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GT&T strengthens relationship with motor racing fraternity
‘Caribbean ‘Race of Champions’ Meet
“We are proud of them and extremely grateful for their support over the years,” Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) official Vishok Persaud told a gathering of media operatives yesterday in the Canteen of title sponsor GT&T yesterday.
The Meeting was held to announce the Company’s continued association with Sunday’s ‘Caribbean ‘Race of Champions’ Meet which will be staged at the South Dakota Circuit when some of the best drivers, riders and karters in the Region go head to head in a battle for country and individual supremacy.
Officials at yesterday’s Press Briefing GMR&SC official Vishok Persaud (centre) flanked by (from left) GT&T’s Nicola Duggan, GuyEnterprise Shameer Shahid, GT&T’s Allison Dundas and Allison Parker.
Apart from Persaud, others present at the occasion included GT&T’s Co-ordinator of Mobile Sales Allison Dundas, PRO Allison Parker, Marketing Executive Nicola Duggan and GuyEnterprise Marketing official Shameer Shahib.
Persaud in his remarks reminded those present about the strong relationship the two entities have which according to him dates back over eight years, but more importantly it was a reaffirmation of the 3-year contract agreement that will see the disbursement of $40million over that period.
He added that GT&T has been the backbone of motor racing and the clear signal from them is that they are prepared to preserve that status in the future.
“With the cost associated to host a Meet the magnitude of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship, if we do not get the kind of substantial support that we’ve received from our title sponsor it would be virtually impossible for us to manage such a huge undertaking,” Persaud disclosed.
The racing official confirmed that all the foreign cars are in the country and the competitors are expected to start arriving next Tuesday and Wednesday so that they will be afforded valuable practice.
He urged all to come out and witness the races since it is anticipated to be thrilling and competitive with most of the categories fully subscribed with little difference in the lap times amongst the competitors.
Persaud gave as examples the little difference between Guyana’s Andrew King, David Summerbell Jnr of Jamaica, Roger Mayers of Barbados, Mark Vieira and Kevin Jeffrey, informing that very little in terms of lap time separates them, while Canadian Kevin Graham and Stephen ‘Valentino Rossi’ Vieira, Carlos Rodrigues and Joel Neblett, all have some fantastic times and just as the cars, the disparity between them is slender.
He thanked the Company for being on board and looks forward to their future assistance.
Dundas in her presentation spoke of some of the offers that GT&T will be providing for the fans including the E-Ticket purchase where a spectator could buy a ticket for the races using the text medium and have the opportunity to get to the venue via the Fast Lane which provides priority for those that bought tickets using the SMS system.
Tickets cost $2000 for adults and $1000 for children and could be purchased by texting 620-race and specifying 1-A for the adults and 1-C for children.
Some 26 races are carded and over 100 competitors are listed to compete.
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