THOUSANDS of Guyanese crammed into the South Dakota Circuit yesterday to witness what was an outstanding day’s performance on the track by Matthew Vieira and Kristian Jeffrey as the two, competing in separate divisions, ruled supreme over their competition from other Caribbean territories.It was the final leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) and Jeffrey, driving his now famous and feared Mitsubishi Evolution, retained his crown as ‘Caribbean Champion’, winning all three of his Group 4 races.

The day saw the likes of Mark Maloney (Barbados), Ravi Singh (Trinidad), Paul Vieira (Guyanese but representing Trinidad and Tobago) and the older Jeffrey (Kevin) all competing in Group 4 with the aim of taking Kristian’s title away.

But, after dominant performances in the previous three legs (Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados); the younger Jeffrey entered the Guyana leg with a lead that was basically impossible to overtake.

In the other categories, Paul Vieira won only one Group 3 race while the other two were claimed by (Ravi) Singh behind the wheels of his fire-spitting Mazda RX7.

Guyana’s Shan Seejattan won two of the three Group 2 races while countryman Rameez Mohamed won the other.

Meanwhile, sitting on the saddle of his Triumph Daytona 675, 17 year-old Matthew Vieira had the capacity crowd on their feet as he displayed skills reminiscent of his father (Mark) and the other Vieiras who all left an impressionable mark on Motor racing in the region.

With Kristian making the Group 4 Category too predictable, the crowd was entertained with Vieira’s daredevil like performance, with the youngster being forced to be at his best, facing stiff challenges from his cousins Elliot and Stephen.

Up to press time, the other results and final results were being tabulated and will be publish in its entirety in a subsequent report.