GMR&SC Drag Championship round 4 set for October 6 Endurance meet on September 15

Aug 27, 2019 Sports

Last weekend’s International Drag race meet saw around 60 competitors taking to the line to flex their machines’ muscle in what turned out to be a very successful event despite Team Mohamed’s mechanical failure in the anticipated exhibition race against Trinidadian Andy Bissessar’s rail car.
The feature showdown was hurried into an exhibition showcase since the organisers; the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) were

Team Trans Pacific Alteeza driven by Rameez Mohamed won the US$100 best burnout prize, sponsored by GT Tuners.

worried that the imminent threat of rain would have put a damper on the event.
President of the GMR&SC, Rameez Mohamed, in a release to the media, expressed gratitude to all stakeholders that helped make the drag racing event a success.
“I would like to thank everyone once again for their constant support to the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club, special thanks to the volunteers who help with organising and the work they did on Saturday and Sunday and racers for coming out and making our event a successful one,” Mohamed shared.
The International drag race was the third round of the GMR&SC drag championship and in the release to the media; Mohamed revealed that the fourth and final round of the drag championship will be held on October 6th.
Although the October 6 event is not the next meet on the club’s calendar of events, with an Endurance meet scheduled for September 15th, it will be highly anticipated since the Guyana-Suriname Ferry Service should be operational by then to allow the Surinamese competitors a piece of the 1320 action at South Dakota.
Meanwhile, the club has released the official results from Sunday’s meet which are as follows:
600cc bikes – Andy Rajkarran
Unlimited Bikes – Michael Mathurine/Joel Bruce (Trinidad)
ATV- Kevin Persaud
16 Second – Shivan Ragnath
15 Second – Ramesh Persaud
14 Second – Rafeeq Khan
13 Second – Pierre Singh
12 Second – Damion Persaud
11 Second – Jagdeo Seecharran (Trinidad)
10 Second – O’Neal Higgins
9 Second – Rameez Mohamed
Unlimited (Under 9 seconds) – Andy Bissesssar (Rail Car) (Trinidad & Tobago)
Michael Mathurine/Joel Bruce (Trinidad) had the fastest reaction time of the day with an impressive 0.023 seconds, while Rameez Mohamed in Team Trans Pacific Alteeza won the best burnout. (Calvin Chapman)