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GT Motorsports-organised Endurance Rental Cup…Team Nexus & Gizmos & Gadgets dominate
-Mendonca, Ray Rahaman also impress
Defending 600lbs champions made a successful defence of their title when the fourth Endurance Rental Cup, which was organised by GT Motorsports, was held on Friday, at the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club.
Event sponsor Harold Hopkinson (second left) poses with Team Nexus drivers. From left: Gregory Haniff Mohamed, Steven Nobrega and Matthew Phang.
Also returning to winners’ row was Gizmos and Gadgets / iRide that swept the 500lbs category who relinquished their title at the previous Meet.
Team Nexus with Steven Nobrega, Matthew Phang and Gregory Haniff Mohamed, recorded 58 laps at the conclusion of the allotted 45 minutes of racing to relegate Team Speed comprising GMR&SC President Rameez Mohamed, Kamal Seebarran and Raymond Seebarran into second place after they registered 57 laps, while Team E-Racing’s Denzel Hopkinson, Marcel Profitt and Jason Gonsalves ended third, also with 57 laps.
Debutants Team Unruly of Phillip Paruag, Michael Khan and Timothy Jadubal turned in a laudable performance, finishing fourth with 56 laps.
In the 500lb Class, Gizmos and Gadgets/iRide underlined their class, making it three wins from four attempts.
The team of Nobrega, Matthew and John Phang registered a staggering 60 laps to beat Team CDR with Clint Seebarran, Dharmendra Dharmo and Raymond Seebarran into second place followed by the Vieiras, Mark, Matthew and Emma sponsored by Team Palm Court.
Team GFX Racing, with the likes of Luis Antonio Kumar, Rohindra Mahase and Sean Charles, had an impressive start on the first leg, but lost valuable time through a mishap involving Kumar.
Individual sprint champions (from left)- Sprint champions! From left: Matthew Phang, Rohindra Mahase, Emma Vieira and Timothy Jadubal pose for a photo op.
They eventually finished fourth.
There were also four sprint races on the night, with the winners being determined by the fastest lap times. Below are the results.
Race 1– Matthew Phang (43.061s); Matthew Vieira (43.136s); Steven Nobrega (43.615s)
Race 2– Rohindra Mahase (43.636s); Raymond Seebarran (44.171s); Gregory Haniff Mohamed (44.183s)
Race 3– Emma Vieira (43.396s); Mark Vieira (43.427s); Jason Gonsalves (44.339s)
Race 4– Timothy Jadubal (44.452s); Sunil Persaud (45.039s); Delmar Rogers (45.178s)
The All Girls race, which was held for the first time, attracted eight competitors with nine-year-old Paige Mendonca, the youngest of the lot, racing to an impressive win.
Macalie Rahaman and Alexandra Phang took second and third spots respectively.
Veteran Ray Rahaman won the Hall of Fame race, which was being staged for the first time, ahead of Jad Rahaman, Harold Hopkinson and Terrence Clarke in that order.
The event was sponsored by Secure Innovations and Concepts (Harold Hopkinson), Karcher, E-Networks and the Track Bar.
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