Drag Racing Series Round 1: “COME TO THE LINE”

– Team Mohamed’s dares other competitors

…Harold ‘Top Gun’ Hopkinson says eager to take on Team Mohamed’s

Team Mohamed’s Principal, Azruddin Mohamed, has issued a ‘come one, come all’ call to other participants for this weekend’s Drag Racing Series Round 1.
The front-running team on Guyana’s drag racing scene will, on Sunday, February 19, have their full complement of four cars ready and rearing to take on any competition at the South Dakota Drag Strip at Timehri.
Currently holders of the 7.036s strip record with their Pro-Mod car, Team Mohamed’s Principal Azruddin Mohamed is unphased by those who deem his team unwilling to take to the track. In fact, at a Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) press conference on Tuesday evening, Mohamed maintained that he is always ready to take on the competition.

“That’s not true, man!” Mohamed said as he responded to inquiries about Team Mohamed’s not going to the line on race day. “You see the guys at the finish line, and we need to set up the PA system throughout the drag strip going to the finish line. Because the guys at the finish line, they don’t know what’s going on at the start line. So, I think that’s why people (think) when the other cars come to line, when they’re doing the practice runs, that we don’t want to come to line,” he explained.
“But we can come to line any time to race,” a confident Mohamed has shared.
With that bold declaration, Mohamed has issued a call to all competitors who dare to challenge his lightning-fast fleet.
“I hope we can get the other guys to some forward, because we’re always there, we always on the line. So, we want the other guys to come forward on the line and let’s put out a good show,” Mohamed has said.
He added, “That’s why we race our cars alone, because the other guys don’t come to line.”
Interestingly, Harold ‘Top Gun’ Hopkinson of Secure Innovations and Concepts Inc has indicated that his 2Jz Supra ‘Kong’ only needs a ‘wash and a wax’ to take to the track. “The car is finished, all we need now is soap and water and some wax,” Hopkinson related as he gave an update on ‘the beast’ that once held the strip record.
In playful banter, Hopkinson has expressed his intention to take down Team Mohamed’s fleet.
“I always gunning for he! It’s my friend,” ‘Top Gun’ said with a laugh. He went on to state, “One of the things that have really gotten us into drag racing is because of Azruddin. He has raised the level of it, and all we want to do is knock him off that perch.”
According to GMR&SC President Mahendra Boodhoo, pre-test will begin at 9am on Sunday, and elimination is set to commence at 12pm. Tickets for Sunday’s Round 1 drags are set at $1000.