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Endurance Championship round 1 Battle for bragging rights begins
Shan Seejattan on the go. (GT Callouts photo)
Kaieteur News – The 2020 motor sport season gets underway with the first round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Endurance Championship at the South Dakota Circuit, Timehri, this afternoon where Team Special Auto have confirmed that they will be among the speedsters throwing down the ‘throttle’ for bragging rights.
In an invited comment with Kaieteur Sport, Team Special Auto’s Shan Seejattan shared that today’s race is very important for the racing fraternity after over a year of inactivity and many scores will be settled as the hunt for bragging rights begin.
Seejattan also confirmed that Special Auto will have two cars on the South Dakota Circuit this weekend; his Toyota Levin and Roshan Ali’s Toyota Starlet, both of which have been tuned by mechanic Anil ‘Nala’ Persaud.
Under the title sponsorship of Secure Innovations & Concepts Inc (SIC), the event is expected to see a full grid of competitors and the GMR&SC has been very vigilant via social media correspondence with its members ensuring that the correct health & safety protocols along with COVID-19 guidelines will be employed during the highly anticipated race.
At least 20 cars are expected to line up at the Timehri track today for the three-hour long battle and all eyes will be on defending overall and 1600cc champion Adrian Fernandes and Anand Ramchand, who will be piloting the Team Wreckers’ Gilette sponsored Levin.
Meanwhile, lap record holder Rameez Mohamed’s Integra is sure to put down some fast times with mechanic Balram Ramdeo ensuring more race longevity this time round.
Following the Endurance first round action will be the first round of the Drag Championship which will take off on February 28th after the GMR&SC recently received approval from the National Covid-19 task force.
This drag championship is expected to be high powered with Team Mohamed’s fleet of Nissan GTRs and S&D Performance garage of cars anticipated to headline the action.
The GMR&SC has reiterated that healthy safety must be of paramount importance and competitors must be properly equipped with the necessary gear.
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