Outline · [ Standard ] · Linear+ JRDC Carnival of Speed April 13, Tremendous Success

[Hilary]

Gentlemen,

The Carnival Of Speed Race Meet came to an end at 5.30 p.m. It's now 8.05 pm and David Summerbell is still at the track.He advised that he should be able to leave in an hours time in that there are hundreds of cars still in the car park.The paddock is also crouded with competitors and spectators, The food courts are doing good business.

The organising of the races ran on time except for the last race caused by an accident on the track.

The Minister of sports open the meet and stayed for quite awhile.

David Summerbell won the first race with Doug Gore and Chris Campbell second and third.Because of mechanical problems his day came to an end. Doug domoinated with chris his closest raival.

Will provide you wit more information tomorrow.

I sat in my reclining chair foot up with two radios one on Power 106 waive band and the othe on KLAS listining to the commentries.

Hilary

[SlyFox]

It seems that the meet was a success. Well as you know we held Round 2 today at Bushy Park it was also a success.

[EvoPower]

[EvoPower]

Gentlemen,

The Carnival Of Speed Race Meet came to an end at 5.30 p.m.  It's now 8.05 pm and David Summerbell is still at the track.He advised that he should be able to leave in an hours time in that there are hundreds of cars still in the car park.The paddock is also crouded with competitors and spectators, The food courts are doing good business.

The organising of the races ran on time except for the last race caused by an accident on the track.

The Minister of sports open the meet and stayed for quite awhile.

David Summerbell won the first race with Doug Gore and Chris Campbell second and third.Because of mechanical problems his day came to an end. Doug domoinated with chris his closest raival.

Will provide you wit more information tomorrow.

I sat in my reclining chair foot up with two radios one on Power 106  waive band and the othe on KLAS listining to the commentries.

Hilary

[irshad767]

Thanks Evo
Amazing Pic....More please!!!!!

[Max]

Good shots Evo.

[eagleye]

Gentlemen,

The Carnival Of Speed Race Meet came to an end at 5.30 p.m.  It's now 8.05 pm and David Summerbell is still at the track.He advised that he should be able to leave in an hours time in that there are hundreds of cars still in the car park.The paddock is also crouded with competitors and spectators, The food courts are doing good business.

The organising of the races ran on time except for the last race caused by an accident on the track.

The Minister of sports open the meet and stayed for quite awhile.

David Summerbell won the first race with Doug Gore and Chris Campbell second and third.Because of mechanical problems his day came to an end. Doug domoinated with chris his closest raival.

Will provide you wit more information tomorrow.

I sat in my reclining chair foot up with two radios one on Power 106  waive band and the othe on KLAS listining to the commentries.

Hilary

Heartiest congratulations Hilary, from the crowd shots below i can see you had a massive crowd. I can just imagine what next month will look like, Is it possible to camp out at the circuit overnight so i would not have to cntend with all that traffic on race day? I am very serious buddy

[sebring]

Now that was a successful event!

[admin]

Did doug and david run the CMRC weights or MP3 spec??

[Hilary]

Heartiest congratulations Hilary, from the crowd shots below i can see you had a massive crowd. I can just imagine what next month will look like, Is it possible to camp out at the circuit overnight so i would not have to cntend with all that traffic on race day? I am very serious buddy

Eagle ,
You of all people should not concern your self with that, in any case we are already in the process to provide more parking. We are in discussion with the owner of a properity just outside of the track entrance a bit further away from the track, if successful this will require busing the patrians to the track.

This is one of the many improvement that we will have to address.

Hilary

[Hilary]

Thanks Evo
Amazing Pic....More please!!!!!

The park shown above is one of four. Unfortuniatly they were not enough to accommodiate the crowd.

Hilary

[OREGO]

WAIT!... Evo! I realise dat dem Jamtown evo boys tek on de " if I cant beat he I gine look like he den" mentality

[trinturbo]

Hilary, whats the approx number in attendance?

will the JMRC be issuing any press release about the event?
a recap with results?

also for those of us not familiar with the jamaican news publications..can u post links to any articles online. thanks.

[Pressa Foot]

From motorsports writer Dean Corrodus
Photos by Shane & Omar Munroe.

Records are made to be broken (not the vinyl type though) and it was true to form that the Jamaica Race Driver’s Club’s season opening Carnival of Speed Easter race meet at Dover Raceway delivered on that expectation, with record attendance at the English speaking Caribbean’s most challenging circuit track.

Possibly the most successful meet to be run thus far under the watch of the JRDC, the event was declared open by Minister of Sports and Culture Hon. Olivia “Babsy” Grange, with Chairman of the Sports Development foundation David Mais escorting her. The huge, very colorful crowd observed a moment of silence for track founder Alfred Chen and also the couple Charmaine and Andre Jannierre, the latter a motorcycle racer who were both tragically murdered recently, after which the Jamaican national anthem was played to start a full 15 race schedule of exciting races.

Improvements to the parking areas and a new food court added to the continued development of the venue by the club ahead of the first round of the Caribbean Motor racing Championships set for May 24, when 18 Caribbean competitors are expected to swell the grids along with the increased number of local competitors seen at the track this meet.

Gore


Campbell.

Team Mobay Racing had another dominant event, with three of four Mitsubishi Lancer Evolutions performing well to take the race wins and sometimes second and third place as well in several races. Team leader Douglas “Hollywood” Gore in the Motor Sales & Service Ltd/Sherwin Williams Paints/Slam Condoms/Amsoil Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 5 led the charge with race wins in both Lime Thundersport headline races as well as the second Modified Production Class 3 (MP3) race and placing second in the first MP3 race, with Chris Campbell in the Campbell’s Wholesale Evolution 4 hot on his heels in 4 of the events, supported by Gary Williams in the Slowboy Racing Evolution 6 ½ sealing the deal, however his performance faded as the day wore on, with Guy Fraser suffering several problems on the weekend that took him out of all of the races.

Summerbell

David Summerbell in the Motor Sales & Service Ltd/Flow/AMS Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 8 won the first Modified Production Class 3 race, but was soon out of contention when his transfer case broke, sidelining him for the rest of the day. It was much the same for another big name; Peter “Bull” Thompson, whose E10 turbocharged Mazda RX7 suffered several problems as well, making the grid for only one event in which he ran off on the first corner then retired and failing to complete the warm up lap on the second Lime Thundersport race.

Peter Jaggon and his Honda CRX.

Outstanding performances were put on by Peter Jaggon in the IGL/Jaggon Gases/Horse P Racing Honda CRX, Alan Chen in the Allied Construction/ Kreatur Komforts turbocharged Toyota Corolla SR5 and Stephen Bansie in the Scotiabank Subaru Impreza WRX Sti. For many, these three drivers were the stars of the show, with Jaggon winning 4 of 5 races entered and retiring in the final Thundersport event when on a charge through the field, working his way from the back to 6th place before his battery clamp broke on lap 3 and his car shut down. Chen was 4th in the first IP33 race, but really shone in the second when after losing several places on the start, he charged through the field to cross the line side by side with Jaggon, really turning on the thrills and sometimes drifting his car through the tight corners!

Bansie had qualified on pole for the IP27 race, but his intercooler pipe became disconnected, putting him out of the first race, but stormed from the back of the field in the second event to take 1st place and then he also had a third place finish in the 2nd Thundersport event.

The IP45 category was won by Michelle Laidlaw in a Honda Fit (Race 1) and Chressmore “Bolt” White in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (Race 2). Walton Small featured in both events with a 2nd place in race one and a third place in race 2.

Improved Production 45 Race 1
1st Michelle Laidlaw
2nd Walton Small
3rd Brian Shorter

Improved Production 45 Race 2
1st Chressmore White
2nd Neil Blenman
3rd Walton Small

Defending IP37 champion Rohan Clarke in his Nissan Pulsar seems to have a challenge on his hands with Brian Foster’s Honda Civic getting the better of him in both races, with Richard Chan in a Toyota Corolla GT sedan being the fastest 20 valve engine competitor to finish 3rd in race 1 with Ian Edwards copping that position in race 2.

Improved Production 37 Race 1
1st Brian Foster
2nd Rohan Clarke
3rd Richard Chan

Improved Production 37 Race 2
1st Brian Foster
2nd Rohan Clarke
3rd Ian Edwards


Peter Jaggon started his dominance of the event with the 1st IP33 race and went on to win the 2nd one as well, with Heath Causwell in a normally aspirated 2000cc Mitsubishi Mirage RS and Sebastian Rae in a similar car but with a 1500cc turbocharged engine swapping 2nd and 3rd places in Race 1 and 2 respectively.


Improved Production 33 Race 1
1st Peter Jaggon
2nd Heath Causwell
3rd Sebastian Rae

Improved Production 33 Race 2
1st Peter Jaggon
2nd Sebastian Rae
3rd Heath Causwell


In the IP27 category, Gary Williams (Slowboy Racing/Team Mobay Mitsubishi lancer Evolution 6 ½ ) won race 1 ahead of David Anderson (Quik Cash Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6 ½ and Teddy Burton (MAD Honda Civic turbo) , with Bansie winning race 2 followed by Burton and Victor Handal (Tile City Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 7)

Improved Production 27 Race 1
1st Gary Williams
2nd David Anderson
3rd Tedroy Burton

Improved Production 27 Race 2
1st Stephen Bansie
2nd Tedroy Burton
3rd Victor Handal


In the Modified production Class 1 races, it was Brian Foster who copped 1st place in race 1 followed by Dr. Don Gilbert and Brown’s Town resident Orville “Piggy” Johnson, who despite having severe handling problems with his car that caused him to spin repeatedly on track, he stuck to his guns and garnered 3rd place. He has been disqualified however as his car is really an MP2 class car. In race 2 it was Gilbert’s turn to chalk up a win, with Gary Gregg returning to Dover after an absence of 7 years to place 2nd in his Maxxis Tyres/TSW wheels Honda Civic SIR, which he campaigned in the IP33 category as well. Team Mobay Racing’s mark Groves aka The Stig placed 3rd in that event.


Modified Production Class 1Race 1
1st Brian Foster
2nd Don Gilbert
3rd Nigel Edwards


Modified Production Class 1 Race 2
1st Don Gilbert
2nd Gary Gregg
3rd Mark Groves

Peter Jaggon in his Juicy Patties/Jaggon Gases/IGL Horse P Racing Honda CRX won both MP 2 class races, with Teddy Burton & Sebastian Rae and Christopher Wright (Horse P Racing Honda Civic Coupe) and Heath Causwell (Windshield Centre Mitsubishi Mirage) in 2nd and third respectively in races 1 and 2.

Modified Production Class 2 Race 1
1st Peter Jaggon
2nd Tedroy Burton
3rd Sebastian Rae

Modified Production Class 2 Race 2
1st Peter Jaggon
2nd Christopher Wright
3rd Heath Causwell


David Summerbell took the lead of the MP3 race 1 from Doug Gore on the back straight of the first lap and kept it to the drop of the checkered flag to win that event, with a hard charging Chris Campbell in 3rd. In race 2 it was an all Team Mobay Racing affair, as it was the turn of Gore to register a win, with teammates Campbell in second and Gary Williams in 3rd.

Modified Production Class 3 Race 1
1st David Summerbell
2nd Doug Gore
3rd Christopher Campbell

Modified Production Class 3 Race 2
1st Doug Gore
2nd Christopher Campbell
3rd Gary Williams



In the Motorcycles Class, the results were mixed, with Adrian Blake winning the 1st race and Andre Norman the second. Past race winner Halquin Rodney had several spills and literally fell out of contention for a top spot.


Race 1 1st Adrian Blake
2nd Andre Norman
3rd Christopher Kerr

Race 2 1st Andre Norman
2nd Christopher Kerr
3rd Oneil Sheckleford

In the headline Lime Thundersport class, it was again mostly a Team Mobay Racing affair, as Stephen Bansie was the only outsider to podium with 3rd place in the final race of the day.

Race 1 1st Doug Gore
2nd Christopher Campbell
3rd Gary Williams

Race 2 1st Doug Gore
2nd Christopher Campbell
3rd Stephen Bansie

In the Automotive Performance Centre Ltd Toyota 20 valve Challenge Cup, Ivan Lee emrged as the early leader, with newcomer Andre Forbes in 2nd and Mark groves a close third.

APC Toyota 20 valve cup Race 2
Car # Name Year Make Model CC Race 1 Race 2 Total
88 IP37 R. Chang 1991 Toyota Corolla GT 1587 4 4
77 IP37 A. Forbes 1992 Toyota Starlet 1587 2.4 2.4 4.8
172 IP37 W. Small 1988 Toyota Corolla 1587 1.6 1.6
109 IP37 I. Lee 1986 Toyota Corolla GTS 1587 6 1.2 7.2
229 IP37 M. Groves 1991 Toyota Levin 1587 3.6 0.8 4.4

Prize giving will be at the Talk of the Town at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston on Friday April 17, while the next race meet will be the first round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championships on May 24 & 25 when eighteen top drivers from across the Caribbean will bolster the numbers of local talent seen at this past meet.
For further information, call Denisha Morgan at the JRDC office at 924-JRDC (5732) or visit the club’s website at www.jrdc.org and check out the updated photo albums and event reports page or log on to www.wheelsjamaicahost.com for more.

[vishok]

trinturbo

the above should take care of things i assume.

[trinturbo]

yup thanks a lot pressa foot, hilary & vishok.
btw Shane Munroe's personal site is
www.vibeshots.com

[trinturbo]

yup thanks a lot pressa foot, hilary & vishok.
btw Shane Munroe's personal site is
www.vibeshots.com

[Max]

Great report Pressa Foot

[Hilary]

Hilary, whats the approx number in attendance?

will the JMRC be issuing any press release about the event?
a recap with results?

also for those of us not familiar with the jamaican news publications..can u post links to any articles online. thanks.

Trini,

We estimate 8,000 to9,000. This does not include the large number that watched from Mrs. Chen's house on the hill.

Yes, a report is in the making.Will be published by Mr.Dean Corrodus shortly.

Regarding your last quention I will have to get the export to ddress that. If you chech wheelsjamaica forum you may get the information you seek.

Hilary

[MONTI]

http://www.wheelsjamaicahost.com/wheels_fo...?topic=111523.0

pics of the event here. as one of the amateur photographers i feel honoured that my photos were used . Was a good meet i must say







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