THE friendly banter will become rivalry today when the first round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) Endurance Championship gets going at the South Dakota Circuit.

Mechanics and drivers have been trading blows and today’s event will give credence to all that talk.
As races get started the frontrunners of the various classes will emerge as the club tests out a new format for the ‘distance’ brand of racing.

Still the eyes will be on Shan Seejattan and his crew as he gets set to defend that overall title he picked up last year-end at the last event.
Meanwhile GMR&SC executive member Paul Jiwanram confirmed that all systems are in place for today’s race and encouraged all competitors to turn up prepared.

“We want to remind competitors that we are not doing manual timing nor will we use any results done by any team. All cars should have fully charged transponders,” he said.
“Otherwise, things are ready. All the requisite plans and arrangements are in place and we predict an exciting day of racing.”

In the first class, cars up to 1500cc will be considered eligible, with the second class being 1501-1600cc. The third class will see cars in the 1601-2000cc, with the unlimited class featuring cars over 2000cc.

There will also be a one-hour endurance for bikes.