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CONTENTS Credits 5 Messages Minister Within the Ministry of Education Department of Culture, Youth and Sport 7 President of GMR&SC 7 Vice-President of Seaboard Marine 9 Chairman of CMRA 9 Chairman of BPMSI 11 Chairman of JRDC 11 President of TTASA 11 Track Safety Tips Race programme 2016

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Calvin Ming - On the Fast Track to International Motor Racing Stardom...

Round 1: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 4­ Jamaica

Round 2: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 4 Trinidad & Tobago Round 3: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 4 Barbados Seaboard Marine CMRC Gp4 Driver Profiles Seaboard Marine CMRC 2016 Gp4 Points Standing GMR&SC’s List of Competitors 2016

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Round 1: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 3­ Jamaica

Round 2: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 3 Trinidad & Tobago Round 3: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 3 Barbados Seaboard Marine CMRC Gp3 Driver Profiles Seaboard Marine CMRC 2016 Gp3 Points Standing Round 1: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 2­ Jamaica

Round 2: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 2 Trinidad & Tobago Round 3: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 2 Barbados Seaboard Marine CMRC Gp2 Driver Profiles Seaboard Marine CMRC 2016 Gp2 Points Standing

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Round 1: Seaboard Marine CMRC Superstock 600­ Jamaica

Round 2: Seaboard Marine CMRC Superstock 600­ Trinidad & Tobago Round 3: Seaboard Marine CMRC Superstock 600­ Barbados Seaboard Marine CMRC 2016 Superstock 600­ Points Standing

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Radical Racing coming soon to South Dakota Pure Racing - A Different Kind of Racing Team

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GMR&SC 2016 Group 4 Championship Report GMR&SC 2016 Group 3 Championship Report GMR&SC 2016 Group 2 Championship Report GMR&SC 2016 Street Tuner Championship Report

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GMR&SC Street Tuner & Sports Tuner Line-up GMR&SC 2016 Sports Tuner Championship Report

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Beharry Automotive Limited (BAL) Starlet Cup 72 Beharry Automotive Limited (BAL) Starlet Cup Line-up 73 GMR&SC Superstock 600cc Championship Report GMR&SC Drags Racing Report GMR&SC Endurance Racing Report

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Celebrating 50 Years of Racing at South Dakota Legendary Frankie Vieira

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A Day at the Races

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MESSAGES

I wish to commend the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club for scheduling another International Race meet, and it gives me great pleasure once again to welcome all the racers, local and overseas, officials, sponsors, visitors, supporters and diehard fans.

South Dakota Circuit has become a household word , and there is no doubt that come November 12 and 13, 2016, thousands of racing fans will converge at the circuit where they will be treated once again to the spills and thrills that this sport provides.

Motor racing in Guyana has always provided excitement, tension, suspense, shock and even disappointment and heartbreak for those spectators whose favourite racers do not win. However, all of this adds to the overall atmosphere that such a sport offers.

Guyana has been put on the map in North America because of the sterling and breathtaking performances of some of our drivers. I am sure that during this meet on November 12 and 13, records will be broken and history made as has been the case over the years on this racing track. While excitement and fun are indeed part and parcel of this sport, I wish to urge that extreme care be taken so that we can have an accident free meet.

The Ministry of Education, Department of Culture Youth and Sport recognizes and appreciates the unstinting support, dedication and sacrifices made by the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club and other stakeholders in bringing this sport to its present position, and pledges its support in any way feasible.

I wish you continued success and a safe meeting.

As we continue to celebrate Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary and also 50 Years of Motor Racing at the South Dakota Circuit, I wish to extend a warm welcome to our local and foreign racing fans and competitors to our beautiful Guyana and the South Dakota Circuit, the home of Motor Racing in Guyana.

This year we will see teams representing Barbados, Canada, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, United States of America and our home country Guyana. In this, the final leg of the 2017 CMRC Motor Racing Championship, Guyana is keen to defend its current titles as the 2016 Country Champion and Guyanese Kristian Jeffrey, his 2016 Group 4 Champion Driver.

The day is billed to be an exciting day of racing with the many talented competitors showcasing their riding and driving skills in the 39 events scheduled as the flag is waved green.

I look forward to keen and safe rivalry between the competitors as our drivers and riders race towards the chequered flag, showing their skills and harnessing the power and speed of their machines to the delight of the thousands of fans in attendance.

I wish to pay special thanks and appreciation to our valued sponsors, and in particular to recognise the support of our title sponsors being Seaboard Marine for the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship supported by GTT, Fly Jamaica and Stag Beer.

I wish everyone a safe and enjoyable day of racing.

Mahendra Boodhoo President

Hon. Nicolette Henry, M.P., Minister within the Ministry of Education Department of Culture Youth and Sport www.gmrsc.com

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MESSAGES

Seaboard Marine Ltd, is pleased to be part of the 50th anniversary of motor racing at the South Dakota Circuit in Guyana and we look forward to many more decades of exciting motor racing action on the oldest motor racing circuit in the Caribbean.

Seaboard Marine, a leader in ocean transportation is for the eight year, extremely pleased to be a partner in the 4th and final leg of the 2016 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship being held at the South Dakota Circuit, Guyana.

It has been another exciting racing season so far in 2016 with race meetings being previously held in Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.

As we end this 2016 series in Guyana we extend our congratulations to the steadfast organizers and numerous dedicated volunteers who work behind the scenes to ensure that each race meet is both safe and entertaining for all.

We anticipate yet another entertaining race meet that will be attended by many thousands of fans from Guyana and the wider Caribbean, who will be there to support their favorite drivers and riders.

To the competitors, we say best of luck and to all, as we at Seaboard Marine usually say, have a great and wonderful day filled with excitement, and may these Championships continue to foster great camaraderie among Caribbean peoples.

Stephen Bell Vice President, Caribbean Division, Seaboard Marine Ltd.

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I take this opportunity to welcome the largest ever overseas contingent of Race Car Drivers and Riders to South Dakota for the final round of the CMRC Seaboard Marine 2016 Series.

Even though Trinidad for the first time will become the Country Champions, some of the battles for the Group titles are still wide open because of the scoring system designed by the CMRA. So far the 2016 racing season has realized a significant increase in competitor and spectator support especially in Trinidad & Tobago, and as seen today at South Dakota. Not withstanding the economic downturn in the region, Motorsports is on the rise and has become a major contributor to the Regional Tourism Product.

Over the past three years the new Caribbean Motor Racing Association has eventually achieved the objectives of the original organisation initiated 44 years ago in 1972. Being, to formulate and implement a common set of Motor Racing Regulations for Cars and Motorcycles and to organize fair and exciting competition to everyone’s satisfaction.

May Motor Racing continue its growth regionally as can only be done with the generous support of the sponsors. Thanks to Seaboard Marine, Fly Jamaica Airways, the various Motor Racing Clubs, their volunteers and above all, the Drivers and Riders who put their lives in danger for us to enjoy the thrills of Motorsports.

Ray Rahaman Chairman Caribbean Motor Racing Association

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MESSAGES

Our annual visit to Guyana for a round of the CMRC is always guaranteed to be a blast. Apart from the obvious on track rivalries we are motivated by the warm welcome that greets us off of the track.

The familiarity with Guyana now makes it an easy when we contemplate this trip.

On behalf of Team Barbados and members of the BPMSI, we would like to thank President Mahendra Boodhoo and the entire GMR&SC organising team for inviting and hosting us at this event.

Seaboard Marine has made the trip over to Guyana possible through their invaluable sponsorship which allows for the safe travel of our machines and all of the parts and consumables that are necessary to keep them running. Their contribution to motorsport throughout the Caribbean is unwavering and we would like to thank them for sponsoring the CMRC for another year.

Team Barbados is in a 3 way fight for 2nd place in the country championship.

Even though we have not had the same quantity as the other teams in the previous three rounds, our quality is helping to keep us in the runnings for individual championships. Mark Maloney is confident going into the last round leading Gp4-2WD, while Mark Thompson is still within reach of the top step in Gp2. Steve King is in a battle with 4 other drivers intent on getting onto the 2nd step of the podium. Our guys on 2 wheels are improving leaps and bounds each year and promise to give the top riders a run for their money when November rolls around.

We would like to thank all volunteer officials and marshals without whom these events are not possible.

We are looking forward to a safe, competitive race day and would like to wish all competitors a safe day of racing.

The 2016 Caribbean Motorsport Champion kicked off its Series with the Jamaica leg in May. In Guyana this November, the closing event for the Championship will be yet another exciting battle of the stars. A fitting way to end what Jamaica commenced as an exciting racing season across the region.

Team Jamaica will be flying our flag high as Doug ‘Hollywood’ Gore will be racing to retain his lead in the 2016 Group 4 Championship. Peter “Zoom Zoom’ Rae will also be contesting the Group 4 Class.

Norman Chung will be representing the country for the motorbikes.

We wish the competitors and Clubs all the best at this event and look forward to an even bigger 2017 Race Series, working in unison to achieve the development of Motorsports regionally and internationally.

Monique Gibbs President Jamaica Race Drivers Club

On behalf of the members of Trinidad & Tobago Automobile Sports Association, I would like to thank the GMRSC for hosting us once again for the 4th round of Seaboard Marine CMRC 2016 Series.

Team Trinbago Soca Racers has received your warm invitation and we look forward to having a very positive event. Our drivers are eager to get on the tarmac with our fellow islanders to render a decorous show for all fans of Caribbean Motor-racing. They have been working tirelessly to prepare their cars and have everything in place to be here today and I want them all to know that they have our full support for flying our national flag once more.

I take this opportunity to let our racing community know that the management and membership of TTASA have been working feverishly on upgrading our facility in Trinidad & Tobago and we are already planning for the T&T leg of CMRC 2017. For us, this championship is the biggest racing series in the West Indies and we must do what is best to preserve the integrity of the CMRC. This is where our drivers get the opportunity to expose their talent to the world. So, let us all strive to show the world we are a united Caribbean family and we are moving closer to the world stage. We thank our Guyanese family for assisting us in settling in, and we pray for a safe and incidentfree event. Good-luck to all drivers!

Fyzool Madan President Trinidad & Tobago Automobile Sports Association (TTASA)

Sean Maloney Chairman Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc

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Track Safety Tips

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otor racing is a dangerous sport, even with organisers taking utmost safety precautions, accidents can still happen.

Spectators are reminded that they are here on the South Dakota Circuit at their own risk.

With race machines traveling at high speeds, you must always expect the unexpected to happen, and that is why we always urge spectators to pay attention to these safety guidelines whenever they enter this or any other motor racing venue.

As a spectator, the two most important things you must always pay heed to are: 1. Never ever turn your back to the cars or bikes racing around the track. Always face and pay attention to them as something can go wrong in an instant and you may have to take evasive actions,

even when you think you are too far away.

2. Never stand close to the safety fences around the track, always stay back at least 20 feet, as even the best safety calculations can be wrong.

In the event of an accident on the track, spectators must allow our FIA trained safety marshals to do their work. The last thing you would want to do is to endanger, not only yourself, but the lives of competitors and marshals as well.

The meaning of flags you will see being used on the South Dakota Circuit.

1. The Guyana flag is used to start all races on the South Dakota Circuit.

2. The red flag indicates that a race has been stopped because of a major incident or accident on the track.

3. The yellow flag indicates that there is an accident on the track; drivers/riders must reduce speeds as there is danger ahead.

Passing another race vehicle is not allowed when the yellow caution flag is being waved or is in a stationary position.

4. The blue flag is shown to the driver of a slower race vehicle who is about to be lapped, that driver must make way to allow the faster vehicles to pass unhindered.

5. The Black flag is used to tell a driver or rider that there is something wrong with his or her vehicle and they must return to the paddocks immediately.

6. The white flag is used to indicate that there is just one lap left in the race.

7. The checkered flag is shown to the lead driver or rider and signals the end of the race.

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club takes this opportunity to say a huge thank you to motor racing fans for your attendance here today at the South Dakota Circuit and we wish you all a safe trip home. www.gmrsc.com

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Guyana Motor Racing Sports Club International Race of Champions November 13, 2016 Race Programme

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Calvin Ming On the Fast Track to International Motor Racing Stardom...

Calvin at rest on his Mygale F4

...And Making All of Guyana Proud By: Avery Gomes

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o far, Stanley Calvin Ming has gone where no Guyanese has before him, in a sport that takes everything out of you in the line of courage, commitment and sacrifice, and he has also succeeded in making a name for himself and putting Guyana on the International Motor Racing Map. For him, the exciting story is only just beginning, and as he wraps up two year campaigns in FIA recognized Formula 4 and Formula Ford, racing in Mexico and the

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USA, word is he’s looking to race in higher Formula like USF2000 and Formula Atlantic, mostly in the USA in 2017.

It seems his University studies in Engineering, from which he took the last year off to fulfill intense racing schedules, has been given priority. He will be taking a break from the Mexican F4 series, but with more racing closer to where he is based in the USA. The close working relationship with Teams Pelfrey and K-Hill seems set to continue in the higher formulae for Calvin, and if past podium- performances with both teams are anything to go by, we can standby for more great racing from this Guyanese racing ace.

We’ll also look forward to his visit home so fans here can see him in action like last November.

Calvin Ming has first turned page one in his exciting story and now, only twenty years old, he seems to have a lifetime racing career ahead of him. While the future looks bright, it is full of twists and turns, with his goal of going as far as possible up the ladder to be determined by hard-driving, race-wins and good results, the finance to keep the cars on the track, and the helping hand of lady luck. The fact that mom and dad , and sisters too, all go to his races wherever they are , seems to bring him good luck , while dad Stanley works feverishly to keep the venture financed and on track. The entire Calvin Ming story is a Family Ming effort, and Calvin loves it that way.

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Race Team Ming Flies the Guyana Flag in Barbados

reality of the situation at the very top of the sport. Those coveted 22 seats have the eyes of thousands of eligible drivers on them, and while Calvin is just 20, and climbing the lower rungs of the ladder, he knows that there are those younger than him who are already in F1. Youth racing sensations Max Verstappen now 19 and already in the Red Bull F1 team while Canadian Lance Stroll, just turning 18 this month, has a seat at Williams F1 for 2017!.

But this will not deter him and he hopes for drives in multidriver teams in sports car endurance racing where there is more chance of getting a seat. His studies in mechanical engineering, and the fact that he enjoys taking in the technicalities of car set-

up, could help in this plan to also become a test-driver for other teams in various formulae. Testing will build up his stock of racing knowledge, and enhance his chances of getting bigger rides in the future, as well as earning himself some money.

Guyana’s Calvin Ming has already made us proud with his racing achievements, and the kid with the ready smile, and an old head on his shoulders, has an exciting plan for the future, and all Guyana can go along for the ride!

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Round 1: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 4 Jamwest Speedway, Jamaica – May 23, 2016

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he 2016 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) got off to a great start at the JamWest Speedway in Negril, Jamaica.

In the CMRC Group 4 division, Guyana was represented by Kevin Jeffrey (Mitsubishi Evo 9), Kristian Jeffrey (Mitsubishi Evo 9), Nazim Gafoor (Mazda RX-7), Mohan Rangasammy (Mazda RX-7) and Danny Persaud (Turbo-charged Mazda Miata).

Franklyn Boodram (Renault Megane) led the assault on behalf of Team Trinidad & Tobago Barbados was represented by Mark Maloney racing his now extremely reliable Mazda RX-3 fitted with a 13B turbo-charged Rotary power-plant.

Paul Bodden (Mitsubishi Evolution 7) was also there for Team Cayman Islands.

Host country Jamaica was defended by Doug “Hollywood Gore (Audi DM), Kyle Gregg (Radical RXC), Peter “Zoom Zoom” Rae (Mazda RX-7) and Andre Anderson (Mitsubishi Evo).

For 2016, CMRC Group 4 will be divided into two classes, one for the All Wheel Drive (AWD) cars and the other for Two Wheel Drive (2WD) cars. This was done in a bid to encourage a greater level of participation in the CMRC Group 4 Series. The two classes will race together but with two chequered flags given at the end of each race, and two CMRC Group 4 Champions will be crowned for 2016.

Race Summary: Group 4 - AWD

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short while but was passed by Gregg and Gore when he overshot a sweeping corner. A few laps later mechanical issues took the 2 times defending CMRC Champ Kristian Jeffrey out of action for the rest of the day. As the first race came to an end, Kyle Gregg in the Radical RXC grabbed the chequered flag with Doug Gore picking up second place; Guyana’s Kevin Jeffrey was third.

Race 2: Kyle Gregg timed the start perfectly but lost control in the second corner and was passed by the entire field; the Radical RXC was unable to rejoin the race. Doug Gore took charge of the race lead and the chequered flag with Paul Bodden of the Cayman Islands in his well prepared Mitsubishi Evolution 7 picking up second place. There were no other AWD finishers.

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the better of fellow countryman Kyle Gregg.

There were no other finishers in the AWD division.

Kyle Gregg in the Radical RXC with the chequered flag

CMRC Group 4 AWD Points Standing:

At the end of round one, Doug Gore topped the CMRC Group 4 - AWD points standing with 68 points, Kyle Gregg - 43 points, Paul Bodden of the Cayman Island - 18 points, and Kevin Jeffrey of Guyana - 15 points. The 2014 and 2015 defending CMRC Champion Kristian Jeffrey failed to score any points.

Race Summary: Group 4 - 2WD

Race 1: Peter Rae of Jamaica driving a tube frame Mazda RX-7 fitted with a turbocharged 13B Rotary engine got the better of T&T’s Franklyn Boodram in the 3.5 litre V6 Renault Megane. Mohan Rangasammy of Guyana driving a turbo-charged 13B Mazda RX-7 was third.

Race 2: Peter Rae fought off a hard charging Mark Maloney to pick up his second Group 4 - 2WD win.

Mark Maloney took second place with Franklyn Boodhram third.

Race 3: With the sunlight quickly fading for the start of the final race, Mark Maloney of Barbados turned up the boost on his turbocharged Mazda RX-3 to 40 pounds and drove to his first Jamwest Raceway chequered flag. T&T’s Franklyn Boodram in the naturally aspirated Renault Megane passed Peter Rae by mid race and kept him at bay to pick up second place. www.gmrsc.com

CMRC Group 4 - 2WD Points Standing: At the end of Round one, Peter Rae of Jamaica led the CMRC Group 4 – 2WD division with 65 points. Franklyn Boodram of Trinidad & Tobago - 51 points, Mark Maloney of Barbados 43 points, Mohan Rangasammy of Guyana - 39 points, Danny Persaud of Guyana -10 points.

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Round 2: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 4 Frankie Boodram Wallerfield Raceway - Trinidad & Tobago - July 24, 2016

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he Group 4 Speed Aces of the CMRC touched down at the Frankie Boodram Wallerfield Raceway in the lovely twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago to resume their battle for dominance in the 2016 Seaboard Marine CMRC Series.

CMRC’s 2014 and 2015 reigning Group 4 Champ Kristian Jeffrey of Guyana was there to do battle with his Mitsubishi Evo 9 with the hope of picking up some much-needed points.

Jamaica was represented by Doug Gore with his Audi TT DTM; he was backed up by countryman Peter “Zoom Zoom” Rae in his turbo-charged Mazda RX-7.

Trinidad & Tobago’s Trinbago Soca Racers was out in full force with Franklyn Boodram in his Renault Megane, Christian Bourne - Mitsubishi Evo 8, Gerard Carrington - Mitsubishi Evo 8, Richard Mohamed – Mazda RX-7. Kristian Boodhoosingh competed in his spare Mitsubishi Evo 6. Also part of T&T’s Trinbago Soca Racers was Jason Chen and his eye catching vintage Lotus Elan.

Race Summary Group 4 - AWD:

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combined race, Jamaica’s Doug Gore made his move and quickly took over the race lead. Kristian Jeffrey in hot pursuit of Gore encountered mechanical issues after completing lap 1 and was forced to pull off to the side of the track. Gore then went on to take his first chequered flag of the day, followed by Christian Bourne and Kristian Boodhoosingh, both of Team T&T. Race 2: Doug Gore led from the start and took his second win of the day. No other Group 4 AWD car managed to finish race 2.

Race 3: In the final combined Group 4 race, Doug Gore once again controlled the action from the start and did not let up until the chequered flag was waved, giving him his third Group 4 - AWD victory in as many starts. Gerard Carrington and Kristian Boodhoosingh picked up the other Group 4 - AWD podium spots.

CMRC Group 4 AWD Points Standing:

At the end of Round 2, Doug Gore led the CMRC Group 4 – AWD Division with 136 points, Kyle Gregg of Jamaica was second with 43 points, Kristian Boodhoosingh was third with 30 points, Gregory John of T&T was fourth with 24 points, Paul Bodden of the Cayman Islands was tied in fifth place with Trinidadians Christian Bourne and Gerard Carrington on 18 points. Guyana’s Kevin Jeffrey took the final CMRC Group 4 All Wheel Drive (AWD) spot with 15 points.

Race Summary: Group 4 - 2WD

Race 1: In the Group 4 2WD division, Mark Maloney of Barbados with his extremely reliable Mazda RX-3 took the chequered flag in race one with T&T’s Franklyn Boodram in second place, followed by Peter “Zoom Zoom” Rae in third.

Race 2: In Race 2, Mark Maloney had an excellent start and soon pulled away from the rest of the 2WD field to take his second chequered flag. Franklyn Boodram was second, followed by Peter Rae. Race 3: In the final race of the day, Mark Maloney once again took the chequered flag with Peter Rae in second place, followed by Franklyn Boodram.

Race Penalty: Following the Trinidad & Tobago leg of the 2016 CMRC series, the Caribbean Motor Racing Authority (CMRA) ruled that due to a race track infringement, Mark Maloney of Team Barbados must start at the back of the grid for race one at the next CMRC event slated for Barbados on September 4, 2016.

CMRC Group 4 - 2WD Points Standing:

Doug Gore and his Audi TT DTM with one of his three chequered flags

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At the end of Round 2, Mark Maloney led the CMRC Group 4 – 2WD Division points standing with 118 points, Peter Rae was second with 108, Franklyn Boodram third with 102. Mohan Rangasammy – 51 points, Richard Mohamed (T&T) – 33 points, Jason Chen -16 points, Danny Persaud – 18 points and David Lyons (T&T) – 10 points.

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Round 3: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 4 Bushy Park Raceway, Barbados - September 4, 2016

By Bryan Max

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s the clock ticked down for the start of Round 3 of the 2016 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship at the Bushy Park Raceway, Barbados, the lack of big name drivers for the Group 4 category was disheartening. The Evo of the reigning CMRC Champ, Kristian Jeffrey, had encountered massive mechanical issues in Trinidad and was unable to get his Mitsubishi Evo 9 fixed in time; the same was the case with Kevin Jeffrey’s Evo 9. Even the local rocket-ship “De Focus” had issues and was unable to compete. In fact none of the Group 4 AWD cars made it to the start-line thus leaving the job of entertaining race fans in the capable hands of the CMRC Group 4 - 2WD brigade and they did not disappoint.

Barbados’s Mark Maloney did not acknowledge the penalty imposed by the Caribbean Motor Racing Authority (CMRA) which stated that he must start at the back of the grid for the first Group 4 race, as such all points scored by Maloney in Barbados have been zeroed.

Race Summary:

Race 1: Barry Mayers of Barbados and his impressive tube frame Suzuki SX4 after qualifying on pole, took the task of defending his home turf to heart when he dominated race one. Barbados’s Steve King placed second with Nazim Gafoor of Guyana in third place.

Race 2: Barry Mayers once again stormed off the line and did not look back until the chequered flag fell on his Suzuki SX4.

Sammy Cumberbatch in the BMW M3 picked up second place, with Franklyn Boodhram of T&T in the Renault Megane taking third place.

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Race 3: There was no stopping the winning ways of Barry Mayers as he collected his third chequered flag of the day.

Second place went to Franklyn Boodram of Team T&T, with his countryman Ronald Wortman, driving a turbo-charged B16 Honda Civic, picking up the final podium spot.

CMRC Group 4 Points Standings after Round 3:

With three rounds of the 2016 Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 4 series now completed, the points standing are as such: In the Two Wheel Drive (2WD) Division: Franklyn Boodram of Trinidad & Tobago with 144 leads the 2016 CMRC Group 4 – 2WD Championship, followed by Mark Maloney of Barbados with www.gmrsc.com

118 points. Peter “Zoom Zoom” Rae of Jamaica controls third place with 108 points. Barbados’s Barry Mayers is fourth with 75 points. Putting a wrap on the top five spots is Guyanese Mohan Rangasammy who scored 51 points.

In the All Wheel Drive (AWD) Division: There was no change in the points standing as none of the AWD cars competed in Barbados. As such the results remain the same as we left it in Trinidad & Tobago.

Doug Gore of Jamaica has a commanding lead with 136 points.

Kyle Gregg also of Jamaica takes the second spot with 43 points.

T&T’s Kristian Boodhoosingh taps the third spot with 30 points.

Gregory John of T&T is fourth with 24 points. Paul Bodden of the Cayman Islands is tied in fifth place with Trinidadians Christian Bourne and Gerard Carrington on 18 points. Guyana’s Kevin Jeffrey takes the final CMRC Group 4 All Wheel Drive (AWD) spot with 15 points.

With the final Seaboard Marine CMRC battle of 2016 set for Guyana’s South Dakota Circuit on November 13, teams from across the Caribbean will clash with Guyana’s best Group 4 drivers to settle old scores. With just three races left in the series,

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Doug Gore’s 136 points is unsurpassable and as such he is the uncrowned 2016 CMRC Group 4 AWD Champion. Doug Gore has indicated that he will be in Guyana, not only to collect his CMRC Group 4 AWD Championship Title, but to win the Championship by the biggest margin ever as he plans to dominate South Dakota as he did in the earlier rounds of the 2016 CMRC Series.

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The Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 4 line-up for South Dakota, Guyana. November 13 TEAM GUYANA

261 - Kristian Jeffrey

29 - Danny Persaud

161 - Kevin Jeffrey

38 - Vishok Persaud

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11 - Andrew King

58 - Mark Vieira

53 - Rupie Shewjattan

42 - Keith Evelyn

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24 - Doug Gore

191 - Mohan Rangasammy

09 - Irfan Kalamadeen

TEAM BARBADOS

26 - Peter Rae

86 - Mark Maloney

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Round 1: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 3 Jamwest Speedway, Jamaica – May 23, 2016

By Bryan Max

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ith nothing but motor racing on their minds, the region’s top Group 3 drivers arrived in Jamaica to kick start Round 1 of the 2016 Seaboard Marine Group 3 Caribbean Motor Racing Championship at the Jamwest Speedway.

First to arrive in Jamaica was Team Trinidad & Tobago; they were led into battle by the 2015 CMRC Group 3 Champion Paul Vieira and backed up by Damien Nesbitt and the legendary Frankie Boodram.

Team Guyana consisted of Danny Persaud and Nazim Gafoor.

The Cayman Islands was represented by Gary Barrett.

Jamaica recruited their top Group 3 Warriors in Alan Chen, Keith Mills and Nigel Edwards to defend the homeland.

Jamwest Speedway was originally a drag racing track, its owners later added in a number of corners to allow for circuit racing after numerous requests from race fans and drivers. With its long front straightaway and sweeping corners, Jamwest is the perfect testing ground for speed, handling and durability.

The CMRC Group 3 class was created in 2015 after organisers saw the need for additional groups to encourage new drivers to participate in the Seaboard Marine CMRC Series. Paul Vieira of Team Trinidad & Tobago won the inaugural CMRC Group 3 Championship after he got the better of Gary Barrett of the Cayman Islands by just 8 points in the final round held in Guyana last year.

Here are some of the basic rules for CMRC Group 3: Only modified two and four-seater production, rear or front wheel drive, cars are allowed. All Wheel Drive and tube frame chassis cars are not allowed. The cc limit for naturally aspirated engines is 3200cc and 1600cc for forced induction (turbo-charged/supercharged) engines. 12A and 13B Rotary engines are allowed. Engine swaps including motorcycle engines are allowed. Sequential gearboxes are allowed, paddle shifts are not.

Race Summary:

Vieira of Team T&T. Vieira made his move in lap three taking the lead and the chequered flag, with Gary Barrett (Honda Civic) of the Cayman Islands in second place and Guyana’s Nazim Gafoor (Mazda RX-7) in third.

Race 2: Starting on Pole 1 this time around, Paul Vieira (Mazda RX-7) led from the start and took his second chequered flag, with Alan Chen in second place followed by Danny Persaud. Gary Barrett picked up fourth place ahead of Nazim Gafoor.

Race 3: Paul Vieira took his third Group 3 chequered flag ahead of T&T’s Damien Nesbit (Nissan Sunny) and Nazim Gafoor of Guyana. Gary Barnett picked up fourth place.

Point standings after Round 1: With three solid victories, Paul Vieira left Jamwest in 1st place with 75 solid points. Gary Barrett of the Cayman Islands was 2nd with 42 points. Nazim Gafoor was 3rd with 40 points.

Guyana’s Danny Persaud was 4th with 27 points. Damien Nesbit of T&T and Alan Chen of Jamaica were tied in 5th place with 18 points each.

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Round 2: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 3 Frankie Boodram Wallerfield Raceway - Trinidad & Tobago - July 24, 2016

By Bryan Max

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op drivers from four (4) Caribbean nations turned up in full battle mode at the Frankie Boodram Wallerfield Raceway in Trinidad & Tobago for Round 2 of the 2016 Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 3 Series.

Guyana was represented by Danny Persaud (Mazda Miata), Afraz Allie (Toyota Starlet t/c) and Rameez Mohamed (Toyota Starlet t/c) Jamaica’s Alan Chen came with his Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) Toyota Starlet. Barbados was represented by Steve King who also came with his RWD Toyota Starlet.

Trinidad & Tobago’s Team Tiger had a formidable defence team led Paul Vieira (Mazda RX-7), David Lyons (Suzuki Swift t/c), Ronald Wortman (Honda Civic t/c), Frankie Boodram (Nissan 300ZX), Ravi

Singh (Mazda RX-8), Damien Nesbit (Nissan Sunny) and Ishmael Khan (Toyota Starlet t/c).

Race Summary:

Race 1: Paul Vieira wasted no time in taking the lead and went on to a comfortable victory. T&T’s David Lyons, who had qualified on pole in an extremely quick Suzuki Swift, was second. Danny Persaud of Guyana was third, with Jamaica’s Alan Chen fourth and Barbados’s Steve King fifth.

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and Steve King. Keeping his cool, the 2015 CMRC Group 3 Champ fought his way back to the front of the pack by the start of lap two and went on to take his second chequered flag. Alan Chen was second with Steve King third. Guyana’s Danny Persaud and Afraz Allie took fourth and fifth places.

Race 3: In the final CMRC Group 3 race, Steve King of Barbados piloted his Toyota Starlet to victory ahead of the turbo-charged Honda Civic of Ronald Wortman and the Toyota Starlet of Alan Chen. Danny Persaud took fourth place with team-mate Afraz Allie fifth.

Points Standing after Round 2:

Steve King of Barbados with his chequered flag for race 3

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After round two of the 2016 CMRC Group 3 Championship, Paul Vieira of Team Trinidad & Tobago led with 125 points.

Guyana’s Danny Persaud was 2nd with 66 points, Alan Chen of Jamaica was 3rd with 63 points, Steve King of Barbados was 4th with 50 points, Gary Barrett of the Cayman Islands was 5th with 42 points, Gafoor of Guyana was 6th with 40 points, Ishmael Khan of T&T was 7th with 24 points, Afraz Allie of Guyana was 8th with 20 points.

David Lyons and Damien Nesbitt of T&T were tied in 9th place with 18 points. Ray Wong Do of T&T took the 10th spot with 6 points.

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Round 3: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 3 Bushy Park Raceway, Barbados - September 4, 2016

By Bryan Max

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he beautiful island of Barbados with its awe inspiring beaches welcomed the CMRC racers and fans to Round 3 of the 2016 CMRC Series. The race meeting was sanctioned by the CMRA and organised by the Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI).

Team Guyana sent a small team comprising of Nazim Gafoor (Mazda RX-7) and Shan Seejattan in his Group 2 Honda Civic.

Trinidad and Tobago was represented by Paul Vieira (Mazda RX-7), Ronald Wortman (Honda Civic t/c) and Ravi Singh (Mazda RX-7).

Barbados recruited an elite squad of Group 3 Warriors headed

by Kurt Thompson (Honda CRX), and backed up by Steve King (Toyota Starlet RWD), Stuart Maloney (Peugeot 306) and Shawn Eversley (Suzuki Swift t/c) as they made preparations to defend Bushy Park from all comers.

Qualifying times: Paul Vieira qualified on pole with a time of 1m10.897s, Ronald Wortman - 1m11.285s, Nazim Gafoor – 1m11.898s, Shan Seejattan – 1m15.418s, and Shawn Eversley – 1m17.266s.

Race Summary: Race 1: Paul Vieira with his 13B Mazda RX-7 took an early lead and went on to his first chequered flag. Paul’s team-mate Ronald Wortman took second place with Steve King third, Kurt Thompson fourth and Guyana’s Shan Seejattan fifth.

Race 2: There was no stopping Paul Vieira as he drove to another comfortable win in race two. Kurt Thompson of Barbados was second, Nazim Gafoor of Guyana was third, Ronald Wortman fourth and Shawn Eversley fifth.

Race 3: Capping off a perfect day of racing, T&T’s Paul Vieira took his third victory flag with team-mates Ronald Wortman and Ravi Singh of T&T completing the other spots of the podium.

Barbados’s Shawn Eversley took fourth place with Nazim Gafoor of Guyana fifth.

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Paul Vieira flies the victory and Trinidian Flags

2016 Points Standing after 3 rounds: With three (3) rounds completed, Paul Vieira of Team Trinidad & Tobago leads the 2016 CMRC Group 3 points standing with 200 points. His closest rival is Guyana’s Nazim Gafoor with 73 points. Danny Persaud of Guyana and Ronald Wortman of T&T are tied in 3rd place with 66 points. Steve King of Barbados takes the 4th spot with 65 points. Alan Chen of Jamaica is 5th with 63 points. Gary Barrett of the Cayman Islands is 6th with 42 points, Kurt Thompson of Barbados is 7th with 30 points, Ishmael Khan of T&T is 8th with 24 points, Shawn Eversley of Barbados is 9th with 22 points, Afraz Ali of Guyana is in the 10th spot with 20 points, Ravi Singh of T&T rallies in 11th place with 19 points. Damien Nesbitt of T&T and team-mate David Lyons are tied in 12th place with 18 points each. Shan Seejattan of Guyana is 19th with 10 points, while Ray Wong Do of T&T and Sammy Cumberbatch of Barbados tops out the 20th spot with 6 points each.

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The CMRC Group 3 line-up for South Dakota, Guyana. November 13 TEAM GUYANA

Nazim Gafoor - 68

Danny Persaud - 29

Mohamed Yunas - 2000

Gavin Gouveia - 19

Stefan Jeffrey - 249

Denzel Hopkinson - 141

TEAM TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - TRINBAGO SOCA RACERS

Paul Vieira -104

Ravi Singh - 75

Ronald Wortman - 47

Vishok Persaud - 38

Shawn King - 82

Adrian Fernandes - 211

Gavin Gayadin - 24

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Round 1: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 2 Jamwest Speedway, Jamaica – May 23, 2016

By Bryan Max

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he Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 2 division has truly come into it’s own as the most popular and most subscribed of all the CMRC groups. At the CMRC meet held in Guyana last November, some 26 cars filled the spots on the start grid, most of them were Honda Civics due to easy access to performance parts for the Honda VTEC B18 and K20 motors that rev easily to 12,000 rpms and can do that all day long, even with limited modifications.

After losing the 2015 Seaboard Marine Overall Country Championships by just a few points to Guyana, Trinidad and

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Tobago pulled out the stops in their quest for ultimate success in 2016, they sent a huge Group 2 team to Jamaica to participate in Round 1 of the Seaboard Marine CMRC Series and it paid off big time for them.

Race Summary:

Race 1: The reigning 2015 CMRC Champion Marc Gill of T&T took his first chequered flag, followed by Sebastian Rae of Jamaica and Luke Bhola of T&T in third place. T&T’s Daryl Ali was fourth

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with Jamaica’s David Watkin fifth.

Race 2: Jamaican Sebastian Rae stepped up the pressure laying claim to the chequered flag with Luke Bhola and Daryl Ali of Team T&T picking up second and third. Damien Nesbit was fourth and David Watkin fifth.

Race 3: T&T’s Marc Gill started on the last row of the grid after his Honda Civic encountered mechanical issues in race two. Gill fought his way to the front, passing 14 cars on his way to his second chequered flag of the day. It was a truly impressive drive from the 2015 CMRC Group 2 Champion. His T&T team-mates Daryl Ali and Luke Bhola completed the top podium spots. Sebastian Rae was fourth with Damien Nesbit fifth.

CMRC Group 2 Points Standing after Round 1:

Marc Gill of Trinidad & Tobago with one of his two victory flags

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Jamaica’s Sebastian Rae led the CMRC Group 2 points standing after Round 1 with 55 points. Marc Gill of T&T was 2nd with 50 points. Luke Bhola of T&T was 3rd with 48 points. T&T’s Daryl Ali was 4th with 45 points. Damien Nesbit was 5th with 30 points.

Guyana and Barbados failed to pick up any group 2 points in Jamaica.

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Round 2: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 2 Frankie Boodram Wallerfield Raceway - Trinidad & Tobago - July 24, 2016

By Bryan Max

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he CMRC Group 2 Warriors descended on the Frankie Boodram Wallerfield Raceway in Trinidad & Tobago in full combat mode. Team Trinidad & Tobago with a commanding lead in the 2016 series knew they had to do everything in their power to keep their lead alive.

Marc Gill of T&T qualified fastest and started race 1 from pole position. Gill led for 8 laps until gearbox issues took him out of the action, forcing him to watch on from the sidelines for the rest of the day.

With Gill sidelined, Team T&T was in search of a new warrior to lead from the front; this time around it was Dr. Mark Williams who carried the fight to the foreigners, winning all three of the CMRC Group 2 battles earning 75 solid points for Team Tiger. His T&T team-mate Luke Bhola backed him up with three third places which added 45 more points to extend Trinidad’s points lead.

Guyana’s Shan Seejattan drove his Honda to three impressive second positions taking home 54 points for his hard work, his Guyanese team-mate Rameez Mohamed scored 12 points.

Mark Thompson of Barbados was not in his usual form and settled for 34 points. Jamaica’s only points scorer at Wallerfield was Peter Jaggan who picked up 18 points.

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Mark Williams with one of his three chequered flags

Race Results:

Race 1: Mark Williams 1st, Shan Seejattan 2nd, Luke Bhola 3rd, Kristian Boodhoosingh 4th, Mark Thompson 5th.

Race 2: Mark Williams 1st, Shan Seejattan 2nd, Luke Bhola 3rd, Mark Thompson 4th, Justin Sanguinette 5th.

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Round 3: Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 2 Bushy Park Raceway, Barbados - September 4, 2016

By Bryan Max

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t was now Barbados’s turn to host Round 3 of the 2016 Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 2 Series at the Bushy Park Raceway. Drivers from Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, and the host nation Barbados were on hand to go head to head in what turned out to be the most heated battle of the series so far.

In the qualifying round, Marc Gill of T&T captured pole position with 1m 17s. Mark Thompson of Barbados was 2nd with 1m21.404s. Third fastest was Luke Bhola of T&T with 1m.21.495s.

Kenrick Husbands of Barbados was 4th with 1m.22.119s and Haresh Nanan of T&T clocked in at 1m22.784s.

Race summary: Race 1: Marc Gill of Trinidad & Tobago roared off the start line to easily take the chequered flag, with Mark Thompson of Barbados in second place and T&T’s Daryl Ali in third. T&T’s Luke Bhola placed fourth with team-mate Bridget Singh in fifth place.

Race 2: Hometown hero Mark Thompson got the better of T&T’s Marc Gill, with Kenrick Husbands of Barbados taking the third spot. Shan Seejattan was fourth with Daryl Ali in fifth place.

Race 3: Mark Thompson once again set the pace and picked up his second chequered flag of the day. Marc Gill held on to second place ahead of a hard charging Kenrick Husbands. T&T’s Luke Bhola and Daryl Ali placed fourth and fifth.

The final clash for the Seaboard Marine CMRC Group 2 Warriors will take place in Guyana on November 13 at the legendary South Dakota Circuit. Trinidad and Tobago has already wrapped up the win in terms of country points but the door is still wide open for the crowning of the CMRC Group 2 Champion as 75 points are at stake with three races left.

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Marc Gill of Trinidad & Tobago with his chequered flag for race 1

2016 CMRC Group 2 Championship points after three rounds: Luke Bhola leads the 2016 Seaboard CMRC Group 2 Championship after three rounds with 123 points; he is closely followed by his team-mate Marc Gill with 111 points. The spoiler is Mark Thompson of Barbados with 102 points, just 21 and 9 points separate him from Bhola and Gill.

T&T’s Daryl Ali is in 4th place with 80 points, just ahead of his team-mate Mark Williams with 75 points. Guyana’s Shan Seejattan is 6th with 66 points, followed by Jamaican Sebastian Rae with 55 points. Barbados’s Kenrick Husbands and T&T’s Damien Nesbitt are tied in 8th place with 30 points each. Jamaican David Watkin is 9th with 28 points. Trinidad & Tobago’s female driver Bridget Singh is 10th with 24 points.

As was the case in 2015, some 25 Group 2 cars are expected to roar off the South Dakota start-line on November 13, predicting the outcome is close to impossible. This is going to be a most interesting final clash when the CMRC Group 2 Warriors meet up on the fastest track in the Caribbean, and with so much at stake, anything can and will happen!! www.gmrsc.com

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Shan Seejattan - 275

Rameez Mohamed - 19

Chet Singh - 10

Ryan Rahaman - 70

Rafeek Khan - 105

Peter Morgan - 31

Andre Dhanraj - 51

Raj Singh - 112

Shairaz Roshandin - 30

Joe Mohan - 98

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Luke Bhola - 888

Marc Gill - 08

Daryl Ali - 786

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Justin Sanguinette - 48 Che Carrington - 175

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Haresh Nanan - 32

Damien Nesbit - 83

Bridget Singh - 74

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Mark Thompson - 81 Kenrick Husbands - 07

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Round 1: Seaboard Marine CMRC Superstock 600 Jamwest Speedway, Jamaica – May 23, 2016

By Bryan Max

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amwest Speedway in beautiful Jamaica in collaboration with the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC) hosted Round 1 of the 2016 Seaboard Marine CMRC Superstock 600cc motorcycle series.

Team Guyana was led into battle by the 2015 CMRC Superstock Champion Elliott Vieira, and backed up by team-mates Stephen Vieira, Matthew Vieira, Paul Yearwood and Leroy Cort.

Host nation Jamaica was defended by their top riders Robert McDonald, Kyle Reynolds, Linton Martin, McShane Heslop, Mario Woon and Gregory Cross.

Some fifteen (15) riders took to the Jamwest Raceway grid for the start of race one, creating a truly impressive line-up of Superbikes.

Race Summary:

Race 1: Stephen Vieira demonstrated that he was not there to play around and quickly took control of race one, getting the better of Elliott Vieira and Robert McDonald of Jamaica. Matthew Vieira placed fourth with Gregory Cross of Jamaica in fifth place.

Race 2: As the Jamaican flag was lowered for the start of race 2, Elliott Vieira stormed off the start line and led for 3 laps before a collision took him out of the action. Stephen Vieira took over the lead and went on to collect his second chequered flag; he was followed home in second place by Matthew Vieira. Jamaicans Robert McDonald and Linton Martin placed third and fourth.

Race 3: A determined Elliott Vieira pulled out the stops and defiantly rode off with the chequered flag. Stephen Vieira had to settle for second place, with Robert McDonald of Jamaica picking up yet another incredible third spot. Linton Martin and McShane Heslop both of Jamaica picked up the fourth and fifth spots.

Points Standing: At the end of round 1, Stephen Vieira led the 2016 Seaboard Marine CMRC 600cc Superstock points standing with 68 points, followed by Robert McDonald of Jamaica with 45 points. Elliott Vieira was in third place with 43 points, Matthew Vieira 30 points and Jamaican Linton Martin rounding out the top five with 28 points.

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Round 2: Seaboard Marine CMRC Superstock 600 Frankie Boodram Wallerfield Raceway - Trinidad & Tobago - July 24, 2016

By Bryan Max

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he Seaboard Marine CMRC teams arrived in the twin island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to do battle in Round 2 of the Seaboard Marine CMRC Superstock 600 series.

Guyana once again sent a strong CMRC team that included Stephen Vieira, Matthew Vieira, Elliott Vieira, Kevin Persaud and Stephon Boodhram.

Jamaica’s Team Reggae Racers was powered

by Robert McDonald, Kyle Reynolds and Mario Woon. Barbados was represented by Brooke Miller.

Trinidad & Tobago was defended by Kiel Abraham, Dominic Deleon, Warren DeNobrega, Nicholas Gonsalves and Nicholas Kennedy.

Race Summary:

No one came close to Guyana’s Matthew Vieira who made a clean sweep, winning all three of the Superstock events on his Triumph Daytona 675, his team-mate Stephen Vieira backed him up, taking the three second spots.

Kiel Abraham of T&T picked up two 3rd places and one 6th place. Australian based T&T rider Dominic Deleon placed fourth in race two and third in race three.

Elliott Vieira of Guyana fell in race one after he encountered mechanical issues and was forced to watch on from the sidelines for the rest of the day.

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Points Standing: After round 2, Stephen Vieira of Guyana, with 122 points, led the CMRC Superstock 600cc Championship Series, followed by Matthew Vieira of Guyana with 105 points. Robert McDonald of Jamaica was third with 45 points; Kiel Abraham of T&T was fourth with 38 points. Riding out the top five was Warren DeNobrega of T&T with 28 points.

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Round 3: Seaboard Marine CMRC Superstock 600 Bushy Park Raceway, Barbados - September 4, 2016

By Bryan Max

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ith their motorcycles prepped, packed and shipped weeks before, the top riders of the Caribbean made their way to the Bushy Park Raceway in Barbados ready to wage war against the best that Barbados had on two wheels.

Team Guyana sent their top soldiers, Stephen Vieira, Matthew Vieira and Elliott Vieira.

Trinidad & Tobago was represented by Warren DeNobrega, Kiel Abraham and Nicholas Gonsalves. Jamaica’s Team Reggae Racers included Mario Woon and Kyle Reynolds.

Barbados was defended by Brook Miller, Kevin Graham, Terrence Olliviere, Kris Braithwaite and Shirley Scantebury.

Team Barbados had been preparing for this weekend for months, they hired one of the best motorcycle coaches in the world to bring their riders up to speed, and its was definitely paying off with Brooke Miller breaking the Bushy Park 600cc motorcycle lap record previously held by Guyanese Elliott Vieira.

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Race Summary:

Race 1: With rough weather imposing its will all weekend, Stephen Vieira, and a number of other competitors, failed to qualify on Saturday and had to start from the back of the pack.

Stephen quickly moved from 16th to 6th in the very first lap and by mid race had taken over the race lead from team-mate Elliott Vieira, an incredible feat by any means. Stephen’s celebration was short lived when race officials announced that he had passed another rider under a caution flag and as such was disqualified from race one. Elliott Vieira who had placed second was then declared the winner, with team-mate Matthew Vieira picking up second place. Veteran speed-ace Kevin Graham, riding for Team Barbados, took third place. Warren DeNobrega of T&T was fourth, with Brook Miller of Barbados in fifth place.

Race 2: Elliott Vieira made light work of the competition in race two picking up his second chequered flag of the day, Matthew Vieira once again took second place, with hometown hero Terrence Olliviere ramping home in third place. Kevin Graham was fourth, with Warren DeNobrega fifth. www.gmrsc.com

Race 3: Matthew Vieira riding a Triumph Daytona 675 took the chequered flag ahead of the Barbadian duo of Terrence Olliviere and Kris Braithwaite. T&T’s Warren DeNobrega was fourth, with Kyle Reynolds of Jamaica fifth.

Race favourite Stephen Vieira fell in races 2 and 3.

Stephen Vieira was given the chequered flag after race 1

Points Standing after three rounds: With three of the four rounds of the 2016 CMRC SuperStock events now completed, Matthew Vieira of Guyana leads the points standing with 166 points, 44 points more than Stephen Vieira’s 122 points. Elliott Vieira, the defending 2015 CMRC Superstock Champion, is in third place with 93 points. Warren Luke DeNobrega of Trinidad & Tobago with 62 points is in fourth

place, Kiel Abraham of Trinidad & Tobago is fifth with 58 points.

Robert McDonald and Kyle Reynolds, both of Jamaica, are tied in sixth place with 45 points. Brook Miller of Barbados is in seventh place with 37 points, just ahead of his countryman Terrence Olliviere with 33 points. Linton Martin of Jamaica with 28 points is in ninth place. Kevin Graham and Kris Braithwaite of Team Barbados, and Dominique DeLeon of Trinidad & Tobago are in a three way tie for tenth place with 27 points each.

The fourth and final clash of the 2016 Seaboard Marine CMRC SuperStock 600cc Series will take place here in Guyana on the legendary South Dakota Circuit, where all hell is expected to break loose when the best of the Caribbean meets the best of the USA.

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Radical Racing coming soon to South Dakota By: Avery Gomes

Kristian Jeffrey leaving the pits at Bushy Park

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he Radical race cars look radically different to anything we’ve seen at the South Dakota Circuit since Derek McMahon’s Royale RP9, driven by Alec Poole arrived in November 1973. That old sports racing car lapped the short circuit at 36.8 secs. The Radicals of Calvin Ming, Mark Vieira and Kristian Jeffrey should take 3 secs off that time when they get here.

The Radicals are based in Barbados, where they race in a one-make series (everybody drives the same car), with drivers from the many Caribbean countries into motor racing.

Radical Tech: Originally the Radical range started as an affordable 2-seater “sports car” configured track racer, powered by an 1100 cc motorcycle engine that could be bought cheaply way back in 1997. The venture succeeded with the help of a one-make series in the UK by 1999, then into the USA and dominating the SCCA 58 - FAST LANE 2016

Mark Vieira’s Radical in Barbados

D-sport class in 2000. The Radicals on track today are the SR3 model, with some 800 built since 2002, and racing worldwide. The chassis is a combination of steel tube and carbon fiber, powered by a 1500cc turbo-charged 4 cylinder motor developed from the Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle. It’s located transversely behind the driver’s seat, and it uses the same motorcycle gearbox and chain drive to a rear axle sprocket, that incorporates a differential unit.

The car weighs 570Kg (1250Lbs), produces 260 horsepower, does www.gmrsc.com

Calvin Ming in his Radical at Bushy Park

0-97 km/h (0-60 mph) in 3.1 secs with a 155 mph top speed. The power to weight ratio is about 446hp/ton. The Radicals when they eventually get to the South Dakota Circuit should be as fast as, if not faster, than the Group 4 cars that can do a 33 sec lap time, so look new lap records from them.

With all the top drivers in the Caribbean already racing in the

Barbados based Radical Series for two years now, and with over a dozen cars in use, this Radical venture could signal the startup of a new Caribbean series for the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship. With all the cars standardized, it would be up to the drivers alone to make the difference, thus ending all argument as to who is the best driver in the Caribbean!

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- A Different Kind of Racing Team By: Avery Gomes

Team Pure Racing 2015

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uyanese racing enthusiasts, husband and wife, Andy and Analisa Phang have teamed up to put Superbike racing on the fast track to success in Guyana and the Caribbean. With mechanical services and money making the wheels go round in this sport, they aim to satisfy the average rider’s need for both.

“2017 is the year we’ll combine Andy’s technical knowhow with sponsorship money, to produce a motor racing package that will make it easier for talented riders to excel.”

Andy Phang has always been a mechanic fiddling with motorcycles and karts for years now. Then in August of 2014 he took the bold step in setting up and tuning an old 600cc road bike for young Elliott Vieira to race. The venture succeeded, launched Elliott’s career as a race winning superbiker and Andy as a mechanic was suddenly in great demand.

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Andy and Keith Premdass

In a field where technology advances at incredible speed, Andy had to learn fast in order to service, maintain and tune modern superbikes for the track. The internet was found to be a valuable source of current technical info, and the legendary Keith Premdass (long time tuner for veteran rider Kevin Graham) lends of his experience and advice, keeping Andy on top of the game. Today, Andy delves into the high tech engines, suspensions and electronics with confidence and has toured with racing teams from Guyana to circuits in Trinidad, Barbados and Jamaica, and his bikes have won, proof that he is on the right track.

It’s a well-known fact that modern Superbikes need more money to keep them turning right, with the consumables like tyres, brakes, chains and sprockets and clutch plates needing regular replacement, with crash-damage another big bill to face. With no prize money or contingency funds in the offing, the owners and riders are hard pressed financially to keep racing.

This is where Analisa comes in – a retired business executive with a leading financial institution, she knows all about money matters and has dealt with businesspersons, the likes of whom she will approach for sponsorship funding to help keep the bikes on track. The plan is to brand the bikes with the sponsors logos in exchange for funds. Analisa will personally ensure the funds are spent on the bikes, freeing the riders of the worry to find the dollars so that they can concentrate on riding to the best of their ability. So, 2017 will see Analisa with custom-tailored sponsorship proposals knocking on doors of the business community, all in the interest of this most exciting sport and also selling Guyanese products and services all over the Caribbean where there is motorcycle racing.

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Group 4 Championship Report

33 Seconds in a Flash!

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By Bryan Max

here is no doubt that the super cars of Group 4 generate a higher level of excitement when they come out for their clashes on South Dakota. These monsters lap the South Dakota Circuit at an impressive 33 seconds when they are in full flight. With 600 plus horsepower to play with, it takes just 6 seconds to get from the Gooseneck to the Clubhouse Corner, truly impressive.

The trouble with having that much horsepower is that it comes with a price, these cars are extremely finicky and they are prone to blowing up in a heartbeat. Over the last dozen years, the battle has been between the AWD turbo-charged Mitsubishi Evos, Subaru Imprezzas and rotary powered Mazdas. So far, the Evos have been winning the fight here in Guyana.

Kristian Jeffrey celebrates a CMRC Gp4 win, November 2015

GMR&SC in 2016 followed the CMRC’s lead by creating two classes for the Group 4 division, one for All Wheel Drive (AWD) cars and the other for Two Wheel Drive (2WD) cars. As with the CMRC races, the two classes will run together but with two chequered flags given at the end of each race and two Champions crowned when the championship year is completed.

GMR&SC 2016 Group 4 AWD Division Points Standing:

With two race meetings completed, Kristian Jeffrey (Mitsubishi Evo 9), the CMRC and GMR&SC 2014 and 2015 Group 4 Champion, is currently leading the GMR&SC 2016 Group 4 AWD points standing with 75 points.

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Andrew King with his Tube Frame Mazda RX-7 is second with 68 points.

Vishok Persaud (Subaru Imprezza) with 43 points is in third place.

GMR&SC 2016 Group 4 2WD Division Points Standing:

In the Group 4 2WD division, Mohan Rangasammy has managed to sort out the suspension issues on his 3rd Generation turbo-

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charged Mazda RX-7 and has put it to good use as he is currently leading the Group 4 2WD division with 75 points. Danny Persaud (Turbo-charged Mazda Miata) is second with 33 points.

Six of the local Group 4 drivers will be representing Guyana in the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship on November 13. That team will be chosen from this Group 4 list comprising of Kristian Jeffrey, Kevin Jeffrey, Andrew King, Mark Vieira, Mohan Rangasammy, Vishok Persaud, Irfan Kalamadeen and Rupie Shewjattan.

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Group 3 Championship Report GMR&SC 2016

Rotaries vs

By Bryan Max

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The World

roup 3 is a tough division, here you will find Mazda RX-7s, turbo-charged 1600cc Hondas, Turbo Charged 4AGEs, it’s no easy group. These cars complete a lap around the South Dakota Circuit in just 36 seconds, some of the faster Group 3 cars do it in 35 second when they are tuned right.

The rules for Group 3 have seen radical changes over the years.

GMR&SC, in a bid to revitalise this class and to bring it back to its former glory days, made sweeping changes once again in 2016 which saw the turbo-charged Starlets moved out of Group 3 and into their own group.

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Paul Vieira and Ravi Singh, both driving Mazda RX-7s have pretty much ruled Group 3 for a number of years; the battle is between them once they manage to avoid being bounced in the early laps of any race. Danny Persaud with his turbo-charged Mazda Miata is right there as well.

With the final round of the 2016 CMRC series about to blast off on the South Dakota Circuit, the local Group 3 Warriors will battle with the CMRC Group 3 contenders as the local Championship cars and the CMRC cars will race together.

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GMR&SC 2016 Group 3 Championship Points Standing: With 2 race meetings completed for the Guyana Group 3 Championship, Paul Vieira leads with 58 points. Stefan Jeffrey is 2nd with 33 points. Denzel Hophinson is 3rd with 27 points and is just ahead of Ravi Singh’s 25 points. Danny Persaud and Mohamed Yunas are tied in 5th place with 18 points each. Gavin Gouveia is 6th with 15 points, Adrian Fernandes is 7th with 12 points. Shawn King wraps up the 2016 Group 3 points standing with 10 points.

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Group 2 Championship Report GMR&SC 2016

Fast & Furious!!

By Bryan Max

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roup two is always action packed as the cars in this division are so closely matched. Other than Ryan Rahaman’s Ford Escort, Haroon Khan’s Starlet and the Volkswagen Golf of Andre Dhanraj, the rest of cars in this class are high revving Honda Civics.

This gives seasoned race fans that unique opportunity of seeing not only the Hondas in action against themselves, but to gauge their performance against the rear wheel drive Ford Escorts and Toyota Starlets.

Here are some basic rules that govern Group 2: Only modified two and four-seater 2 wheel drive production cars fitted with normally-aspirated piston engines up to 2000ccs and 12A Rotary

engines are allowed. Turbos and super chargers are not allowed.

Modifications are unrestricted but you must retain the production block and cylinder head castings. Engine swaps out of family is not allowed. Dry sump engines are not allowed. Sequential gearboxes are not allowed.

Rims cannot be wider than 8 inches and the maximum tyre size is 225 x 15”.

There are tons of other technical guidelines that car builders must follow but space does not allow us the luxury of listing them all.

GMR&SC 2016 Group 2 Points Standing: With two rounds of the GMR&SC 2016 Group 2 Championship completed, Ryan Rahaman driving the JR Burger Ford Escort is leading the points standing with a solid tally of 76 points.

Veteran racer Rafeek “Haroon” Khan with his rear wheel drive Toyota Starlet fitted with a 3SGE 2000cc motor is in 2nd place with 66 points. Honda powered Chet Singh is 3rd with 51 points.

Rameez Mohamed and Haniff Mohamed are tied in 4th place with 50 points each.

It has been a very busy year for Shan Seejattan. Shan has been representing Guyana in the 2016 Seaboard Marine CMRC Series with his trustworthy Honda Civic, racing in Trinidad and Barbados, but still found time to also compete in the local Group 2 Championship picking up 39 points, which puts him in 5th place.

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Adrian Fernandes with 27 points is just ahead of former Group 2 Champion Shairaz Roshandin who trails the points standing with 25 points.

At last year’s CMRC event on the South Dakota Circuit, with 26 cars from around the Caribbean on the start line, Guyanese drivers Shan Seejattan and Rameez Mohamed took on the task of defending South Dakota to heart, and against all odds defeated the mighty assault that came from Trinidad & Tobago’s Marc Gill and Barbados’s Kenrick Husbands.

Shan Seejattan won the Gp2 Champion Driver of the day title with Marc Gill of T&T gaining enough points to be crowned the CMRC’s 2015 Group 2 Champ.

These amazing drivers and other top Caribbean Group 2 stars will clash once again on the South Dakota Circuit when the Seaboard Marine CMRC 2016 series concludes here in Guyana on November 13.

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Team Guyana will choose six of our best drivers to represent the Golden Arrowhead from the following list: Shan Seejattan, Rameez Mohamed, Chet Singh, Shairaz Roshandin, Peter Morgan, Andre Dhanraj, Ryan Rahaman, Kemal Rahman, Rafeek Khan, Haniff Mohamed and Joe Mohan.

Trinidad & Tobago’s Trinbago Soca Racers will include the CMRC 2016 Group 2 points leader Luke Bhola, Marc Gill, Daryl Ali, Damien Nesbit, Bridget Singh, Haresh Nanan, Justin Sanguinette and Che Carrington. Team Barbados will include Mark Thompson, Kenrick Husbands and Tremaine Ford-Catwell.

Race fans can once again expect to see some 25 cars on the Group 2 start-line this November. Picking a winner from this amazing bunch of drivers is close to impossible, your guess is as good as mine.

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Street Tuner/Group 1 Championship Report GMR&SC 2016

BUDGET RACING

WITH A BANG!!

By Bryan Max

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ace fans can always expect lots of spills and thrills whenever the Street Tuner/ Group 1 Speedsters hit the start-line of South Dakota.

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of the race lead by Deokie who then took the chequered flag but soon after was rear ended by Mohamed as payback for the earlier bounce he had received.

GMR&SC race officials in reviewing the series of incidents ruled that both Shameer and Daniel be disqualified for the entire event, thus losing the points they had accumulated earlier in the day.

Sharima “Speed Queen” Khan who finished in third place was declared the winner of that race with Troy Muir picking up the second spot.

GMR&SC 2016 Group 1 / Street Tuner Points Standing:

be penalised if caught breaking this rule.

Group 1 was originally structured to cater for showroom stock cars but over the years the “showroom stock” rules were somewhat discarded by most, if not all the drivers. Tires for this entry level class are basically the same as those on street cars in a bid to keep cost at a minimum. Street Tuner/Group 1 is the starter class for Guyana, the nursery as such.

Over the last two years the front runners of Group 1 have been Daniel Deokie and Shameer Mohamed, both driving similar Honda Civics. This battling duo leave nothing undone in their quest for those chequered flags. This fierce rivalry reached its boiling point at the day/night race of July 16 when Shameer was bounced out www.gmrsc.com

With the disqualification of Mohamed and Deokie and their points for the July event revoked, the 2016 Group 1 / Street Tuner championship leader is now Troy Muir with 88 points.

Shameer Mohamed with three victories from the March 20th race meeting is in 2nd place with 75 points. Daniel Deokie is third with 54 points and is just 2 points clear of the fast charging Sharima Khan.

The other contenders in the GMR&SC 2016 Group 1 / Street Tuner points standing are Paul Jiwanram - 44 points, Bishram Rajaran - 28 points, Kassim Hossein - 25 points, Sunil Singh 20 points, WR Reaz - 15 points, Waheed Manjoor - 12 points, Mahendra Deokie - 8 points and Marmado Mangru - 6 points.

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The GMR&SC Street Tuner & Sports Tuner Line-up for South Dakota, Guyana. November 13

Troy Muir - 92

Shameer Mohammed - 95

Javid Rahaman - 15

Sharima Khan - 213

Waheed Manjoor - 32

Mohamed Ali - 200

Azaad Hassan - 27

Raymond Seebarran - 72

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Sudesh Rajaram - 333

Emerson Fernandes - 135

Rajiv Rajaram - 106

WR Reaz - 397

Pierre Singh - 316

Clint Seebarran - 67

Omar Dornellas - 181

Paul Jiwanram - 717

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Sports Tuner Championship Report GMR&SC 2016

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By Bryan Max

MR&SC introduced a 1600cc class in 2016 called “Sports Tuner�. When the cc limit for Group 2 was pushed up to 2000cc, most of the Group 2 drivers opted for 1800 and 2000cc motors and as such a void was created for a 1600cc class, and that void became the inspiration for the Sports Tuner class.

The Sports Tuner Class will attract cars powered by the popular Toyota 4AGE, Honda B16 and the Nissan SR16 motors. These are 16 and 20 valve engines that are easily accessible on the local market and have proven to be race ready in almost stock form.

Unlike Group 1 in which the cars are supposed to remain in almost stock form, the Street Tuner Class allows mechanics to add on aftermarket suspension parts, aftermarket exhaust manifolds and upgraded fuel management systems. Street Tuner cars should lap the South Dakota Circuit in the 40 to 42 seconds range.

With two race meetings under their belts for 2016, the Sports Tuner class is definitely here to stay, and with a number of

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additional drivers signing up for the upcoming November meet, this can very well become one of the most subscribed classes on South Dakota in the very near future.

Sports Tuner Points Standing for 2016 Adrian Fernandes with 81 points leads the 2016 Sports Tuner points standing with Rajiv Rajaram close behind on 79 points.

Nasrudeen Mohamed is 3rd with 75 points. Daniel Deokie controls 4th place with 33 points, Peter Morgan is 5th with 25 points, Shameer Mohamed is 6th with 18 points.

Kassim Hossein, Paul Jiwanram, Mahendra Deokie and Christopher Young are tied in 7th place with 10 points each. Sunil Singh in 8th place wraps up the points standing chart with 8 points.

With just 6 points keeping 1st and 3rd positions apart, you can expect nothing but fireworks when the Sports Tuner Daredevils return to South Dakota on November 13.

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The BAL Starlet Cup Series

Clash of the Turbos

MR&SC in collaboration with Beharry Automotive Limited created a new class for 2016 known as the BAL Starlet Cup, which as the name suggests is a class exclusively for Toyota Starlets.

At one time there were almost 14 turbo-charged Starlets racing on South Dakota but with constant rule changes, a number of Starlets were parked as drivers felt that it was unfair to race against much more powerful cars that they encountered when they were placed in Group 3. GMR&SC officials hope that the BAL Starlet Cup series will encourage drivers to return.

The BAL Starlet Cup line up for the November 13 Race Meet is expected to include Vishaul Sawh, Rameez Mohamed, Gavin Gouveia, Motilall Deodass, Adrian Fernandes, David Richards, Afraz Allie, Syed Hassan, Roshan Ali & WR Reaz.

By Bryan Max

BAL Toyota Cup 2016 Points Standing: With 2 rounds completed for the 2016 BAL Starlet Cup series, Adrian Fernandes leads the points standing with 52 points, followed by Vishaul Sawh with 48 points. Newcomer David Richards is 3rd with 46 points. Motilall Deodass is 4th with 43 points. Roshan Ali is 5th with 27 points; Rameez Mohamed is in 6th place with 25 points. Rafeek “Haroon� Khan is 7th with 18 points, with Wayne Kanhai taking the 8th spot with 15 points.

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Beharry Automotive Limited (BAL) Starlet Cup Line-up for South Dakota, Guyana. November 13

Vishal Sawh - 49

Afraz Allie - 88

Syed Hassan - 121

Riaz Allie - 154

Roshan Ali - 01

WR Reaz - 397

Rameez Mohamed - 19

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Gavin Gouveia - 19

Wayne Kanhai - 05

Kevin Deodass - 56

Adrian Fernandes - 211

David Richards - 202

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Superstock 600cc Championship Report

Living In The

Redline

By Bryan Max

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ixty years ago it was motorcycles that started the motor racing magic in Guyana, today, the current lot of two wheeled daredevils proudly carry on that tradition. Guyanese riders have been dominating the Caribbean motorcycle scene for a number of years and that success comes from the constant visits to the South Dakota Circuit by very determined and dedicated riders.

Come November 13, Guyanese riders will do battle with other top Caribbean riders in the CMRC series, but even as they unite to keep the foreign invaders at bay, they will also be vying for points that will go towards their local Superstock championship as well.

GMR&SC Superstock 600cc 2016 Points Standing: Matthew Vieira, GMR&SC’s 2014 B Class Champion, and it’s 2015 Superstock and Superbike Champion, leads the 2016

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Stephen Vieira - 46

Elliot Vieira - 33

Kevin Persaud - 93

Nikhil Seereeram - 98

Stephon Boodram - 45

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Superstock 600 points standing with 50 points, he is followed by Stephon Boodram with 33 points. Andy Rajkarran is 3rd with 24 points ahead of former Champ Stephen Vieira who has 18 points.

Kevin Persaud completes the chart with 15 points.

With the final round of the Seaboard Marine CRMC Series taking place in Guyana on November 13, Guyana will be putting together its toughest team to fend off the invasion of riders expected from Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago.

Team Guyana will be chosen from the following list of riders: Matthew Vieira, Stephen Vieira, Elliott Vieira, Nikhil Seereeram, Joel Niblette, Kevin Persaud, Andy Rajkarran and Stephon Boodhram.

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Norman Chung - 46

Former South Dakota Champion, Kevin Graham, will be racing a Yamaha R6 for Team Barbados. Team Trinbago Soca Warriors will be represented by Timothy Joseph on a Honda CBR600. Norman Chung of Team Jamaica’s Reggae Racers will be in action on a Yamaha R6.

The 2016 MotoAmerica Superstock 600cc Champion, Bryce Prince, will make his Caribbean racing debut on South Dakota.

Race fans will be in for a huge treat this November when the best riders of the Caribbean clash with the MotoAmerica SuperStock Champion on the fastest and most demanding track in the region, the feared South Dakota Circuit.

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GMR&SC Drags Racing Report

8 Seconds to Glory!!

By Bryan Max

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rag racing in Guyana is becoming the go to sport for adrenaline junkies. With an amazing band of loyal followers and racers alike, Guyana can now boast of having some of the fastest quarter mile beasts in the region. Just recently, Team Guyana dominated an international drag meet held in neighbouring Suriname. Taking the fight to the Surinamese was Azurdeen Mohammed with his 1200 horsepower Nissan Skyline and Shawn Persaud with his 8 seconds turbo-charged Toyota Caldina.

GMR&SC implemented a time bracket system to assign cars to the groups best suited to them. So if you recorded a run of 12.34 seconds, you will be placed in the 12 seconds time bracket group, along with other 12 seconds cars. Faster cars are assigned to their 9 or 10 seconds bracket groups, this ensures that your stock 125 horsepower Honda Civic will be matched up against another stock car, and not against a 700 horsepower Subaru Imprezza.

With the introduction of the Porta Tree Timing device with its three stage starting lights, Dragsters can now know their exact

times as they are presented with a print out from the computerized timing system immediately after their runs.

At GMR&SC’s “King of Drags 2” Shawn Persaud and his Turbocharged Toyota Caldina ruled supreme. He pulled off an incredible win when he came up against Peter Daby’s turbo-charged Mazda RX7 in the final run of the unlimited bracket clash for cars faster than 9 seconds. And if that was not enough, he took on a Honda 80 - FAST LANE 2016

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CBR600 ridden by Mark Menezes and won that drag as well. Can you imagine a car beating a 600cc motorcycle in such a short distance? Impressive indeed.

GMR&SC’s “King of Drags 2” Official Results Unlimited Class - 8.916 sec. - Shawn Persaud - Toyota Caldina 9 Second Class - Peter Daby - Mazda RX-7 turbo charged.

10 Second Class - O’neal Higgins - Toyota Corolla AE91 11 Second Class - Vivek Joshi - Mazda RX-7 12 Second Class - Anil Persaud - Toyota Levin 13 Second Class - Imran Khan - Toyota Carina 14 Second Class - Davindra Roopnarine - Toyota Premio 15 Second Class - Dyon Bissessar - Honda Fit 600cc Motorcycles - Mark Menezes 1000cc Motorcycles - 8.591 sec. - Nyron Maraj - Yamaha R1

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GMR&SC Endurance Racing Report

The O

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By Bryan Max

nly drivers who have participated in any of the three hours endurance race meets on South Dakota can truly appreciate how much fun these endurance events really are. And maybe only diehard motor racing fanatics can stick around for two or three hours for the outcome of a single race. But to those who love endurance racing as much as I do, its something that you dream of, your happy place when things are not going good on a rainy day.

To drive a turbo-charged Honda B18 making in excess of 400 horsepower and to blow by the clubhouse at 90 plus miles per hour and then climb up to 150 mph along that long front straightaway of South Dakota is something that lives in your brain for a long, long time. The drivers from the 70s who raced on the large circuit of South Dakota would know this feeling, ask any of them and you will see huge smiles light up their faces. It’s a truly amazing experience and one I would wish for any motor racing fan.

Endurance racing is the ultimate experience for young drivers, to spend an hour in the seat of a race car, getting better lap after lap can turn a novice into a superb driver in a hurry.

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Mohamed and Anand Ramchand completed the most laps, and in doing so won their Group B (for 1600cc cars) title, as well as the overall Champion’s trophy.

Harold “Top Gun” Hopkinson and Nicholas Veecock won in Class A with the Team ERacing 1500cc Honda Civic.

Mohamed “Fazul” Yunas in a super reliable Honda S2000 won Class C, ahead of the turbo-charged Team 93.1 FM Mitsubishi Colt, driven by Shayne and Clint Seebarran, and the turbo-charged B18 Honda Integra of Team ERacing driven by team-mates Denzel Hopkinson and yours truly Bryan Max. Adrian Fernandes driving another Team Ramchand entry, a turbo-charged Toyota Celica got the better of Paul Jiwanram and Danny Persaud in Class D. So here’s an invitation, the next time you hear there is going to be an endurance event on South Dakota, do yourself the ultimate favour, pick up an entry form from the GMR&SC office and come have the time of your life, you’re going to totally love it.

Harold Hopkinson Celebrates

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Celebrating 50 Years of Racing at South Dakota Racing Back In Time with Team Tiger By: Avery Gomes

Standing Left to Right: Fred Lam (Marketing Manager of Esso Trinidad) Antonio Serrao, Ralph Thom, Ed Leicensuring, Tong Stone, Tim Meyer, Edward Lee, Jack Robinson.

Stooping Left to Right: Robert Greene, DaCosta Jones, Jimmy Fernandes, Harry Ragoonanan

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s we celebrate Guyana 50th Independence Anniversary… we look back at South Dakota Circuit action in 1966.

Independence in May 1966 was greeted almost with euphoria, and many hoped it put behind us the racial animosities and civil strife of the early 1960s, as we were all glad to relax and have fun again. With no internet then, or even TV for that matter, outdoor sporting activities were the way to go, and Motor Racing was ready to deliver with thousands heading to The Base”, as the South Dakota Circuit was known as then, for Racing action, thrills, spills and speed.

British Guiana had become Guyana, and the then British Guiana Motor Racing association was renamed the Guyana Motor Racing Club (GMRC) with Prime Minister Forbes Burnham agreeing to be the patron of the club. Banks DIH, who recently moved into its spanking new Thirst Park Facility, donated the original gooseneck grand stand to the club that year as well.

The main attraction at that October 1966 Race Meeting was a big team from Trinidad and Tobago, and with sponsorship from Esso they called themselves Team Tiger, as that was the company’s mascot then. They were almost all motor car racers with the TTASCO Club, based in the more affluent San Fernando area, in 84 - FAST LANE 2016

Southern Trinidad. The team included lone star motorcycle racer DaCosta Jones, who had come before in 1965, and then every year until his death in a road accident in Trinidad in 1972. He was the star of the show, as he was the only non-white racer at the top of the sport in what had become his second home, Guyana.

“Costa Jones,” as he was known to Guyanese fans, was discovered by Hilary Jardine, one of the founders of Motorcycle racing in then British Guiana. Hilary wanted a motorcyclist to be part of the Team Tiger as bike racing was the major attraction in Guyana, and, on enquiring who was the local fast man on two wheels, he heard about a chap who rode his Triumph 500 on the mountain roads of Trinidad at breakneck speed. He finally met Costa, and hasty arrangements got him and his bike on the boat to Guyana as part of Team Tiger.

Costa Jones was the sensation of the 1966 Race Meeting, soundly beating the local guys and riding into the hearts of Guyanese and into the GMRC’s history books. He was fast and fearless-- even in the rain, once falling on the back straight at full seed, sliding the last hundred yards before the gooseneck on his behind, with a bow wave of water before him – DaCosta Jones had arrived! www.gmrsc.com

DaCosta Jones on his Triumph

The 1966 car racing team was the biggest ever to land in Guyana from Trinidad & Tobago and included names that would fill programs for the next decade like Jack Robinson, Ralph Thom, Silbourne Clarke, Jimmy Fernandes, Daniel Demenier, Francis Ottley, Tim Meyer and Tom Miller. Later on came Frankie Boodram, Andrew Clarks, Brian Ibrahim, Gordon Gonsalves and

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Simon Gilmour and others.

Today Esso no longer sponsors the TTASCO team from Trinidad & Tobago, but the Team Tiger name still remains, as a link to the good old days harking backing to 1966, 50 years ago this November!

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The First Vieira Superbike Racer By: Avery Gomes

1968

was an exciting time for motorcycle racing in Guyana. The bikes were bigger, faster and noisier than ever, with Japan’s Honda emerging as the challenger to Britain’s Triumph in the 500cc class. While DaCosta Jones rode the latest Triumph, Honda agent in Guyana, Marics, brought to the grid the Honda CB450 complete with the earliest Yoshimura racing parts, ridden by Johnny Terrill. In early 1967 it was a winner and looked set to dominate the racing scene, having beaten DaCosta Jones convincingly. Then tragedy struck, Terrill’s daughter died on the eve of the 1967 October meeting and Marics boss Mario Mendonca decided to ride his own bike and show all Guyana he too could win with Honda too.

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Van Sertima congratulates Frankie on a fine win

Again tragedy, Mario fell heavily, badly injuring himself and retiring from racing. Come early 1968, the bike was repaired and tested by John Thijs, but he was too small to handle the big, heavy and powerful machine, said Mario. He gave the bike to Frankie Vieira, the other rising star then riding the small bore Hondas in the 50cc class. Frankie was the sensation of the March 1968 meeting and others to follow , riding brilliantly to many victories and fame against the much-vaunted DaCosta Jones and other champs like Frank Van Sertina and T&Ts Daniel Demeniez a similar Hondas.

He also started 1969 winning again in fine style but had to call it a day mid-year, as the GDF that he had joined didn’t want him involved in something so risky, as they were about to invest in his training in aviation. He pleaded to be allowed to race, even lining up his trophies on the head table in the officers mess at

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dinners for the top brass to see, but it was a no-go for Frankie, with rumors of a comeback in the November 1969 being just that and no more.

So suddenly the bright start to an exciting career was over for Frankie Vieira. Apart from that the big, heavy 4- stroke bikes were no match for the Yamaha 2- stroke 250cc bikes , introduced to motor racing in Guyana by the Holder Brothers in 1969. Even DaCosta Jones switched to two strokes around 1970 , officially ending the reign of the 4- stroke machines last ridden victoriously

by Frankie Vieira- the first Vieira superbike champion. This year Frankie Vieira celebrates 50 years as an active pilot in aviation in Guyana- he was the youngest ever when licensed as a private pilot way back then and the youngest pilot ever in the history of the GDF. Frankie Vieira at the controls in 2016 after 50 years of flying

Another win for Frankie in early 1969

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