NOT many youngsters own a racing lap record and the occasion becomes elite when they own one outside of their home country. But Guyanese Elliot Vieira can safely say that he is now turning Caribbean motor racing heads, having reset the Bushy Park’s Motorbike record on Sunday in the third leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship.
Elliot, the youngest of the Vieira riding clan, blistered the newly resurfaced Bushy Park raceway in chase of his older cousin Stephen who ironically held the old record at the Barbados Raceway.
The new record, which now stands at 1:04.269 (one minute four point two six nine) seconds, is big chunk off the old record of 1:05.3 (one minute five point three) seconds, with the new holder saying, “It feels really good, I’m really stoked about it and it’s a great achievement.”
He continued, “I had a bad start as everyone knows, and my cousins (Stephen and Matthew) went all the way in front so the aim was to catch them back and I slowly started to gain on them and I kept pushing; and that was the lap record.”
Vieira noted that the facility is a fantastic one. “It is mind-blowing what they have achieved at Bushy Park.”
Elliot added that he was not as confident riding in wet conditions but he stuck to the basics and didn’t over-push, which led to podium spots.
His red and white Kawasaki, sponsored by Ramchand Auto Spares has him sitting in second spot of the Regional Championships with 119 points, 14 points off current leader Stephen Vieira while Jamaica’s Robert McDonald is third on 45 points