Endurance series to kick start GMRSC calendar Guyana to have first Rally racing event in June

Dec 29, 2018 Sports

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMRSC) in a correspondence to Kaieteur Sports has indicated that round one of the Endurance Series will speed off on Sunday February 3rd 2019 to

Rameez Mohamed (left) and Anand Ramchand battling it out at South Dakota during the National Race of Champions in March.

kick start Guyana’s racing calendar.
Reigning open champions, Team Wreckers’ Adrian Fernandes and Annand Ramchand will be relishing the opportunity to get on the track, while former champion Motilall Deodass will surely have a point to prove on the endurance outer circuit. April 28th and October 15th will host round two and three respectively.
The third Sunday in February 2019 is when the drag series will begin at the South Dakota Circuit’s recently refurbished drag strip where the local dragsters will attempt to overthrow the undisputed King, Team Mohamed’s Enterprise and their pair of Nissan GTRs. It may be possible that fans may get an opportunity to witness a new and rumored faster motor car that sources close to the champions have shared with the publication. The other drag racing dates are April 7th, July 6th, August 25th (International) and October 6th.

Team Mohamed’s trio (being led by) Matt Truelove, Bryce Prince 2nd and Jason Aguilar 3rd will be on action during CMRC 2019 beginning March in T&T.

March 3rd will see the commencement of the national race of champions which will be used to help select Guyana’s team for the first round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) which is scheduled for the 23rd and 24th of March at Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) Wallerfield International Raceway. Round two of the race of champions is set for July 14th.
The dates for the other CMRC rounds will see round two in Jamaica on May 26th, Barbados on September 1st, while the final leg in Guyana will be competed on two days, November 16th and 17th.

Flashback! Competitors gather at the starting line for the commencement of the 2-hour Endurance Race at a previous meet.

Meanwhile, a source close to the club has confirmed that Guyana will have its first Rally racing event on June 23rd. Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars. However, the details surrounding the venue or proposed route is yet to be confirmed but members of the motor racing community are relishing this new venture of the GMRSC. (Calvin Chapman)