GMR&SC’s Circuit Racing, Round 2: Kristian Jeffrey eager to return to South Dakota today

When the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) hosted a handful of events in 2021 – their first since the COVID-19 pandemic had halted the sport – Kristian Jeffrey did not then embrace the opportunity to get behind the wheel again. In fact, Jeffrey was occupied with another sport – Squash – in the meantime.
However, after ‘getting his gears oiled’ at Bushy Park in Barbados last weekend, this racer would today take to the South Dakota track for the first time in 3 years, for the GMR&SC’s Circuit Racing, Round 2.
Telling Guyana Times Sport about his outing in the Radical Series, where he finished as the “champion driver” of the weekend with the fastest lap, Jeffrey related that it’s great to be back behind the wheel.

“We left no room for error, and it proved fruitful in the end. From the very first practice, all the way through, I think we were the fastest from the get-go. So that kind of carried on the momentum from the first day all through the weekend,” Jeffrey said about his car’s preparation and performance in Barbados last Sunday.
He added, “Being back in racing after so long, you know, after the pandemic and stuff, it feels so good to be back! So, I haven’t raced in three years, and got invited to this (event) at Bushy Park for the first round (of) the Radical Series; so, I went in there with no expectation, because I did no form of preparation other than gym work, or getting physically fit.
“I was doing more squash than racing at the time. So, just being able to do what you love was really nice.”
With two wins and a fourth-place finish in the Radical Caribbean Cup in Barbados, Jeffrey is poised atop the charts for the continuation of that series. Now looking to extend his success at South Dakota today, Jeffrey has said he is grateful for the preparation last weekend.
“What’s been happening is: just the opening back up to racing, getting everyone back involved, and it’s almost like starting over from scratch for everyone, you know. So, I think this race meet was just the start of getting off the old rust, all the cobwebs, and getting the momentum going for the future,” he explained.
“Fortunately, as you said, it’s back-to-back race weekends, so Barbados kind of sharpened me up for this weekend in Guyana,” this driver has added.
Eager to contest some of the best in Guyana today, Jeffrey has hailed Team Mohamed’s for ensuring that the bar is always set high.
“I think I’m ready, but just like any other racer, because we didn’t get to really go on track, we are all in the same boat right now. I think I’m a driver that’s capable to adapt to changes, and fortunately for me, it only takes me like three or four laps to get back to where I was,” he said of his personal expectations for Race Day.
Turning his attention to the competition, Jeffrey stated, “And I think what Mohamed’s are doing for racing in Guyana is really good, because you don’t really get that competition, you’d have to travel to different countries, maybe in the US or Europe, to get those type of competition. So, kudos to the Mohamed team for bringing that competition to the Caribbean! You can only get better by driving or riding against the best.”
Kristian Jeffrey will race his Mitsubishi Evolution 9, which he refers to as his “baby”. Having ‘been on the shelf’ for a couple of years, his team took three days to prepare the machine, and Jeffrey is hoping to ignite South Dakota with it today.