Matthew Vieira reigns supreme as accident curtails event
Matthew Vieira waves a chequered flag, his second of the weekend
Matthew Vieira waves a chequered flag, his second of the weekend

Both injured spectators listed as stable
By Stephan Sookram in Trinidad, compliments of the NSC, Darthan Investments, AJM, Unisource, YUDIFAT logistics Inc, Trini Auto Works, Source Auto Sales, Cyril’s Transportation Services

WHAT was shaping up to be redemption day for the Guyanese drivers ended pre-maturely, as a racing incident curtailed the feature day of SpeedJam’s Motorsport Festival in Trinidad and Tobago.
The three-day event at the Frankie Boodram Wallerfield International raceway was cut short after a competitor in the unlimited class (Estaban Jimenez) ran through a barrier and into the pit area, injuring two spectators.

A father-son duo from Trinidad who were injured, was stabilised and taken to hospital. According to organisers, they were later listed as stable.
Following that, the organisers were forced to call a halt to the event, owing to the fact that the medical personnel and ambulances had to escort the injured to the hospital.
In the earlier part of that race, the second of the two twenty-lap contests, Guyanese Mark Vieira (Mazda RX8) was in second position to the host’s Zachary Boodram (Lamborghini Hurcan) when the race was red flagged.

Vieira tried to carry the fight to Boodram but could not keep up with Trinidad’s latest high end race car acquisition.
In the earlier race, Vieira also picked up a second-place finish after holding off a strong challenge from the host’s Kristian Boodoosingh and his Honda Civic.

Danny Persaud had a DNF (Did Not Finish) due to mechanical issues while Gavin Guyadin and Harold Hopkinson had DNS (did not start)
Meanwhile, it was smooth sailing for Matthew Vieira who was able to add another win to his tally, continuing his clean sweep in the superbike class.
Vieira, who started on pole by virtue of his win on Saturday, converted that pole to a first place finish, opening a gap on the competitors.

Race Ending! The Subaru Impreza of Estaban Jimenez’s in the pit box of Trinidad’s Franklyn Boodram

Heeranand (Nicholas) Boodram held off the challenges of Rossi Joseph for the first four of the eight-lap races but could not hold it to the end, eventually finishing third.
Keil Abaram (Trinidad) finished fourth ahead of his countryman Abdul Ali with the Guyanese trio of Dowayne Casear, Alain Hopkinson and Ray Cappell.
The day also included drifting and drag racing exhibition as well as a meet and greet for drivers.
The Guyanese begin returning home from today.

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