Jeffrey relishing debut season CMRC success

Nov 23, 2014 Sports

Making his regional debut this year, Guyana ‘s Group 4 driver Kristian Jeffrey underlined

Newly-crowned CMRC champion Kristian Jeffrey (left) poses with his dad Kevin following his outstanding performance at the just concluded final leg of the Series at the South Dakota Circuit.

his talent with another dominating performance at the just concluded final leg of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) after capturing two wins and a third place finish from three races which enabled him to be crowned Caribbean individual champion.
Jeffrey, who totally dominated the marquee Group 4 event in the opening leg in Barbados, winning all three races, before suffering mechanical issues in Trinidad and Tobago in the second leg, securing a mere 10 points, rebounded on home soil to seal the individual title after amassing 153 points and in the process became the first Guyanese to win on debut and the first to cop the individual title.
Jeffrey, who drives a Mitsubishi Evolution IX, made his debut in motor racing as a karter, before graduating to racing cars and impressed right away in his first season in 2014, racing unbeaten at Bushy Park in the opening leg of the CMRC and crowned it all with a captivating performance at home against the toughest opposition in the Series.
Young Jeffrey, who would have learned all the tricks of the trade from father Kevin, a standout driver in the Group 4 category, showed his class after racing to an impressive win against the experienced Barbadian Stuart Maloney, a former champion of the Caribbean and who had split the rivalry amongst the two competitors in the first two races in the final leg at the South Dakota Circuit, before the high-spirited Jeffrey engineered an electrifying overtake at the Clubhouse turn to grab his second podium.
It was a move of youthful brazenness and fearlessness, but at the same time not seen as disrespectful to his more established counterpart.
The new Caribbean champion along with another local champion Mark Vieira will now move on to the Race of Champions Meet set for December at Bushy Park in Barbados where they will compete against some of the best drivers in the world including FI Romain Grosjean.
Meanwhile, due to Jeffrey’s outstanding performance Guyana was able to grab the overall title with a total points’ tally of 541 to relegate into second place Barbados who closed the three legs on 482 followed by Trinidad and Tobago on 400 and Jamaica in the cellar with 151.