With horrendous motor bike troubles in 2017 which hampered participation significantly, former Caribbean champion Matthew Vieira is happy to return at the pedestal.
Vieira ran rampant on Sunday when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club staged their National Race of Champions at the South Dakota Circuit.
The results were from three from three. With the absence of 2017 Champion Kevin Persaud and the likes of Stephen Vieira and John Bennett, Vieira closest challenger was Raverio Tucker who despite all the promise shown was no match for the Yamaha R6 rider.
2018 has started in the best possible way for the rider
“Yes I’m happy to be back on top; this is a great start to my 2018 season. The plan was to win all three races at any cost and score the maximum amount of points available, he reflected to Guyana Times Sport on Monday.
Given a long season and more intense competition lies ahead, the 20 year-old is conscious of the need to improve his fitness.
“I think my biggest problem on Sunday was my fitness level and I need to improve on that aspect and also I need to train harder on the track as well”.
Is there another Caribbean title in the tank? Vieira knows he first has to get ahead of Team Mohammed’s group riders who have been unstoppable.
“I’m getting better all of the time and I would never back down from the challenge. We’ll only know when that time comes”.
He further expressed optimism over the future for the sport. “This year we started an amateur road bike class that allows anyone with a quick enough road bike to participate and we saw some new faces and I hope to see that class grow”.
Unsure of whether he will ride the first leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships in Jamaica from May 12-13, he extended appreciation to sponsors Houston Industrial Services and Company and Cyril’s taxi service along with father Mark for the support and Pure Racing’s Andy and John Phang for tuning and preparing his machine.
