By Stephan Sookram

OVERSEAS-based Guyanese and two-time Caribbean champion Kristian Jeffrey arrived in Guyana late yesterday afternoon ahead of the first National Race of Champions set for the South Dakota Circuit tomorrow.The Guyanese who trains and studies overseas also spoke to Chronicle Sport following his arrival saying, “We just came here to run the car, ensure everything is as good as last November in preparation for Jamaica.”
Jeffrey added, “We didn’t even touch the car since the last races (November) we just did a spanner check. Today is the first time we are running the car for the year at the track so we are just going to do some fine-tuning and we are going to see where it goes from there.”

The group four competitor and son of ace racer Kevin Jeffrey, who made light work of the Caribbean Competition in 2015 and will seek the treble of the Caribbean Motor Racing Association’s Championships this year, is upbeat about the coming season, set to get going in May.
“Right now, we’ve got a few new cars from Jamaica and we’re looking at the big picture In group 4, we’ve got some more artillery coming so the game has been upped but we don’t know what’s going to happen with the splitting of classes right now,” said the Caribbean champion

He continued, “But as a racer, I have a car, we built the car to suit the rules and it’s still fresh for me. Just my second year in and I just love racing and I take every opportunity I get.”
His Mitsubishi Evolution 9, sponsored by STAG and Fly Jamaica will be in action when the flag drops tomorrow.
Race time is 09:30hrs with Fly Jamaica and GTT as the main sponsors of the day.