NYRON Maraj secured the inaugural Vitz cup pole ahead of today’s opening round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club Circuit championship.
The newly created class which features factory edition Toyota Vitz will see its first race today at the South Dakota Circuit Timehri.
Maraj created history, securing the first pole with a time of 1:35.299, some six-tenths of the second placed Shan Seejattan (1:35.990) in the Vitz Cup A Class.
In the B class, Darryl Akeung (1:35.617) secured pole with Ravin Ramotaur 1.4 seconds away in second and Bishram Rajaram third.
In the Street Tuner Class, Naresh Alves (1:31.265) qualified ahead of Jad Rahaman (1:35.180) and Jorge Ramirez (1:36.477) while there was Sport Tuner pole for Azad Hassan (1:28.72) ahead of Ryan Rahaman (1:29.396) and Adrian Fernandes (1:29.739).
In group two, Seejattan (1:25.475) qualified ahead of Christopher Lall (1:26.660) and Ryan Rahaman.
In group three Stefan Jeffrey (1:21.325) qualified ahead of Denzil Hopkinson (1:21.974) and Danny Persaud while in group four, Mohan Ranagasammy finished qualified ahead of Andrew King and Gavin Gayadin.
There were no qualifying for the Starlet Cup but the Lottery system (Hand in bag) with Anand Ramchand starting ahead of Afraz Allie.
The same method was used for the Bikes and Super Stock A will see Matthew Vieira starting ahead of Dylan Singh and Kevin Persaud for the A Class, with Fitzpatrick Agustus, Jamal Osbourne and Akeem Miller as the top three starters for the Street Bike Class.