GMR&SC mulling ways to allocate points after Sunday’s incident
The high-powered GTRs of Mohamed’s Enterprise were among the cars that were unable to run during the GMR&SC’s King of the Strip race. (GTRidez photo)
The high-powered GTRs of Mohamed’s Enterprise were among the cars that were unable to run during the GMR&SC’s King of the Strip race. (GTRidez photo)

– competitor Vevik Joshi recounts tale

THE Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) is mulling the way forward after being forced to cut short its King of the Strip Drag race meet on Sunday.

A racing incident, involving competitor Vevik Joshi in which his car toppled several times during one of the races, cut short the day prematurely, with several classes left incomplete.
According to the GMR&SC, because of those incomplete classes and the fact that they are awarding an overall yearly drag champion, they are mulling ways to allocate the points
According to president Rameez Mohamed, “We will meet before the end of the week to see what we can do to ensure those races that were not run can see competitors get points or what else can be done.”

“We are glad that our safety measures were up to scratch. We spared no costs in ensuring that we did the best possible job and while it’s a system we never want to see tested, I’m glad it did stand up,” Mohamed added.

Meanwhile, Joshi yesterday on social media thanked the club for the measures enforced, saying, “Mishaps do happen and they can look real disturbing but good safety mitigates bad outcomes. This is a testimony to the developments in motor sport in Guyana. We have come a long way. We will continue to learn and improve.”

Vevik Joshi wins the 12-second class before a racing incident ends his and the rest of the competition. (GTRidez photo)

He continued, “This was the race for the winner so I wasn’t going to give up easily since I greatly outmatched my opponent with power. I drove off slowly and thought I could apply a bit more power in higher gears and reel him in since the end of the track was drying up. Unfortunately I applied a little too much power.”

His advice to those racing was simple.

“I have been drag racing for about 18 years. Motor racing is a very dangerous sport and we assume a big risk when we race. I assumed that risk and I pushed it; this why we must keep it off the road and on the track. Outcomes on the road would be very different.”
In the events that were completed before the incident, Pankraj Ramdeo with a time of 15.386 carted off the 15 seconds class while Rayon Brijpal won the 14 seconds class.
The 13-second class belonged to Suriname’s Nevin Lalbeharie (13.474) while Joshi won the 12-second class before his incident. He was competing in the 11-second final at the time.

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