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Roshandin feeling good about new car
Even the change of machine did not effectively affect the usually high
Group 2A champion Shairaz Roshandin takes a lap of honour with the chequered flag shortly after winning the second Group 2A race last Sunday.
quality of driving and success that is associated with defending Group 2A champion Shairaz Roshandin, who blazed to one win and a second place, during the recently staged ‘Race of Champions’ Meet, at the South Dakota Circuit.
Roshandin, who previously drove a very fast Toyota Levin at previous Meets now drives a Honda Civic and in an interview with Kaieteur Sport said he felt no different in the new car and is confident of retaining his title this year.
“This car is just as competent and reliable as the Levin and if I’m to judge from last week’s performance I’m positive that the results will be the same,” Roshandin opined.
Roshandin, who has been around the sport for sometime now and is the reigning Endurance champion along with a quality drag racer, told this newspaper he intends to represent Guyana at all the upcoming overseas engagements in an effort to give this country a good chance of regaining the Caribbean title.
“I would like to go to those races to score valuable points for Guyana which could place us in a strong position to recapture the title that we lost to Barbados last year,” Roshandin stated.
A normally reserved driver, who prefers to leave his talking for the track, Roshandin seemed upbeat about his chances of retaining the individual crown in the category.
Sponsored by M.S Roshandin an entity that deals with Diesel Pumps and Injectors Services, Total Lubricants and Bakewell’s Roti Hut and Rituals, quizzed on Guyana’s odds of recapturing the title in the Caribbean Series said that the country’s chance of doing so has increased, especially with the new breed of drivers who’re sparing no effort to get their machines in the best working condition to challenge the mighty Jamaicans and Barbadians where the economic gap among the three countries is huge.
“Those countries are investing far more than us to get the best performance from their cars, while the business community are more than willing to invest in the sport, but I feel that the sport here is getting bigger and with the exposure that it is enjoying, I feel pretty soon we will catch up with them,” he felt.
Roshandin said rivalry within the division is fierce and competitive and this he says is good for the fans and the sport.
The 2A champ informed that he is looking forward to the next Meet where he is hoping to produce a more dominant performance and really stamp his authority in the category.
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