OVERSEAS-based Guyanese racer Calvin Ming finished on the podium in his debut outing for the United States-based Pelfrey team in the Final round of the F1600 Championship series for 2015. In the second race of the round, the Guyanese produced an exhilarating drive in the cold damp Pittsburgh track to help his team take the overall constructors championship in his first competitive

f1600 drive.
He finished behind the team’s Jordan Cane and ahead of team mates Robert Megennis and had managed to please the Team Pelfrey, since all the other competitors have driven on the Pittsburgh race track many times before.
Speaking after the race spot, the Guyanese said, “It was a really good race from the go, as soon as they dropped the flag, I tried to stay up with the lead pack. That was my whole objective for the race.”
“But as the race progressed, I realised that I could keep up with these guys so I started trying to make moves and pick everyone off one by one and hopefully make it stick,” continued Ming.
Ming was invited to drive for Team Pelfrey as the substitute for their other driver who was unavailable for the weekend and as such has turned heads on his debut performance.
In the first race on Saturday, Jordan Cane, Robert Megennis and Calvin Ming finished 1st, 2nd and 7th respectively.
He had qualified in 10th out of 21 competitors, but was put back to 12th on the starting grid.
The two-position penalty resulted from him doing an extra lap yesterday during practice and Ming said that he did not see the chequered flag at the end of the practice session.

By Stephan Sookram