RADICAL Caribbean Cup (RCC) yesterday confirmed that Guyana’s Kristian Jeffrey has clinched the Individual title after the final round was contested on the expanded South Dakota Circuit on Sunday.

Additionally, there is a double celebration for the ecstatic Guyanese who filled the venue, as Guyana won the inaugural Nations Cup, despite Barbadian brothers Stuart and Mark Maloney closing the gap to a single point with victories in the day’s first two races.

Heading into the final round, Jeffrey was 15 points behind his year-long rival Kristian Boodoosingh of Trinidad and Tobago. Boodoosingh had wrested the lead from Jeffrey’s grasp last month on his own home turf.

Jeffrey had won four of the nine races earlier in the season, along with two other podium spots, while Boodoosingh had never been off the podium, scoring maximum points three times in October.

A battle of the titans occurred in Guyana with the added spice of the extended layout at South Dakota, up from 0.78 to 1.6 miles, being raced on for the first time.

It took some adjusting and it was close throughout the day until the decisive final race which Jeffrey won, leaving Boodoosingh to settle for third.

The final points standing gave Jeffrey a five-point advantage and the coveted title.

Driver points after final round:
1st – Kristian Jeffrey (217 points); 2nd – Kristian Boodoosingh (212 pts); 3rd – Stuart Maloney (116 pts); 4th – Justin Maloney (116pts); 5th – Suleman Esuf (100 pts); 6th – Senna Summerbell (100 pts); 7th Mark Maloney (79 pts); 8th – Sean Maloney (63 pts); 9th – Justin Campbell of Barbados (47 pts) ; 10th Ahmed Esuf (39 pts);11th – Zachary Boodram of T&T (22 pts) and 12th – Ravi Singh of T&T (2 pts)

Nations Cup points after final round:
1st – Guyana 230 points; 2nd – Barbados (229 pts); 3rd – Trinidad & Tobago (216 pts) and 4th – Jamaica (129 pts)