GMR&SC readies for international drag racing next Sunday

The second fastest 1JZ car in the world is set to take to the track in Guyana when the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) hosts its International Drag Racing Championships next Sunday.

That event is anticipated to set alight the South Dakota Circuit at Timehri, EBD, as some of the best competitors and fastest cars from Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago descend on Guyana to battle the locals, with Team Mohamed’s facing their biggest threats yet.
During a press briefing at the GT Motorsports Hall on Tuesday evening, GMR&SC Vice-President Mohamed Shiraz Roshandin gave an idea of what to expect come August 21 when he divulged: “We have cars from Trinidad, Suriname and drivers coming out from the USA. These cars will be very high-powered cars, coming here to compete against our local drivers. The event will see over 100 cars participating.”

Roshandin informed, “So far, for our last few events, we’ve been having more than expected competitors there.”
Among the provisions being made for the upcoming drag races are safety measures to keep excited fans off the track. President Mahendra Boodhoo outlined those measures while revealing that the GMR&SC is expecting a crowd of 20,000.
“We’re expecting a huge crowd turnout, and we’re prepared for it. But with that in mind, safety is our number 1 priority, so we have designated areas where we will have spectators with all the facilities: washroom facilities and everything to accommodate 20,000 spectators there,” the GMR&SC President related.

“We’re prepared for that,” Boodhoo continued, while sharing that safety competitor cars and equipment are also on the front burner.
Registration for the drag races will close on Wednesday August 17th, after which the GMR&SC would decide whether to have qualifying events on both Saturday and Sunday.
In addition, Boodhoo announced a new rule the Club will be undertaking for qualifying. The GMR&SC President explained, “The track prep has already started, and every team is actually trying to go to see which lane will be faster. And we have established protocols now that the fastest time in the qualifying gets to choose their lane. So, every team now is preparing (on) the track, to see which lane they can run the fastest, cause the fastest time gets to choose their lane.”
In more exciting action expected for next Sunday’s races, reports indicate that the South Dakota track may see the return of ‘Kong’, a 1998 Supra now owned by the Hopkinson family (Secure Innovations and Concepts Inc. Principle). ‘Kong’ was previously owned by the late Deryck ‘Mad Dog’ Jaisingh.