THE South Dakota Circuit was a hive of activities yesterday with the first official practice of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) International Race of Champions.

The meet, which also forms the basis for the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC), saw several competitors get the chance to test and tune ahead of today’s qualification and official race day.

According to GMR&SC president Rameez Mohamed, the day was successful and incident-free as several competitors had a chance to test their cars.
“I would say the day was a success; we’ve seen about 30 or 40 competitors that came out today (yesterday) to check and tune and basically get a feel of their cars.”

He added, “We also had a chance to test the new lighting system we installed on a new crossover at the track so that is also a success. We’ve explained to the competitors how the lights will work and we will do so again before today’s meet.”
Meanwhile, the club is gearing to push off its first two-day race meet at the Timehri facility from today with qualification commencing at 10:00hrs.

The 27-race programme, which features both Radical Racing and Drift Car exhibitions, is expected to feature a host of local races.
Among them are the Street and Sports tuner classes as well as the Starlet Cup.
Meanwhile tomorrow’s race day begins at 08:30hrs.