Carlos and Paige Mendonca emerged as champions of their respective categories on Saturday evening at the Georgetown Grand Prix which was held at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club track on Saturday evening.
The father and daughter who are no strangers to the track each had consistent performances to end the night as champions.
After finishing in a close second in her first race, the younger Mendonca showed grit and steel in her second race, driving expertly to close out her closest challenger Jeremy Ten Pow to finish first and cop the top podium spot in the 60CC category.
The respective winners pose with their trophies
Paige’s father Carlos who had two second place finishes and a top podium spot showed skill and experience especially around turns to hold Elliott Vieira, Mathew Phang, Stefan Jeffry and Michael Gonzalves at bay during his three races to win the overall champion trophy in the Shifter Karts category.
Debutant motor racer Jean Claude Jeffrey had a dream start on the track as he won the Easy Cup Light.
Jeffrey got two first place finishes as well as one third place to walk away with the championship trophy.
In the 125CC category Matthew Phang outclassed the field to end with two wins and one third while he also finished second in one of the shifter kart events.
The results of all races are as follows:
Race one – Sunburst 60CC Kids cup – Jeremy Ten Pow, Paige Mendonca, Nathan Rahaman
Race two – 125CC Juniors – Mikhail Persaud, John Phang, Elan Rahaman
Race three – Easy Cup Rookies – Raymond Baksh, Dhanie Narine, Dharmendra Dharmo
Race Four – Easy Cup Heavy – Shan Seejattan, Andrew Allie, Haniff Mohamed
Race Five – Sunburst 60CC Kids cup – Paige Mendonca, Nathan Rahaman, Jeremy Ten Pow
Race Six – Easy Cup Light – Jean Claude Jeffrey, Haniff Mohamed, Brian Ten Pow
Race Seven- Shifter karts – Carlos Mendonca, Matthew Phang, Micheal Gonzalves
Race eight – Rayden Persaud, John Phang, Mikhail Persaud
Race Nine – Easy Cup Rookie – Raymond Baksh, Dharmendra Dharmo, Andrew Allie
Race Ten – Sunburst 60CC – Paige Mendonca, Jeremy Ten Pow, Justin Ten Pow
Race Eleven – Easy Cup Heavy – Shan Seejattan, Rameez Mohamed, Andrew Allie
Race Twelve – 125CC Junior- Mikhail Persaud, Rayden Persaud, John Phang
Race Thirteen – Shifter Kart – Elliot Vieira, Carlos Mendonca, Micheal Gonzalves
Race Fourteen – Easy Cup light – Brian Ten Pow, Haniff Mohamed, Jean Claude Jeffrey
Race Fifteen – 125CC seniors – Matthew Phang, Denzil Hopkinson, Mikhail Persaud
Race Sixteen – Easy Cup Rookie – Raymond Baksh, Dharmendra Dharmo, Gavin Gouveia
Race Seventeen – 125CC Senior – Mikhail Persaud, Denzil Hopkinson, Matthew Phang
Race eighteen – Easy Cup Light – Jean Claude Jeffrey, Haniff Mohamed, Brian Ten Pow
Race Nineteen – 125CC senior – Matthew Phang, Rayden Persaud, Elan Rahaman
Race twenty – Easy Cup Heavy – Shan Seejattan, Haniff Mohamed
Race Twenty One – Shifter kart – Stefan Jeffrey, Carlos Mendonca, Elliot Vieira
Champion Drivers
60CC – Paige Mendonca
125CC Juniors – Mikhail Persaud
125CC Seniors- Matthew Phang
Easy Cup Rookie- Raymond Baksh
Easy Cup Light – Jean Claude Jeffrey
Easy Cup Heavy – Shan Seejattan
Shifter Karts- Carlos Mendonca
