Locals determined to defend home turf

May 08, 2016 Sports

As news continue to flow about Suriname’s impending assault on Guyana’s dominance in regional

(Flashback)- One of Guyana’s kings of Drag racing Anand Ramchand stands atop his Mitsubishi Evo with the championship trophy.

motor racing, the upcoming May 15 ‘Golden Jubliee’ International Drag Meet is being seen as a threat to wrest control of Guyana’s supremacy in this format of the sport.
Guyana’s Anand Ramchand and the Daby brothers Rondell and Peter along with Chet Singh and others obviously knows the importance of defending home turf, especially in front of a turnout that is anticipated to be large, at the South Dakota Circuit.
The Dutch have included the veteran Hans Ijzer whose GMC Typhoon is no stranger to Guyana and a machine that every local dragster respects and his support will come from Ashton Ceyaram, who pilots a Toyota Chaser, Ruifan Chen (Honda Integra), Prakash Lachman (Toyota Supra), Micheal Namchand (RX7), (Navin Lalbiharie (Nissan 350Z), Jean-Paul Jose (Ford Cobra Jet) Lester Choi (Nova) and Vidyakoemar Soekhoe (Mitsubishi Evo).
They will also be represented in the Superbike category by Tom Gomperts (Suzuki GSX R) and Giovanni Slagveer astride a similar machine.
The Porta Tree Timing System which is equipped with specialized starting lights that allow quarter mile speeds to be recorded will be used during the day’s races.
Races commence at 09:00 hrs and admission for adults is $1000, $500 children, while children under-12 and vehicles are free.