Darthan Investments looking to build on good form
WITH the days swiftly closing in for the second round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Circuit racing championship, one team is looking to springboard off their round- one performance.

Paul Jiwanram with his Suzuki Swift, Azad Hassan with his Toyota AE91 and Troy Muir with his Toyota Starlet make up the Darthan Racing team sponsored by Darthan investments.
The team had a favorable point hall in round one and will be looking for another successful race meet come this weekend in the South Dakota Grand Prix.

Hassan leading Sports Tuner (1600cc)
Hassan, who drives the Green GUYOIL/Darthan Racing AE91, currently leads the Sport Tuner class with a clean sweep of round one — three wins from three events.
His nearest competitor is Ryan Rahaman who sits on 51 points and Mohamed Ahamad who has 48.
“We are looking to continue this good run of form for my class especially. I’m looking forward to that this coming Sunday and I think that we have the car to do just that.”

“I think its most important though that we do not get carried away and take it race by race. The Darthan team has been behind me in the days leading up to this event and the result will be just as much mine is it is theirs.”

Muir aims high for Street Tuner Glory (1500)
On the converse side, Troy Muir, the 2E GUYOIL/Darthan Racing- sponsored Toyota Starlet is currently fourth in the Street Tuner (1500cc) class and will have some work to do as he heads into round two.
Currently on 36 points, Muir has Jorge Ramirez (37 points), Naresh Alves (38 points) and Vickey Persaud (50 points) all ahead of him.
The task, however, is not daunting.
“Last event, I had two second place finishes and one Did Not Finish (DNF) and that DNF cost me. But there is nothing I can do about it now. I just need to put my head down and drive to recover those points.”
“I think the car is good enough to do the job and the Darthan team have again done a massive job of preparing the car as we head into round two,” Muir added.

Jiwanram sees promising signs from the swift
Meanwhile, the Suzuki Swift of Paul Jiwanram showed promise in round one despite him exiting the first race early due to a damaged back hub.
He, however, returned in the second and the third race, finishing fifth both times to cap off the weekend.
“Round one started well for us, the car was showing promise in the street tuner until we had an unfortunate incident with another competitor. That ended our first race.”

We were able to back out in races two and three and I think we did decent considering the damage the car had sustained in race one. This round we are aiming for podiums.”
“But these [incidents] are some of the things I think the officials need to look at and rope in; there are a lot of new drivers on track not observing the rules and etiquette of driving. It is something I hope the stewards and race officials look at come Sunday for round two.”
Jiwaram’s Suzuki is sponsored also by Leading Technology, Ad Nation Guyana, Helix Signs, Emagination, Ricks and Sari, and Elite Imports.
All the cars are built and maintained by Arshaad Hassan of A’s Automotive with the team’s manager being Davin Pandy.
Sunday’s second round of the GMRSC Circuit Racing Championship commences at 10:00hrs.