Ranked as the best karter in the Caribbean, Jamaican Collin Daley Jr. sent out a friendly yet fierce warning to his competitors ahead of this weekend’s Georgetown Grand Prix “Final Showdown”.
The GT Motorsports circuit will come alive when some of the best racers in the Region assemble in Guyana from Saturday and the highly-touted Daley Jr. said during the event’s launching on Friday at the GT Motor Sports club, that he was looking to compete against the very best and was anxious to get on the track.
Guyana Times Sport caught up with the young racer who has been travelling the world and making a name for his self behind the wheels at the GT Motor Sports club and the Jamaican seemed pretty hyped about the upcoming challenges.
“I’m expecting to win of course but it’s going to take some time because it’s my first time at the track. I have to learn it and getting the set up right; but it’s going to take some time,” said Daley.
Shifter Kart drivers threw out the challenge to each other for fierce and clean rivalry tonight. From left: Orry Hunte, Darryl Timmers, Caribbean ranked Colin Daley Jr., Kristian Jeffery and Stefan Jeffery
Unlike some of his competition the likes of; Barbados’ Orry Hunte, Canadian Darryl Timmers and Trinidad & Tobago’s Kristian Boodoosingh; Daley is a complete stranger to competing in Guyana but nevertheless was backing his skills to help him prevail. “I mean a track is attack it has corners and it has its difficulties so I have to didn’t where in strong and capitalize on that, so let’s see.”
Guyanese record holder Kristian Jeffery recently proclaimed Daley to be the best in the sport at this time and the Jamaican was happy to be regarded highly by his teammates and as such said he was looking forward to a competitive, clean race.
“I’m really excited, because he’s (Jeffery) a very good driver and I think it will be good racing for the spectators and get more people involved in motorsport in Guyana so I just hope we have a good clean race,” Daley added.
Concluding his interview, the 20 year-old who recently returned from Las Vegas where his team finished second in the Super Nationals, said breaking new ground by racing in Guyana was a good experience for him and one he’s seeking to take full advantage of.
“I just want to achieve a win here, it will make a really good mark, m meeting new people and I just hope it’s a good weekend for everyone”, closing off by telling his rivals “Have fun and watch out because I won’t be taking it easy!”.
Meanwhile, Daley’s overseas opponents mainly; Bajan Orry Hunte, Trinidadian Kristian Boodoosingh and Canadian Darryl Timmers have all raced on Guyana’s soil in the past, thus entering the race with much momentum.
Jeffery, the current record holder at GT Motorsports was also upbeat ahead of the showdown, citing Daley as well as the other overseas drivers as stiff competition but confessed that he will be entering the race with all cylinders firing.
The Georgetown Grand Prix Final Showdown gets underway from 18:00h at GT Motorsports circuit.
