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GMR&SC ‘National Race of Champions’ Meet… Fans could be the winners today

Aug 09, 2015 Sports

– largest fields assembled for sometime

With the recent announcement by the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) that the laps for the Group 4 category being increased to 15 from the usual 10, many feel that no driver will have a distinct advantage, but rather the playing field will be level making the division highly competitive.
Today, at the South Dakota Circuit which will host the GMR&SC ‘National Race of Champions’ Meet, the lineup in every category is largely subscribed and the group benefitting will be the fans.
According to GMR&SC Vice President Shairaz Roshandin “The change in laps is to bring Guyana in line with the CMRC. The Caribbean championship (Group 4) is set to run between 9 and 11 minutes and because of the size of our track, we had to run more laps”
Roshandin confirmed that the rule change only applies to the larger group four cars and the other Caribbean classes (groups 3, 2 and bikes) will not incur changes.
Additionally, with the Meet being used as the yardstick to select the Guyana contingent to participate in the upcoming third leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) scheduled for Bushy Park in Barbados next month, word from the respective camps is that all the competitors are highly motivated and fully charged to provide an enthralling day of action for the most important stakeholders in the sport, the sponsors and fans.
Competitors are expected out in their numbers with the event being litmus for the selection of Team Guyana to the Third leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships in Barbados next month.
The group 4 Division will feature reigning Caribbean Group 4 champion Kristian Jeffery, who will be going up against his father Kevin, uncle Andrew King, the rejuvenated Rupie Shewjattan, Danny Persaud, Keith Evelyn, Vishok Persaud among others and this starting grid is packed with fast machines and skilled drivers making it difficult to predict a winner.
The Group 3 is also loaded with top talent and with the arrival of Suriname’s Oliver Tjin Liep Shie, Trinidadian Ravi Singh, Guyana’s own Rameez Mohamed, Vishal Sawh, Roshan Ali and Adrian Fernandes another rivetting contest is in the making.
The Group 2 division promises to be no different in terms of competition with Chet Singh and Shairaz Roshandin set to renew their rivalry.
A number of dark horses could also emerge and upset the favourites so apprehension and upset could be the order of the day.
What more could be said of the Group 1 category which could supply the most drama for the day, especially with many young and upcoming drivers looking to make their name and stake their claim.
Who could forget the thrills and spills that the Superbikers bring and with the rising starts in Matthew Vieira, Elliott Vieira and Kevin Persaud confirmed, the older riders might have to pull out all the stops to impede their march to dominance.
These new breed of riders are exciting and fun to watch so don’t be surprised if the older guys are upstaged.
What is certain is that with the selectors in attendance, competitors will be aiming to throw down the gauntlet on each other in a straight battle for supremacy and a national selection.
The winner could be the fans who converge today at the South Dakota Circuit to witness what is anticipated to be one of the largest assembled fields for local racing for sometime.

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