THE hectic calendar of activities for current overseas-based racer Calvin Ming continues with the 19-year-old back into the monocoque cabin of his Mygale f4 car ahead of this weekend’s North American Central American Motorsport (NACAM) F4 championship. Ming, who arrived in Aguascalientes on Tuesday, began testing on Thursday at the Autódromo Internacional de Aguascalientes circuit where the second round of the championship gets going this weekend.
Reports out of Aguascalientes indicated that testing commenced on Thursday with tune and test set for yesterday and qualification expected today.
The 19-year-old, the only Guyanese in the 17-driver championship, and the lead driver for team Ming, sits 9th in the standings on 8 points.
The series also includes Santiago Lozano of Colombia as well as Trinidad and Tobago’s Frankie Boodram as the only other non-Mexican participants.
Each of the seven rounds of the Mexican F4 championship series comprises 3 races lasting a total of 35 minutes.
Just last weekend, the Guyanese dominated the Suzuki SR3 Radical series on debut at the Bushy Park raceway in Barbados.
Ming, who suffered car issues in the lead up to the action, provided a thrill to race fans gathered at the Bushy Park Raceway when he picked up two firsts and one fourth-place finish.
Starting in position two of the first race on Sunday, he completed the race first but was handed a 10-second penalty for jumping the start, which relegated him to fourth place.
In the second race, which features a reverse grid, Ming started in 3rd but on lap one rocketed to the front to take the race as he ran unchallenged.
Race three proved the most challenging for the young Guyanese as he started second behind the Barbadian Sean Maloney, with the later holding a stiff defensive line, but failed to keep the exuberant Ming behind him.