THE support from the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) will remain and definitely increase for karting locally following a successful year.

This sentiment was met with a round of applause Friday evening by president of the Club, Rameez Mohamed, as GT Motorsports held its presentation ceremony for the 2017 championship of the Georgetown Grand Prix.

“We want to thank Vishok (Persaud) for what he has done here and to know that we are as committed to karting as we are to circuit racing and its other sports.” he said.
Indeed, the club has shown its commitment to that division by including four events in its 2018 calendar and integrating its marshals to assist in the smooth running of the various events.

Meanwhile Persaud, the owner of GT Motorsports, the body that hosts the championships, explained his vision when he first started the project. His idea was to give children an avenue to get into racing.

Kristian Jeffrey was not present to collect his champion trophy for the shifter kart class due to the Barbados Radical Carnival this weekend He was represented by his father Kevin.
The runner-up in the class, Elliot Vieira was also abroad as he gets ready to compete in the Canadian Superbike Championship (CSBK) this year. Third place went to Canadian Darryl Timmers.

The battle in the 125cc Senior class was won by Pure Racing’s Matthew Phang who is also in Canada studying while the second placer, Trinidad’s Bridget Singh, picked up second and Denzil Hopkinson finished third.
The 125cc Junior champion was Mikhail Persaud with Rayden Persaud in second place and Pure Racing’s John Phang third.

Easy Cup Light came down to the wire with Raymond Seebarran ending as champion over Haniff Mohamed and Ralph Persaud while the Easy Cup Heavy winner was Shan Seejattan ahead of Mohamed and Seebarran.
The Rookie class was picked up by Raymond Baksh with Ralph Persaud second and Dharmendra Dharmo third.

The Sunburst Kids 60cc cup was by far the most competitive with Pure Racing’s Jeremy Ten-Pow taking the trophy ahead of Nathan Rahaman and Pure Racing’s Paige Mendonca.
Several other tokens were handed out by GT Motorsports to its marshals as well as several outstanding sponsors and persons whose support was unwavering in their dedication to the development of the sport.

The 2018 edition Georgetown Grand Prix Championship round one takes place on March 3 with the second leg billed for April 28, the third leg on July 1 and the final leg on October 20.0