Sunday, June 11th 2006
President of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Vishok Persaud and partner Ranvir Gajraj were the overall winners of the Enduro event when the GMR&SC Club Day was staged at the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday. Persaud and Gajraj piloted a Mitsubishi Evolution to win from Aaron Bethune and Brian Ten-Pow in a Toyota Saloon. In third position was the pair of Kamal `Shades' Seebarran and Bunny Persaud in a Toyota Glanza.
Persaud and Gajraj were also crowned champions of the Super Sports
category while Andrew King and Harold Hopkinson (Toyota) took the second
spot. In third position was Awad Boodhoo and a partner in a Honda S2000.
Bethune and Ten-Pow topped the 1600-2000cc Sports and Saloon category
while Seebarran and Bunny Persaud were second and Errol Ten-Pow and
Mohamed Roshindin were third. Veteran racer Cyril 'Ambassador' Angoy and
Vishal Sawh were the winners in the 1600cc and under Sports and Saloon
category. In second position was Audi Singh, A. Hassan and M. Rooplall.
Meanwhile, Kristian Jeffrey was
the man to beat in the Go Kart category. Young Jeffrey captured two of
the three races with Robert Hiscock winning the other. Stanley Ming
secured two second places. Ming was unable to crack the South Dakota lap
record while aboard a 250cc Shifter kart. The veteran racer turned in a
best time of 37 seconds and recorded a speed of 105 miles per hour on
the homestretch.
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| Above: The 125cc Karts about to start their event. Kristian Jeffery emerged the winner. | Sliding the 125 shifters through the Clubhouse corner. | These Karts can easily do 39 seconds if properly geared. | These 125cc shifters are fitted with Yamaha Motocross bike engines. | Kristian Jeffery with one of his two checkered flags |
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Kristian Jeffery lead out of the clubhouse corner. Kristian went on to win both of the go-kart events. |
Above: Stanley Ming in his 250cc shifter Kart. This special kart is fitted with a full race TZ250cc engine. |
Above: Father and son racing combination. Kevin & Kristian Jeffery. |
Above: Mark Vieira about to give a brave spectator the ride of his life in his full race Mazda RX7 |
Above: Another brave soul climbs into the Mazda of Mark Vieira |
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| Above: Dirt bikers about to fly their machines over this jump during their 5 lap event. | Dave Gangadin flies his 1990 YZ | And lands it hard but safe | This rider on a 2003 YZ was pulling off excellent jumps all day. | Dirt riders in a tight bunch after 4 laps. |
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| Above: Mr. Speed himself, Errol Tenpow giving fellow competitors a few tips before the start of the 2 hours Enduro event. | Above: Cyril Angoy (pointing) and Andrew King (in blue racing suit) interacts with fellow racers. | Above: Drivers race to their cars in this Lemans style start for the 2 hours Enduro event. | Another shot of the Lemans style Endure start. | Above: Cars of all descriptions roared off, racing against themselves and the clock for 2 hours. |
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| Above: Some were quicker than others and got their vehicles spinning away from the start. | Audio Singh in red Celica got the jump on eventual race winner Vishok Persaud in Evo. | Heading down the back straight to the high speed bend on lap 1 | Above: Halfway down and almost all of the cars were still running as the blew past the Skyline timing units. | This is how close the track is to the CBJ International airport as this BWIA plane touches down. |
