Trinidad and Tobago and Suriname are headed to Guyana for the second edition of “King of the Strip” drag racing slated for Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit.
Organised by the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC), the event will see the visiting contingent pushing to dethrone the powerful Team Mohamed’s Enterprise in the unlimited category (7 seconds). This is according to GMR&SC President Ramez Mohamed.
Equipped with two Nissan GT-Rs, Team Mohammed’s own the local record with a time of 7.569s while their Nismo has a time of 8.906s.
Team Mohamed’s monster GT-R will have to come good on Sunday to main their unbeaten run
The GMR&SC on Monday indicated that four cars and two bikes from the twin-island republic will be featured while eight cars from Suriname are making the trip.
One of the cars from Trinidad will be a rail car, which is owned and piloted by Andy Bissessar. The purpose-built drag car has the ability to achieve sub 10-second times while the two bikes are engineered specifically for quarter-mile strips; all six of the machines are in a container en route to Guyana.
In December 2016, at the Wallerfield Raceway in Trinidad and Tobago, Bissessar rocketed his way to a new track record of 7.29s at 180.57mph!
On the local side, the GMR&SC President revealed some 40 cars have already been registered, and he is anticipating 70-80 cars will take to the starting line.
Mohamed further expressed that they were working overtime to make sure the track was in the best possible condition to accommodate the increased influx of the fast-powered machines.
The meet in February was dampened by rain and meant the highly-anticipated clash between the GT-Rs and Sean Persaud’s dominant Toyota Caldina did not materialise. With the Trinidadians and the Surinamese added to the mix, the unlimited category already spells pure excitement.
The event is sponsored by Tropical Shipping, JAPARTS, Mohamed’s Enterprise and ANSA McAL, with tickets being $1000 for adults and $500 for children. Start time is 09:00h. (Akeem Greene)
