-Elliot Vieira; Kristian Jeffrey Snag Individual Titles

By Stephan Sookram
Guyana fought tooth and nail Sunday to retain their coveted country title of the Caribbean Motor Racing Association’s Championships on Sunday following a tense year of action.

A mere eight points separated Guyana (936) from the returning ‘Tigers’ team of Trinidad (924) who had a strong showing throughout the Caribbean this year.
CMRA Chairman Ray Rahaman, who declared the winner, noted, “In four legs, both teams (Guyana and Trinidad) were able to amass over 900 points. That is an amazing feat.”
“Added to that, to have eight points separate the two top teams just goes to show that the CMRA competition is not always a run away and we expect more competition in the future,” continued the CMRA Chairman.
He hinted at the possibility of two new countries, Suriname and the Cayman Islands, fielding full teams to the championships next year.
Barbados, 660 and Jamaica 269 were the other countries in the championship while the lone contender for the Cayman Islands Gary Barrett racked up 158 points and Suriname’s Oliver Tjin Leip Shie 25 points.
Meanwhile, Kristian Jeffrey successfully retained his Group 4 championship after a successful year.
The Guyanese two-time champion picked up 225 points from an almost perfect season leaving his nearest competitor and only competition Trinidadian Kristian Boodoosingh second on 152 points.
Way down in third was Trinidad’s Gerard Carrington with 58 points.
At the Group 2 level, Trinidad’s Marc Gill carted off that title after amassing 189 points from the four legs of competition while Barbadian Mark Thompson could only produce second (118 points after just two legs of competition) and Guyana’s Shairaz Roshandin 3rd with 84 points.
The Group 3 end of things also featured a Trinidadian representative in Paul Vieira, who carted off 169 points from three legs while Cayman Islands Barrett, who was awarded the most consistent and competitive driver of the CMRC 2015 picked up second (138 points.)
Barbadian Kurt Thompson ended 3rd with 104 points while Guyana’s Danny Persaud ended 4th with 82 points.
On the Superbike end of things, Elliot Vieira produced the ride of a lifetime to be crowned the youngest CMRA Bike champion after his cousin Stephen had suffered some amount of injuries a few weeks before races.
He ended with 161 points, clear of Stephen’s 143 and Matthew Vieira’s 100 points.