PLANS for the inaugural day/night race meet of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) are on target with only a few fineries left to be put in place.This is according to president of the GMR&SC, Mahendra Boodhoo, who spoke to Chronicle Sport yesterday.
“We are running a demo for the event on Friday evening to ensure that everything is ready for our day/night event. We are very excited by the prospect of this event for the future of racing here,” Boodhoo said.
He continued, “Competitors are gearing themselves for the event which will be a fun-filled day/night theme. Persons who are desirous can camp out as well; we have areas set out for that.”
The event will double as round two of the local racing championship and will take place today.
Additionally, instead of the usual three races, there will be two races per class.
According to an earlier message, the change from the usual Sunday outing is to facilitate competitive practice before the second round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) 2016 in Trinidad and Tobago just eight days after.
The other measure, taken into consideration, was the fact that the vehicles that competed in the CMRC round one in Jamaica came back on July 14 with several of them expected to undergo repairs and upgrades ahead of round two.
The event will begin at 14:00hrs. However, scrutineering and checks will be done from 08:00hrs with time trials expected to commence two hours later
Several of the country’s top riders and drivers are expected to be on show at the event.