OVERSEAS-based Guyanese Calvin Ming is entering the Suzuki-powered Radical SR3 RS class of the 2016 Suzuki Challenge Series season which begins in Barbados this weekend. Ming, the Formula 4 driver who resides in Florida, is one of six new entrants to the series which commenced last year in Barbados and he has set his eyes on the ultimate prize in the championship.
Chronicle Sport spoke to the lead driver of team C.M Racing who confirmed that he will pull both the Radical Series and the NACAM (Norteamérica,Centroamérica, Caribe y Norte de Sudamérica) F4 Championship Championships once the dates do not clash.
“It’s all about taking the experience and incorporating it. I’m really excited about this weekend though I haven’t driven the car as yet, I’m still pretty excited. I like any form of racing,” said team C.M’s lead driver.
He added, “I’ve seen them race before when I kart in the North America so I’m really excited to be trying it out,” confessed the 19-year-old.
Ming, a former shifter kart champion locally as well as a North American competitor, will shift his focus this weekend from the Monocoque setting of his f4 machine to the SR3 spaceframe Le Mans Prototype (LMP) chassis of the Radical SR3.
He is the second Guyanese to join the chapter, following the introduction of Mark Vieira last year.
Barbadian Sean Maloney won the inaugural series with 319 points while countryman Mark Maloney (313 pts) finished second, Stuart Maloney (303 pts) third and Vieira (244 pts) fourth.
Other newcomers this year include Trinidad & Tobago’s David Coelho, Suleman ‘Sol’ Esuf, as well as England’s Brian Caudwell, David Frankland (Double D Racing), Bill Henderson (Air Images Racing) and Jack Manchester.

By Stephan Sookram