GMR&SC ‘King of the Strip’ Drag Meet
Rain was the ultimate winner when the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) held its King of the Strip Drag racing meet on Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit.
The event was poised to be a scorcher with several drivers making improvements to their machines but many were unable to showcase their true power due to the slippery nature of quarter-mile strip.
Only four categories were completed when the day’s action came to an end prematurely due to an accident.
Vivik Joshi who won the 12 seconds class in a time of 12.106s was on the hunt for more honours but his Toyota Altezza (4WD) skidded and flipped multiple times in the sand until it came to a stop turned on its roof.
Joshi escaped partially unscathed with just some cuts to his hands and his vehicle surprisingly still reasonably intact.
The little competitive racing saw Pankraj Ramdeo win the 15 seconds in a time of 15.386s; Ryan Brijpal (14.745s ) topping the 14-seconds and Surinamese Nevin Lalbeharie winning the 13-seconds in 13.474s with his Toyota Mark X.
The weather seemed to be changing its course and much to the delight of the sizable crowd, Team Mohammed’s Enterprise and their Nissan GT-R reeved their engines at the starting line.
They took off in rapid time and gave the fans a teaser but resisted on pressing the gas due to conditions. The day before in practice they were clocking 7.8 seconds just above their 7.5 seconds record.
