GMR&SC to issue statement on incomplete classes

THE Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) has said it will be issuing a statement shortly regarding the issues surrounding the Quarter Mile Return drag race meet held on Sunday.

Fans were promised a match between the record-holding GTR of Team Mohamed’s and the newly acquired 2JZ-powered Mustang of Randel Daby – a match-up which never happened.
A record turnout of fans forced the premature end to the day’s activities, as spectators crowded the finish line causing the race committee to deem the siruation unsafe to run off more races.

Before that, however, the Goliath GTR had lined up awaiting the Daby Mustang which after several calls, did not come to the line.

In a statement issued earlier today owner and team principal Arzrudin Mohamed said,” I would like to thank my fans mainly, spectators, officials, Guyana Police Force, Guyana Fire Service, the media fraternity, the Surinamese who came from so far and everyone else who played a significant part in this event.

It was a bit disappointing that no one came to the line to race any of my GTRs. However, I ran all of my cars yesterday to entertain the thousands in attendance. My vision for Drag Racing in Guyana will change the future of motorsport in the Caribbean.”

No statement has been issued by Randel Daby’s team.

What did show up and tease the fans, however, was the newly acquired Pro-Mod car of Team Mohamed’s which cut an impressive 7.6 second time on the day despite not being able to put down its full-power.
And on the track record, while the Godzilla GTR recorded the fastest time of the day, it was equal to the past record of 7.5 seconds.

Driver Terrance Cox was planning to have one more shot at the record on the day; the car was already on the line when the event was shut down.

There were also niggles and gremlins for the S&D Performance camp with the Kong Supra and the Caldina, as well as the 2ZJ-powered RX7 of Peter Daby all not being able
The team admitted that these problems were actively being sorted on race day but by the close of day, they were unable to fully sort them out.

Meanwhile, due to fading light and the finish line being over-run by fans, the club was unable to run off several time brackets namely the 15-13 second classes.
An early spill for a Surinamese competitor saw his day end prematurely but the driver escaped unharmed.

For the completed groups, the Touring Surinamese drivers did pick up trophies: Michael Namchand’s 2JZ-powered Mazda RX7 snapped up the 9-second class, (RX-7); Sanjay Sewgobin won the 10-second class; Raymond John and his Toyota Chaser retained the 11-second title and Omar Nabibaksh won the 12-second class.

The 16-second class went to Reeaz Khan.