A QUARTER-MILE showdown to end all the grumblings from the most recent International Drag race will take place on October 20.

Dubbed the 1320 Heat rematch, Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) announced the event yesterday with the aim of putting to rest all debates for the fastest cars in the respective classes.

According to GMR&SC president Rameez Mohamed, “We, at GMR&SC, have been monitoring our chats and we see there are a lot of guys who still feel that something or another went wrong on August 25 at our international drag race meet.”

“So as a committee, we have decided to hold the 1320 rematch on October 20 to put all the squabbling aside and to sort whatever remaining issues there are.”

He noted that the club is toying with the idea of allowing grudge match runs but that decision will be made in the coming days.

Meanwhile, GMR&SC president did not mince words with several classes, calling on teams to put their act together or risk being cut.

“The slower classes, the 16- and 15-second competitors gave us a hard time at the last meeting and to be honest, if they do not pull themselves together then we risk cutting them from the next event.”

“It’s not something we as a club want to do – deny competitors the chance to race, but we’ve found that these guys tend to give the team on the ground the most trouble to locate. Sometimes we make it to the finals and some of these same guys that failed to turn up to the line, appear and claim they had not been given the chance to race.”

He noted that on several occasions, competitors are sitting on their cars on the outskirts of the Launchpad but aren’t coming to the line because they are sometimes trying to skirt their way into the next round.

“Whether we disqualify on the spot or cut the entire class is something for the committee to discuss moving forward.”

Further details surrounding the event, including admission and sponsors, will be released in the coming days, according to Mohamed.