads of the motor racing-starved fans present, their smiles quickly turned to frowns after realising it was ‘just a test’.
Danny Persaud and his dependable Mazda Miata had to race in the Group 3 category and the Banks Beer-sponsored driver thrilled the audience with some clinical display of his driving skills, though he did not race for a space.
Rameez Mohamed won all three Group 3 races. Chet Singh, Shairaz Roshandin and Shane Seejathan each won a race in Group 2.
Azaad Hassan claimed two of the three Group 1 races, while Vicky Persaud won the other.

(By Rawle Toney)