GUYANA’S Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) team landed in Trinidad and Tobago hassle-free yesterday with the aim of humbling the hometown heroes.After the prompt delivery of the cars, which the drivers were evidently happy about, many drivers and mechanics got to work fine-tuning their machines.
Speaking on arrival at the Wallerfield facility, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club’s captain Danny Persaud told Chronicle Sport that they are here to humble the hometown boys.
“We know that we are in the backyard of Trinidad and we know that they are going to want to put up a strong show, but we have brought a team here that is hungry for wins. We also know that the surface being repaved recently means that all of the drivers, including those Trinidadian ones, have to learn the track again.
“It’s going to be tough work but I have faith that Team Guyana can come away with some valuable points.”
Persaud further lauded the work of the Trinidad and Tobago Automotive Racing Association in expediting the release of cars from Customs. “The TTASA did a great job in clearing our cars quite quickly and we are very happy with that,” he added.
Meanwhile, several of the drivers took advantage of the late preparatory works being done at the Wallerfield Raceway in Arima to make a dash to get some diagnostic works done for added performance ahead of today’s qualification.
According to information, the works are being done to accommodate spectators. After the sessions today, several drivers described the surface as slippery but were optimistic that as the weekend progresses, the track will also.
The Guyana Team includes at the Group 2 level, Ryan Rahaman, Mohamad Shairazudin Roshandin and Kemal Rahaman while at the Group 3 level, Afraz Allie, Motilall ‘Kevin’ Deodass and Rameez Mohammed will team up with Persaud.
Persaud will also run his car in the Group 4 division with the likes of defending champion and current points leader Kristian Jeffrey. The GMR&SC opted out of sending a super bike team after advice that the surface may not be ready to handle that aspect of racing just yet.

(By Stephan Sookram in Trinidad, compliments of Bounty Farm Limited, GMR&SC, Wayne Vieira, Buy Me Auto Sales, Vishal Auto Toy Store, B.M Soat & Rent-a-Tent)