TRINIDAD’S Sheldon Bissessar owns the 1320 strip record after shattering the old benchmark of 7.5 with a 7.208 time during yesterday’s dial in session of the International Drag Race.
Bissessar’s rail car late in the afternoon ran the time, with former strip record-holder Team Mohamed’s Godzilla GTR and their Pro-Mod car both not able to set matching times.

It was a tough day for Team Guyana with Kong Supra, as well as the Daby RX7 also suffering issues.
Things did not look better in the Trans Pacific camp with their Alteeza also failing to put down a representative benchmark.

While the qualifying for the 14-second, 15-second and 16-second classes were completed, a large part of the 140 competitors did not show up for the optional test day.
However, the day ran smoothly with those who turned up getting their first official taste of the surface.

Elsewhere, the Suriname racers and their cars were dialed in and ready for today’s classification sessions following several runs.
Fans will surely be in for a fire-cracker today when action gets going from 08:00hrs tomorrow with the remaining qualifying followed by knockouts from noon!
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