Team Nexus’s De Nobrega runs rampant at Anna Regina

Grass Track Championships 2017….

After finishing third overall at last year’s National Grass Track Championship Series, Team Nexus Rider Steven DeNobrega produced a thrilling display at the first leg this year which was held at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground on Sunday, by winning seven races in as many starts.
In the professional category he swooped the five races, while in the open category, he did the same in the two races.
Guyana Times Sport spoke to the rider when he returned to the city, where he expressed elation over the performances since having troubles with his Honda CR 125 early in the day’s proceedings.
“The feeling was very good, the crowd had a very good response to it; I turned up the morning and put in a few practice laps, we had few problems with the bike since before the races I fell and broke the handle but the guys helped me get a new one so I could compete,” the rider stated.
The 21 year-old initial plan was just to secure points ahead of the lengthy championships, explaining that, “Initially, the plan was to basically to go there and come back with some points I really was not going there expecting it to be so easy as the others guys were practicing constantly, [while] I basically rode for the first time in the last finals of the championship in November.”
With a support base including persons such as Kevin Jeffrey among other motor racing stalwarts, DeNobrega says consistency will be the key going forward for him.
He said, “It is just basically consistency, in any race you must be consistent in your approach and they encourage me to stay fit to be ahead of my competition; we are in a great position, we will just look to make improvement on my bike and me get fitter.”

The young rider revealed that he had no intentions of riding this year, as he wanted to some personal time but his encouraging support base pushed him to compete. “I was not planning on racing this year but with so much support behind me I had just had; at the end of last year I had other personal thing I wanted to do things with but with the sponsors behind me I decided to have a go, we basically finished the bike up there [Anna Regina] since the bike was rebuilt the night before in Georgetown,” the disclosed.
The rider expressed great appreciation for the support of Gregory Nexus, who also sponsors him in Go-Kararting where he and teammates Matthew Phang and Carlos Rodrigues recently won the 600lb class at the monthly GT Motorsport Endurance Cup.
In addition, much praise went to his family, Harold Hopkinson, Rover World, Fast Grafix, Sankar Auto Color and the Jaigobin Family at Henrietta on the Essequibo coast.
Meanwhile, amidst the stellar performance of DeNobrega, Ravin Ramcoomar and Raj Rajkaran had some good performances fighting for the second and third spots in the Professional races. In the Novices, Sudesh Rajkaran at the age of 13 won a race, while Daniel Hardin and Abdoul Neuzan also had commendable performances.
Organizer Sheik Yassin told this publication that the event went well, adding that the spectators thoroughly enjoyed the battle on the grass.
Yassin also stated that the next meet is tentatively slated for this month end at Better Hope Community Centre ground, East Coast of Demerara or at Bath settlement, West Berbice.