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Guyana claims Seaboard Marine CMRC hat-trick
Jeffrey, Elliott Vieira, Paul Vieira, Gill declared champions
Following a strong showing across all classes in the final round of the 2015 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) at South Dakota on Sunday, Team Guyana has won the Country
Caribbean champion Kristian Jeffrey seen in celebratory mood with his hardware following the conclusion of the presentation ceremony.
Championship for a third straight year.
The home team’s impressive tally of 423 points propelled them from third place to first, beating Trinidad & Tobago to the coveted title by just eight points.
The final points standings are- Championship – Country: 1st Guyana 934pts; 2nd Trinidad & Tobago 926 points; 3rd Barbados 660pts; 4th Jamaica 369pts; 5th Cayman Islands 154pts; 6th Suriname 25pts
Guyana’s Kristian Jeffrey (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) notched up a hat-trick of Group 4 wins to claim back-to-back Champion Driver titles; Paul Vieira (Mazda RX-7) won the inaugural Gp3 Championship for Trinidad & Tobago, defeating Cayman Islander Gary Barrett (Honda Civic), who had led all season; Marc Gill (Civic) doubled up for T&T’s Team Tigers, as the first non-Barbadian driver to claim the Gp2 title.
There was no doubt ahead of the weekend that the CMRC Superstock title would fall to one or other of the Guyanese Vieira cousins Stephen (Suzuki GSX-R600) or Elliot (Kawasaki ZX6-R); few would have predicted a clean sweep of race wins for the third cousin, Matthew (Triumph Daytona), however, as Elliott rode to three top four finishes, claiming his first CMRC title.
Championship – Driver: 1st K. Jeffrey 225 points; 2nd Boodoosingh 152pts; 3rd Gerard Carrington (T&T), Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI 58pts; 4th George Bayley (JAM), Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII 51pts; 5th Kevin Jeffrey 50pts; 6th Stuart Williams (BAR), Lotus Elise 48pts; etc
Championship – Driver GP3 : 1st P. Vieira 169 points; 2nd Gary Barrett (CAY), Honda Civic 122pts; 3rd K Thompson 104pts; 4th D Persaud 82pts; 5th Singh 68pts; 6th Natasha Chang (JAM), Honda S2000 62pts; etc
Caribbean Superbike champion Elliott Vieira receives his trophy from a sponsor representative during the presentation ceremony.
Championship – DriverGP2: 1st M. Gill 153 points; 2nd M. Thompson 118pts; 3rd S. Roshandin 84pts; 4th Jordan Powell (JAM), Honda Civic 75pts; 4th Seejattan 68pts; 6th Mohamed 61pts; etc
Championship – Rider Superstock: 1st E. Vieira 161 points; 2nd S Vieira 143pts; 3rd M. Vieira 100pts; 4th Neblette 84pts; 5th Robert McDonald (JAM), Yamaha YZF-R6 45pts; 6th David Bell (JAM), Honda CBR RR600 36pts; etc
Chairman of the CMRC’s co-ordinating body, the Caribbean Motor Racing Association (CMRA), was delighted the Championship’s most successful season yet. Ray Rahaman said: “After two years and seven events on four tracks, our Association is now well set to expand and showcase our racing product in 2016. Over the course of the season, nearly 90 drivers and riders have scored points across the four CMRC classes, which is enormously encouraging. We look forward to next year with great eagerness.”
Alongside the finale of the CMRC’s first four-round season, the Guyana Motor Racing & Sport Club’s (GMR&SC) final race meet of the season also included the first home track demonstration by Calvin Ming of the Formula 4 single-seater in which he finished fourth in the category’s debut NACAM race on the supporting programme at the Mexican GP.
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