HAVING had a broken year in 2017, Danny Persaud is ready to seek glory atop the Group Three standings, starting with the first National Race of Champions in a week’s time.
Missing a few of the local legs last year cost him valuable points in the run-up to the championship finale in November but Persaud says that he is raring to return.

“Last year, I had some stuff I wanted to work on personally so I missed a few meets both locally and internationally. This year, it’s going to be different,” he said.
“Car preparation has begun a while ago and at the moment, we’ve got some finery to do on the car but as it stands, there is nothing major that needs to be done to the car.”

He noted that they have been working on more reliability for the car as they push ahead to the Caribbean Championships which begin in Jamaica in May.
“We are also using this meet as a bit of litmus for the CMRC (Caribbean Motor Racing Championships) first leg at Jamwest so how the car performs here will determine that.”
Competitor-wise, Persaud admitted that the other drivers in his group are also looking for a good start to the local drivers’ standings.

“Well, there’s of course Vishok (Persaud, the defending Group 3 champion) as well as Stefan (Jeffrey) and some of the other guys who I know are going to come hard so it’s not going to be easy.

His blue Mazda Miata is sponsored by Buy Me Auto.
Among the meet’s sponsors are STAG, Mohamed’s Enterprise and Tropical Shipping.