Jamaica’s Peter Rae seeking to excite fans with “Zoom Zoom”

Caribbean Motor Racing Championships 2016

By Akeem Greene
November 13 marks the final leg of this year’s Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor racing Championships (CMRC) at the South Dakota Circuit and the Jamaica’s Group four racer, Peter Rae is coming with one mission, to thrill the fans with his 1991 Mazda RX7 aka “Zoom Zoom.”

When Guyana Times Sport spoke to Rae who recently shipped his machine, he explained that “South Dakota is always a pleasure to compete at and I have quite a few fans there and we would want to put on a good show; I have upgraded my engine and so far it shows good promise and my fans can watch out for who will get zoomed.”

The racer who is competing in the Group 4 (2WD) category currently sits third on the points table with 108 points; the group is led by Trinidad and Tobago’s Franklyn Boodhram (144) and Barbados’s Mark Maloney (118).

Rae led the group after the first round on home turf where he copped 65 points but fell in Trinidad and since no points came in Barbados he is looking to do well in Guyana.

“This year’s CMRC started off with a bang for me winning two races in Jamaica and ending the day leading in the 2WD class; Trinidad wasn’t too bad with some issues getting a 3rd and 2nd but I didn’t make Barbados so in Guyana I’m hoping to put on a great performance and try to capture the 2WD class championship.”

Quizzed on whether he is concerned about who may challenge in his bid for title, he responded saying, “I’m very concerned about team strategies that may come into play during the group four events, I am a solo competitor and have no support mechanism; it’s a championship at stake and God knows how far people will go to clinch it.”

The 56 year-old says that he very thankful for the support of his wife, who was there from the beginning and also revealed that this year makes 47 yrs of active competition, three more years and I shall call it quits, what a journey it has been.”
Organisers have stated that tickets for the event cost $2000 for adults and $1000 for children.