Executive Committee calls for early registration

GMR&SC Drag Championship round 2

Competitors for the second round of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s (GMR&SC’s) Drag Racing Championship, which ‘speeds off’ at the South Dakota Circuit’s Drag Strip on June 23, have been asked to get registered early.
Executive Committee member Motilall Deodass, who spoke about preparations yesterday, said it is integral that competitors get registered early.
“We saw what happened at round one earlier this year. We saw the volume of competitors that showed up, and we know that there are a lot more guys building cars since we have the full quarter (mile)”, the former Endurance Champion noted.
Deodass explained: “What we (Executive Committee of the GMR&SC) are trying to avoid is the last-minute confusion of getting cars registered and then sorting them and what’s not. We want to have things rolling as smoothly as possible.”
He said the club has already begun to put things in place to ensure an even smoother running of the event. “We have more things that we are putting in place ahead of the second round; additional barriers to keep spectators out of the danger zone, and so many other things. We see this as a dry run for the International (drag racing) event that we have later this year (August). We want to know that we can accommodate a certain number of cars, and we want to know we can run an event smoothly. That’s why we are asking competitors to register early, get their forms in, and ensure that we don’t leave anyone out also.”
During the last round, Vickey Persaud won the 16-second class, while the 15-second class was picked up by Ramesh Persaud. The Surinamese pair of Eric Watchman and Raymond John took the 14- and 13 -second classes respectively, while Avi Samaroo picked up the 10-second class.
The 11-second class was won by Damian Persaud, with Peter Daby taking the 10- second class and Terrance Cox of Team Mohamed’s Enterprise taking the Unlimited class to ensure his team remains undefeated.