CMRC leader Kristian - Bushy Park Barbados

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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Welcome messages
3 The Minister of Culture, Sports & Youth
4 Williams Industries Inc, Bushy Park Circuit Inc
5 Digicel Barbados Ltd, Bushy Park Motors Sports Inc
6 Seaboard Marine, Caribbean Motor Racing Association
9 GRC Update
Seaboard Marine CMRC
12
Preview – Group 4
19
Championship Points 2008-2014
21
Driver Profiles – Group 4
28
Preview – Groups 2 & 3
Suzuki Challenge Series
32
Preview – Swift Cup
38
Preview – SR3 Cup
43
46
52
56
60
Easykart Barbados
Experience Bushy Park
Preview – BPMSI Championship
Preview – CMRC Superstock & BPMSI Bikes
Preview – BADD Drag Warz
The Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet is promoted by Bushy Park Circuit Inc (BPCI) and
organised by Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI), which is affiliated to the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF)
Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc
address – Coverley, Christ Church, Barbados
tel - 262-2950
e-mail – [email protected]
facebook – BPMSInc
web site - www.bushyparkmotorsportsinc.com
Chairman – Sean Maloney
Vice-chairman – Nigel Reece
Treasurer – Kurt Thompson
Secretary – Amy Willis
Competition Secretary – Simon Gillmore
Marketing – Adrian Mayers
Suzuki Challenge Series Co-ordinator – Simon Willis
Acknowledgements
Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc, organiser of the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet, would like to thank
the following for helping us to stage this event:
Title sponsors Williams Industries Inc • Digicel Barbados Ltd • Seaboard Marine
Associate sponsors Automotive Art • Chefette Restaurants • Ellco • Hilti • Newtech Sign Makers • Phoenix Security •
Recovery • Screenplay Advertising • Simpson Motors • Sky Mall • Sol • Williams Equipment Ltd . . . and others who
have made significant contributions Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters • Barbados Customs & Excise
Department • Barbados Port Inc • Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc • Coverley Medical Centre • Department of
Emergency Management • Roving Response Team • Royal Barbados Police Force . . . finally, the competitors who come
to share their skill, and those who give freely of their time to work as officials, marshals, and in many other posts
This official programme is published by 809 Design Associates Inc • Editor – Robin Bradford • Design & Production 809 Design Associates Inc • Photography – Ozzy Osbourne, Himal Reece, Gerard Wilson, Neil Barnard • Printer – Coles
Printery • No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher
www.bushyparkbarbados.com • www.facebook.com/BushyParkBarbados
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WELCOME MESSAGES
THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, SPORTS & YOUTH
Motor Racing has always held a special place in the hearts of
Barbadians of all ages and from all walks of life, whether one who
occupied a space behind the wheel or turned out in their numbers at a
particular location to be part of an excited audience. It is this wide
acceptance of motor racing in Barbados that has contributed to its
dominance as a mass sport, which has the potential to contribute to
the building of the pillar of sporting excellence that Barbados is
endeavouring to construct.
Barbados has not been alone in this experience as the enthusiasm for motor sport is
evident across the region. It is this enthusiasm coupled with the intense but friendly rivalry
that has given rise to the annual Caribbean Motor Racing Championship. This Williams
Industries Digicel International Race Meet features round three of the 2015 Seaboard Marine
Caribbean Motor Racing Championship.
I extend a warm welcome to the 23 drivers hailing from across the region: those from
Cayman Islands, Guyana, Jamaica, St Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago. I
recognise all former Champions and winners of CMRC races whose presence at this meet
shows their commitment to the sport and its development, and will lend to the
competitiveness of the meet.
An important component in the building of sporting excellence is the provision and
availability of facilities which are attractive enough to lure both local and international racing
drivers and their followers to our shores. It is such a consideration that has influenced the
private/public sector partnership from which Bushy Park as a facility has materialised.
It is believed that the re-development of this facility which was re-opened last year has
been a catalyst to the increased growth of motor sport in the region, which is being
encouraged and supported by the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, the world
governing body of the sport. For example, we recently witnessed the re-surfacing of the
Wallerfield Raceway in Trinidad & Tobago and it is my understanding that both Guyana and
Jamaica will soon be carrying out work to improve their respective facilities.
It is the provision of, and accessibility to, state of the art facilities that would permit the
growth and expansion of the sport and be the lure to celebrity drivers such as reigning
Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton, who visited Bushy Park to appear at the Top Gear
Festival. The lure went beyond motor sport, as he returned for Crop Over.
The stage is clearly set for a clash of the region’s best. Whatever the keys are to success for
individual drivers, the fun and excitement anticipated by the spectators is a surety at this
racing spectacle – the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet.
I laud the organisers for yet another effort in raising the standard of motor sport. I wish you
the very best for a successful Race Meet.
Keep it safe at Bushy Park and on the way home.
The Hon Stephen Lashley MP
Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth
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WELCOME MESSAGES
DIGICEL BARBADOS LTD
WILLIAMS INDUSTRIES INC
It’s a great pleasure for Digicel Barbados to be part of this Williams Industries
Digicel International Race Meet. I am delighted that we are once again sponsoring
the event with our great friends at Williams Industries and, having only recently
taking up this post in Barbados, I am excitedly looking forward to what will be my
very first motor sport experience here, especially at Bushy Park Barbados which,
from all reports, is the finest facility of its kind in the Caribbean.
I have quickly come to learn that motoring is the largest spectator sport on the
island and how important and endemic it is. As a racing fan myself, I am
delighted to be part of it and will be showing my own personal support on the two
days of the event, meeting people, meeting the fans and supporting the drivers.
Digicel is very proud of this sponsorship and, by extension, the investment at Bushy Park because one
cannot really over-estimate what that venue has done for motor sport here with such events as the Top
Gear Festival, the 2014 Race Of Champions and the Suzuki Challenge Series.
As an Irishman and an adopted Bajan, I will be cheering on our Team Barbados stars because in
Digicel’s and Williams Industries’ eyes they are number one – numero uno. Year after year, we put our
money where our mouth is because we recognise this is a much-loved sport among the people of
Barbados regardless of colour, class, creed or social status.
During my tour of duty in Barbados, I will be looking at all possible ways and means to improve
Digicel’s presence and involvement and will be working with persons involved and concerned about the
sport’s improvement in order to achieve this objective.
We at Williams Industries Inc are pleased to once again join with Digicel to
sponsor the third round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship 2015 at
Bushy Park Barbados. The Bushy Park circuit has been expanded and upgraded
to true International standards and the facilities for spectators have been
improved immeasurably.
It is our fervent hope that the various motoring clubs will take full advantage
of the excellent facilities provided at Bushy Park to establish Motor Sport as the
undisputed king of spectator sports across the Caribbean. This will require
leaders of the clubs to put the best interest of Motor Sport as their number one
priority.
As racing in its various forms develops spectators and sponsors will continue to gravitate towards the
sport and it will grow from strength to strength with the ultimate objective of producing another World
Champion with Caribbean roots.
I now consider it an honour to be in a position to welcome all competitors, but especially the ones
from overseas, to the Williams Digicel International 2015 and wish you all an exciting but safe event.
May the best drivers take the trophies and may the others gain experience and enjoy their chosen sport.
Bizzy Williams
Founder and Chairman, Williams Industries Inc
Johnny Ingle
Chief Executive Officer, Digicel Barbados
BUSHY PARK BARBADOS
BUSHY PARK MOTOR SPORTS INC
There is nothing I enjoy more than welcoming returning visitors and newcomers
alike to Bushy Park Barbados. Since the redevelopment of this historic 1970s
venue started in 2013, we have been on an amazing journey . . . and it is always a
special moment to welcome our fellow-passengers on board!
While world-renowned events such as Top Gear Festival Barbados and the
Race Of Champions have helped us to promote the facility – and, just as
important, our beautiful island – it is vital that we make Bushy Park a
comfortable home for local and regional motor sport. This weekend’s visit of the
Seaboard Marine CMRC is a fantastic example, while our local community
initiatives, including weekday access for cyclists and joggers and our
increasingly-popular rental kart programme are drawing more persons into the facility.
Over the past year or so, there have been some major developments in regional motor sport. We
congratulate the Trinidad & Tobago Automobile Sports Association on what has been achieved with the
resurfacing at Wallerfield, which hosted the previous CMRC round, while both Guyana and Jamaica are
working to improve their facilities with help from the FIA.
It is important to remember that an event like this cannot be staged without huge work behind the
scenes. On behalf of our visitors, I thank all those volunteer marshals and officials, without whose
year-round commitment motor sport in Barbados and around the world simply could not happen.
Finally, I would like to also thank our partners and sponsors who work with us to develop the many
motor sport initiatives that will see Bushy Park Barbados grow from strength to strength and which will
also continue to touch our visitors from around the world.
On behalf of Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc (BPMSI), it gives me great pleasure to
welcome everyone to the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet,
featuring round three of the 2015 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing
Championship.
In particular, I welcome our racing friends from the Cayman Islands, Guyana,
Jamaica, St Vincent & The Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago, as we all work
together across the region to carry our sport to greater heights. Without the
display of expertise and sportsmanship from our competitors there would be
no show . . . and that is what brings spectators to Bushy Park Barbados.
But all of that would not be possible without two essential components, our
sponsors and our volunteers. I thank Williams Industries, Digicel Barbados and Seaboard Marine for
their continued support, also our marshals and officials, whose unwavering commitment keeps us safe,
on both sides of the catch fencing.
Since the creation of the Caribbean Motor Racing Association (CMRA) last year, the CMRC has been
evolving. Alongside the Group 4 class, on which the CMRC was founded, and Group 2 (added in 2010),
the fledgling Group 3 has already produced some exciting competition . . . but we must not forget our
loyal bikers. While Barbados has not yet developed bike racing to the same level as Guyana and
Jamaica, the tide is turning, and our local riders are looking forward to a strong overseas challenge.
Thanks for the support, everyone . . .please have a safe and enjoyable weekend!
Zoe Manning
Business Development & Marketing Manager, Bushy Park Circuit Inc
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Sean Maloney
Chairman, Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc
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WELCOME MESSAGES
SEABOARD MARINE LTD
Seaboard Marine is pleased to be title sponsor of the 2015 Seaboard Marine
Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), the third round of which is
being staged at Bushy Park Barbados this weekend. As a company with strong
ties to the racing fraternity, we will assist wherever possible to keep the sport
alive throughout the Caribbean.
We extend our congratulations to Bushy Park Motors Sports Inc (BPMSI) for
organising the Williams Industries Digicel International Race Meet, featuring
Seaboard Marine CMRC, as well as the drivers from across the region for their
continued participation.
We look forward to two wonderful days of safe and entertaining racing and to
seeing spectators turning out in their numbers, for what we expect will be a thrilling event. We also
appreciate the commitment and tireless efforts of all the countless volunteers, working behind the
scenes to ensure a smooth and incident free day.
Stephen Bell
Vice President, Caribbean Division, Seaboard Marine Ltd
CARIBBEAN MOTOR RACING ASSOCIATION
At the mid-point of the 2015 Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing
Championship (CMRC), the CMRA Committee is greatly encouraged by the
overall improvement in the level of competition and support throughout the
region.
As we look ahead, with the inclusion of another race-car category and
superbikes now on four tracks, the 2016 series will no doubt be even more
exciting and start to build larger and sustainable audiences. Additionally, we
have started negotiations with the motor sport fraternities in the Dominican
Republic and Puerto Rico to encourage their participation along with the teams
from the Cayman Islands and Suriname.
After 60 years of motor racing in the Caribbean, we are going through a real period of change: tracks
are being rebuilt, redesigned and resurfaced, starting grids are moving towards capacity . . . and our
regional Governments are showing increased levels of support. Even the world-renowned Formula 4
series has begun to expand into the Caribbean, a chance for drivers and their sponsors to showcase
their talents and products in front of crowds exceeding 15,000.
Thanks again to Seaboard Marine for their continuing support, also the individual home-track
sponsors of each round. On behalf of the visiting teams and drivers from around the region, thanks to
Bushy Park Barbados and the BPMSI and its volunteer marshals and officials for enabling us to host this
third round of the CMRC. Good luck to every driver - have a safe and successful weekend.
Ray Rahaman
Chairman, Caribbean Motor Racing Association
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GRC UPDATE
BLOCK LEADS
RED BULL GLOBAL
RALLYCROSS
Flamboyant American motor sport legend Ken Block, whose first
trip to Bushy Park Barbados last May ended in disaster, is the
leader of the 2015 Red Bull Global Rally Championship after
round seven in Washington DC last month. And, as you are
enjoying this weekend’s Seaboard Marine CMRC action, Block will
be working to maintain his advantage in rounds eight and nine in Los Angeles.
After that, the Red Bull GRC circus packs it bags to make the almost 8,000-mile round trip
to Barbados for the penultimate weekend of its season – October 3/4 – which will come at a
crucial time in the campaign, with just the finale remaining in Las Vegas. Not only will Bushy
Park host a double-header, but the inclusion of Red Bull GRC’s developmental class, GRC
Lites, means wall-to-wall action for two whole days.
Block had earned the sixth victory of his Red Bull GRC career on the Saturday of the
previous round in Detroit in July, a Supercar record for Red Bull GRC-sanctioned rallycross
events, and also holds the record for most Red Bull GRC heat and semi-final victories with 38.
In Washington, he took his fifth podium of the season by placing third in the Supercar Final.
Despite finishing his Bushy Park weekend at last year’s Top Gear Festival Barbados with a
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GRC UPDATE
dramatic roll while fighting for the lead in the Final, Block was one of many GRC stars who
took to social media to praise the welcome he enjoyed in the island. He told his five million
Facebook followers: “My trip to Barbados was ridiculously fun (well, besides that crash thing).
Hung out with some great people, enjoyed the amazing beaches, and spent some quality
time doing stuff like backflips off of a pier and free-diving shipwrecks.”
Block leads the standings by 41 points from Sebastian Eriksson, with victory in Washington
DC – his first Supercar win in his 21st career Red Bull GRC start – promoting Nelson Piquet Jr
to third. It is very close in GRC Lites: Miles Maroney, who finished third after starting at the
back of the Washington DC final and had won the previous final in Detroit, leads by just two
points from Alejandro Fernandez, with Oliver Eriksson third.
To buy tickets, go to www.bushyparkbarbados.com/grc-tickets;
all Automotive Art outlets; Digicel Oistins, Sheraton or Sky Mall; Sol Redmans,
Speightstown, Warrens or Wildey; CS Pharmacy
To learn more about Red Bull Global Rallycross, go to www.redbullglobalrallycross.com
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Positions after seven rounds
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Ken Block
2nd
Sebastian Eriksson
3rd
Nelson Piquet Jr
4th
Austin Dyne
5th
Patrik Sandell
6th
Scott Speed
etc
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302
261
234
212
205
203
Lites
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
etc
Miles Maroney
Alejandro Fernandez
Oliver Eriksson
Austin Cindric
Tanner Whitten
Alex Keyes
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267
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SEABOARD MARINE CMRC GROUP 4
THE NEW ORDER
The winds of change are blowing through motor sport in
the Caribbean. Not only is the region’s infrastructure being
improved, with help and encouragement from the world
governing body, the Federation Internationale de
l’Automobile (FIA), but new names are coming to the fore on both race track and rally stage.
These are exciting times, indeed.
Little more than 12 months ago, Kristian Jeffrey made his Seaboard Marine CMRC debut in
the opening round at Bushy Park Barbados, when the facility hosted its first regional race
meet since redevelopment. Since then, the 26-year-old has won nine of the 15 races run in
his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII, finished on the podium in three more and currently holds the
CMRC lap records at three of the four host circuits . . . oh, and he is the first Guyanese to
become CMRC Champion Driver in the modern era.
The list of those who had tried and failed in the past includes his father, Kevin, who lost
the 2010 title chase to Jamaica’s David Summerbell Jnr by just four points, the smallest
margin in recent history, and subsequently finished second to another Jamaican, Doug Gore,
in 2013. After the final race on his home track, South Dakota, last November, Kristian said:
“I know my dad wanted to win this, so I’m dedicating this Championship to him. Words can’t
really express how I feel right now, because I didn’t expect it.”
And so, a new star was born . . . and Jeffrey’s title defence started well, too. In March, the
CMRC moved from the traditional venue of Dover Raceway to race at Jamwest Speedway,
where it shared headline billing with a series of drag racing events, which attracted a
sizeable crowd to Jamaica’s newest racing facility. With the date two months earlier than
usual, smaller fields gathered for the CMRC’s opener: the Jamaica Race Drivers’ Club (JRDC)
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CMRC leader Kristian
Jeffrey (right) leads
at Wallerfield
fielded the largest team, with Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago shipping teams short on
quantity, but long on quality. Barbados was not represented.
Jamaica took a huge early lead in the Country standings; highest points-scorer for the home
side was Jordan Powell, a hat-trick of victories in Group 2 (see page 28) giving him the
maximum possible 75. Jeffrey did the same in Group 4 to help Guyana to second place, while
fellow-countrymen Elliot and Stephen Vieira shared the CMRC bike race wins (see page 56); in
the new-for-2015 Group 3 (see page 28), Jamaica’s Noel Golding won race one, Gary Barrett
of the Cayman Islands the other two.
In rain-affected qualifying, Jamaica’s George Bayley (Evo VIII) claimed Group 4 pole, with
T&T’s Franklyn Boodram second on his first outing as driver in the Renault Megane Trophy, in
which Holland’s Frans Verschuur won in Trinidad last year. Peter Rae (Mazda RX-7) upheld
local honour in third, although he would be moved to the back of the grid after failing to visit
the weigh station, with Jeffrey fourth and father Kevin’s matching Evo VIII eighth, sandwiching
Guyanese Danny Persaud’s Mazda Miata.
Three laps in to the first race, Jeffrey Senior’s gearbox failed at high speed; as he threw the
car into a spin to avoid heavy contact with the barriers, Boodram and Jamaica’s Chris
Campbell (BMW V8) took avoiding action and, while Campbell rejoined to finish two laps
down, Boodram was beached in a gravel trap.
Jeffrey Junior not only won the first race, with Rae and Bayley filling the podium places, but
also the other two; Bayley claimed two second places, with Boodram and Persaud finishing
third in races two and three respectively. Jeffrey’s race two time of 1m 08.785s established
the CMRC lap record for Jamwest.
In June, round two was at Wallerfield Raceway – recently resurfaced with Government
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Flame-out from Doug Maloney
assistance - where the Trinidad & Tobago Automobile Sports Association (TTASA) earned high
praise from all involved for completing its race programme, despite intermittent monsoon
conditions causing any number of delays.
Jeffrey claimed pole with a time of 40.256s, one of three drivers to dip below the lap record
of 41.693s set last August by Verschuur in the Boodram Renault. Local Evo drivers Kristian
Boodoosingh (41.183s) and Gerard Carrington (41.651s) were second and third, with
Jamaica’s Rae fourth and fastest 2wd.
When the field assembled for the first time – around two hours late, thanks to the weather
– the first rolling start was abandoned under another sudden heavy shower. It passed
quickly, however, and the 12-lap race got under way in very wet conditions, although the
wide tyres of the Gp4 racers soon started to create a dry line.
Jeffrey led into Turn 1, with Boodoosingh and Carrington close behind, the former briefly
snatching the lead on lap one; while Carrington dropped back, the two Kristians were neck
and neck: turn after turn Boodoosingh would nose alongside then, as the track dried out,
each tried to force the other on to the damp to gain advantage. In one of the best CMRC races
in a long time, the youngsters displayed skill beyond their years, especially when lapping the
back-markers, Jeffrey winning by just three-tenths. Carrington was third, ahead of Doug
Maloney (Audi A4 quattro), Persaud and T&T’s Jody Ali (Subaru Impreza STi).
In Race 2, Jeffrey again led at the end of lap one, but Boodoosingh was not to be denied
twice, moving to the front on the second tour and staying there. Rain came again shortly after
he took the lead, slowing many drivers in the second half of the field, the Evo trio lapping
them before half-distance. Jeffrey dropped back with car problems, which helped Carrington
to second place, with Maloney the only other driver on the same lap.
Shortly after 6.00pm, with the track now almost completely dry, nine of the original 12 cars
lined up for Race 3. Carrington judged the rolling start best, chased by the other two Evos,
while Rae and Maloney soon retired. Jeffrey snatched the lead on the third lap when
Carrington got a little loose in Turn 3, then Boodoosingh got the better of lapping the
back-markers, sneaking ahead of Carrington. His advantage was short-lived, Carrington back
into second place a couple of laps later, both now gaining on Jeffrey, all three nose-to-tail
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across the line with two laps to go. Carrington reasserted himself, then pulled away to win by
2.4secs, Jeffrey just managing to hold off Boodoosingh at the flag. Boodram finished fourth,
his best result of a disappointing day in the Megane. All three Evos had beaten Verschuur’s
lap record, but it was Jeffrey’s 40.528s added to his CMRC lap records at Bushy Park and
Jamwest.
Just as first-round host Jamaica started the season leading the CMRC Country points, so
T&T’s Team Tigers shifted the balance; with an impressive 367 scored over the weekend, T&T
arrives here with almost 80 points in hand over Guyana, while Jamaica has slipped to third.
The Cayman Islands and Barbados are fourth and fifth.
But what a welcome the regional teams will get at Bushy Park! While Doug Maloney was the
only Barbados Group 4 rep to race at Wallerfield, son Mark was there with his
now-spaceframe Mazda RX-3; issues in practice dictated that it was more sensible to save the
car, but he will be back with a vengeance here. Add in the first 2015 racing appearance of ‘De
Focus’ of Roger Mayers – last seen rocketing off into the barriers at the Ws hairpin after
contact with Mark M last year – his brother Barry’s Suzuki SX4 (fingers’ crossed for that one,
with new components due to arrive in the island a couple of weeks back) and Stuart Williams
in his Lotus Elise and fireworks will doubtless ensue.
Watch this space!
SEABOARD MARINE CMRC
Group 4 – positions after two rounds
1st
2nd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Kristian Jeffrey (GUY)
Kristian Boodoosingh (T&T)
Gerard Carrington (T&T)
George Bayley (JAM)
Franklyn Boodram (T&T)
Peter Rae (JAM)
Danny Persaud (GUY)
Doug Maloney (BAR)
Richard Mohammed (T&T)
Jamie James (JAM)
133
58
58
51
45
44
31
24
18
12
Stuart Williams
Round 1 (Feb 28/Mar 1, Jamwest, JAM) - Race 1 1st Jeffrey, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII; 2nd Rae,
Mazda RX-7; 3rd Bayley, Evo VIII; 4th James, RX-8; 5th Chris Campbell (JAM), BMW V8 R2 1st Jeffrey;
2nd Bayley; 3rd Boodram, Renault Megane Trophy; 4th Rae R3 1st Jeffrey; 2nd Bayley; 3rd Persaud,
Mazda Miata; 4th Boodram
Round 2 (Jun 20/21, Wallerfield, T&T) - R1 1st Jeffrey; 2nd Boodoosingh, Evo 6.5; 3rd Carrington,
Evo VI; 4th Maloney, Audi A4 quattro; 5th Jody Ali (T&T), Subaru Impreza STi; 6th Persaud; etc R2 1st
Boodoosingh; 2nd Carrington; 3rd Jeffrey; 4th Maloney; 5th Rae; 6th Persaud; etc R3 1st Carrington;
2nd Jeffrey; 3rd Boodoosingh; 4th Boodram; 5th Gregory John (T&T), RX-7; 6th Mohammed, RX-7
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CMRC RESULTS 2008-2014
Points system – points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in each race
on a scale of 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1; each country must nominate six
cars to score points in each of Groups 4, 3 and 2, from which a maximum
of four will count towards the Country Championship in each race
2014
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
6th
etc
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
2013
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
etc
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
2011
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
159
73
62
Driver
* David Summerbell Jnr (JAM)
* Kevin Jeffrey (GUY)
Paul Vieira (GUY)
Peter Rae (JAM)
Andrew King (GUY)
Mark Maloney (BAR)
78
74
58
52
46
42
152
74
70
43
43
33
Country
Guyana
Barbados
Trinidad & Tobago
Jamaica
541
482
400
151
2010
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
etc
118
70
60
58
57
44
Country
1st
Guyana
218
2nd
Jamaica
166
3rd
Barbados
108
* four-wheel-drive class: in 2010, points were awarded
separately to the first eight finishers in four-wheel-drive
and two-wheel-drive cars, although there was still only
one overall Drivers’ Champion
Driver
Doug Gore (JAM)
Kevin Jeffrey (GUY)
Doug Maloney (BAR)
Mark Vieira (GUY)
Peter Rae (JAM)
Mark Maloney (BAR)
Country
1st
Guyana
508
2nd
Jamaica
392
3rd
Barbados
343
* in 2013, for the first time, the Country totals included
points scored in Group 2
2012
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
etc
Country
Barbados
Jamaica
Guyana
Driver
Kristian Jeffrey (GUY)
Danny Persaud (GUY)
Paul Vieira (T&T)
Mark Maloney (BAR)
Stuart Maloney (BAR)
Stuart Williams (BAR)
Driver
David Summerbell Jnr (JAM)
Peter Rae (JAM)
Roger Mayers (BAR)
Mark Vieira (GUY)
Andre Anderson (JAM)
Andrew King (GUY)
61
46
30
28
28
25
Country
Jamaica
Guyana
Barbados
Cayman Islands
137
88
74
37
Driver
Roger Mayers (BAR)
Doug Maloney (BAR)
Mark Maloney (BAR)
Andrew King (GUY)
Paul Vieira (GUY)
Stuart Williams (BAR)
50
44
42
36
22
19
19
1st
2nd
3rd
2009
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
etc
1st
2nd
3rd
2008
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
etc
1st
2nd
3rd
Driver
Andrew King (GUY)
Mark Maloney (BAR)
Roger Mayers (BAR)
Kevin Jeffrey (GUY)
60
42
41
28
24
22
Country
Barbados
Jamaica
Guyana
123
84
75
Driver
Doug Maloney (BAR)
Doug Gore (JAM)
Andrew King (GUY)
Guy Fraser (JAM)
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45
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27
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Country
Jamaica
Barbados
Guyana
138
126
47
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DRIVER PROFILES
22 Sean Maloney (BAR)
Team Maloney Racing Z-Cars Mini
Although not seen in action as regularly as brothers Mark and Stuart, Sean
Maloney is equally competitive. He drove a Hyundai Scoupe (also rallied by
Stuart) in Vaucluse Raceway RallySprints in the early 2000s, then won at Old
Bushy Park in his immaculate Toyota Starlet. In karting, he was the BKA’s 125
Shifter Kart Champion for the first season in 2004. He has won three rounds of
the new-for-2015 Suzuki Challenge Series SR3 Cup and is the category’s current
lap record holder. This Mini, powered by a rear-mounted Suzuki Hyabusa engine,
is probably the closest thing to a shifter kart with a roof!
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): • CMRC debut
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: BKA Shifter Kart Champion, first season, 2004
• regular class winner in BKA Shifter Karts
28 Roger Mayers (BAR)
Chefette / Sol / Digicel / DHL / Hankook / Illusion Graphics ‘De Focus’
Roger Mayers has been competing since the age of 11. After a hat-trick of karting
titles, he switched to rallying (Barbados Rally Club Championship runner-up in
1999), many successes culminating in winning Rally Barbados in 2005. He then
changed his Ford Focus to a circuit racer, with more than 30 wins, and was the
4wd lap record-holder (40.996s, set in June 2007) when Old Bushy Park closed,
also recently established a new 1/8th-mile drag racing record. He has four times
started the CMRC here from pole, with six wins. An accomplished engineer, he
enjoys building cars as much as driving them
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): Champion 2011, third 2012, fourth 2009, 11 wins
• Bushy Park 2014 - pole, dnf-dnf-dns
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: hat-trick Barbados Karting Champion 1995 - 1997
• winner Rally Barbados 2005
29 Barry Mayers (BAR)
Chefette / Sol / Digicel / DHL / Hankook / Illusion Graphics Suzuki SX4
The younger brother, Barry Mayers followed Roger into competition, claiming the
Barbados Karting Association’s Championship for the two years following his
sibling’s hat-trick, then also took up rallying, including one season in the Peugeot
206 Cup in Europe. He has been a Class Champion on racetrack and rally stage
and was highest-placed 2wd in Rally Barbados from 2003 to 2005 in his Toyota
Starlet. The family then left rallying, returning in 2011, with the ‘WRC’ Starlet.
Barry debuted the Suzuki SX4 in 2009, but it has had a chequered career,
hopefully to be revived this weekend
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): eighth 2009, 2010 & 2011, two wins
• Bushy Park 2014 – Q5, fourth-fourth-dnf
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: fourth place and highest 2wd in Rally Barbados 2005
• twice Barbados Karting Champion 1998 & 1999
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DRIVER PROFILES
30 Stuart Williams (BAR)
Williams Equipment / Structural Systems / Alpen Bars Lotus Elise
Having built his first kart at the age of 10, then his first car in 1994 – he raced at
the ‘final’ Old Bushy Park race meet that year – Stuart Williams has a string of
titles to his credit, encouraged from his early days by his parents, both former
competitors and long-term supporters of local and regional motor sport. Stuart
has recorded more than 80 wins in cars, in his Toyota Starlet and, more recently,
the Lotus Elise, and many more in karts before that. He was the outright & 2wd
lap record-holder (40.866s, set in April 2012) when Bushy Park closed for
redevelopment
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): sixth 2011 & 2014, seventh 2013
• Bushy Park 2014 – Q6, third-dnf-second
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: seven-time Bushy Park Group Champion since 2001
• Overall Champion Driver in 2003
32 David Summerbell Jnr (JAM)
Total Summerbell Racing / Stewart’s Auto Sales Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII
Introduced to motor sport by his father, David Summerbell is an accomplished
all-rounder in all forms of the sport (now passed down to the next generation). He
has individual event wins and more than 20 Championship titles to his credit in
dexterity, karts, circuit racing (including single-seaters), rallies and sprints. Along
with his successes at home and around the region, he won the American ProRally Championship with fellow Jamaican Mike Fennell Jnr. He has claimed a race
win and one further podium finish in the new-for-2015 Suzuki Challenge Series
Swift Cup
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): Champion 2009, 2010 & 2012, second 2008 & 2011, 17 wins
• Bushy Park (redeveloped!) CMRC debut
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Five-time Caribbean Motor Racing Champion
• American Pro-Rally Champion 1998
33 Doug Maloney (BAR)
Paints Plus / Maloney Racing Team Audi A4 quattro
Now in his fifth decade of competition, a distinction he shares with a very short
list of fellow-drivers, Doug Maloney raced in the 1970s Formula Caribbean
Championship and was the Formula Ford lap record holder at Old Bushy Park.
After competing in rallies and speed events when the circuit closed, he returned
to racing in 2004, first with a Peugeot 306, then this Audi A4 quattro, winning
three Group titles. Having rarely missed a CMRC race since Barbados joined in
2008, he is unlucky never to have won a race, with five second-place finishes his
best results (in 2008, 2011 & 2013)
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): third 2008, 2011 & 2013
• Bushy Park 2014 – Q10, dnf-sixth-third
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: three-time Bushy Park Group Champion since 2004
• five decades of competition in Barbados and the region
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DRIVER PROFILES
17 Kristian Boodoosingh (T&T)
Total Lubricants / CR Boodoosingh & Sons Ltd Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 6.5
Having started racing in karts in 2009, Kristian Boodoosingh finished second in
the Trinidad & Tobago Rotax Championship in 2011 & 2012, with the shifter kart
lap record also to his credit. In 2013, he won the T&T Drag & Wind title (a mix of
drag racing and dexterity) and the National Youth Award for Sports and
Recreation. He has raced a BMW M3 in the US and will make his single-seater
debut in Formula 4 (along with fellow T&T youngster, third-generation racer
Frankie Boodram) at the Mexican GP in November. This is his second visit to
Barbados and he has also raced in Guyana
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): 10th 2014, one win
• Bushy Park 2014 – Q7, dnf-dns-dns
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2013 T&T Drag & Wind Champion
• forthcoming Formula 4 debut
58 Mark Vieira (GUY)
Mazda RX-8
Something of a folk hero in regional motor sport, thanks to his flamboyant and
aggressive driving style and no-nonsense approach to racing, Mark Vieira raced
bikes from age 18, until a big accident at South Dakota in 1987 brought a switch
to cars. Since then, he has been a regular winner and lap record-holder at home
and in Barbados, most recently in rotary-engined Maxda RX-7 and RX-8, although
with less success in Jamaica. He has claimed one race win and two further
podium finishes at Bushy Park in his Radical in the new-for-2015 Suzuki
Challenge Series SR3 Cup
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): fourth 2012 & 2013, eighth 2014, three wins
• Bushy Park 2014 – Q3, dnf-second-dnf
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Team Guyana representative at ROC Caribbean 2014
• multiple GMR&SC Champion (Group 3, Group 4)
86 Mark Maloney (BAR)
Digicel / Maloney Racing Team Mazda RX-3
Having first competed in rallies in the 1990s, Mark Maloney soon spread his
wings to encompass circuit racing, initially in karts. He won his first gearbox
karting title in 2001, the same year he finished third in the International All-Stage
Rally in a Nissan Pulsar. He won more than 20 car races at Old Bushy Park (Group
3C Champion 2006), plus many more in karts (125 Shifter Champion 2007). He
has also raced extensively in Guyana and Jamaica, twice a winner at the Dover
Raceway in Jamaica, where the raucous engine note of his rotary-powered Mazda
RX-3 is revered
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): • third 2009, fourth 2011 & 2014, sixth 2010 & 2013, four wins
• Bushy Park 2014 – NQ, second-dnf-dns
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: multiple Barbados Karting Association Champion
• third International All-Stage Rally 2001
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DRIVER PROFILES
129 Danny Persaud (GUY)
Buy Me Auto Sales / Banks Beer Mazda Miata
Having started racing at South Dakota in 2010 with a Toyota Starlet, which he
also raced at Old Bushy Park, Danny Persaud started the development of his
unusual Mazda Miata, initially with a standard hardtop, then with the fastback
look. Powered by a turbocharged Toyota engine, the car has carried this
resourceful driver to many successes, as he has progressed from Group 2,
through Group 3 (a move forced on him by rule changes in Guyana) to Group 4,
where he is building a reputation as something of a giant-killer. This weekend,
he’ll score points for Guyana in both Groups 3 and 4
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): second 2014
• Bushy Park 2014 – Q11, dns-seventh-fifth
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: finishing second in CMRC 2014, helping Guyana to the Country title
• GMR&SC Group 2B Champion 2010
161 Kevin Jeffrey (GUY)
Doosan / Infab / Automotive Art / Shivo Auto Body Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
After claiming grasstrack and circuit racing titles at home, along with a new 750cc
lap record, Kevin Jeffrey flew the Guyanese flag on the International stage for
three years. His run of success at Daytona and other North American tracks
ended with a huge accident in 1995 at Mosport in Canada, resulting in his switch
to four wheels. He initially raced a Mazda RX-3 before acquiring Doug Gore’s
2007 CMRC-winning Evo VIII, in which he has won seven CMRC races and
narrowly lost the title to David Summerbell Jnr in 2010
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): second 2010 & 2013, fifth 2009, seventh 2008, ninth 2012,
seven wins • Bushy Park 2014 – Q4, then engine failure on Race 1 parade lap
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: South Dakota Champion Rider 1992
• hat-trick Guyana Grasstrack Champion 1989-1991
261 Kristian Jeffrey (GUY)
Stag Beer / Infab / Shivo Auto Body Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX
A second-generation racer in a family of sportsmen and women – father Kevin
races this weekend, too - it was inevitable that Kristian would race (although he’s
also a mean squash-player at National level). He started riding – not racing bikes at age six; encouraged by his family, he raced karts, winning the first-ever
shifter kart race in Guyana, then the Championship, before migrating to Canada,
where he won the Brian Stewart Series in Toronto. He first raced cars in 2013,
then claimed a hat-trick of wins on his CMRC debut at Bushy Park in July last year,
a solid foundation for winning the title
CMRC RECORD (since 2008): Champion 2014, his debut season, nine wins
• Bushy Park 2014 – three wins, CMRC lap record
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Team Guyana representative at ROC Caribbean 2014
• Canadian ASC Rookie of the Year & Driver of the Year 2013
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SEABOARD MARINE CMRC GROUPS 2 & 3
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Now in its second year under the management the
Caribbean Motor Racing Association (CMRA), the regional
competition has expanded to include an even broader
range of competitors. In addition to the Group 4 cars
around which the series was created and the Group 2 machines, we now have CMRC Group 3,
running for the first time in 2015, and a rejuvenated Superbike series (see page 56).
This is the sixth year of Group 2: after a couple of exploratory seasons – 2010 just two
meetings, from which Edward Corbin of Barbados emerged Champion, 2011 more structured,
with Kenrick Husbands keeping the title at home - the series has grown.
Mark Thompson won in 2012 against a stronger field, 11 points scorers, although only
Thompson and Jamaica’s Sebastian Rae contested every round, then numbers rose to 19 in
2013 and 25 last year, when Trinidad & Tobago joined in. Thompson’s brother Kurt was
Champion in 2013, before Mark beat Guyana’s Shairaz Roshandin, T&T’s Marc Gill and
Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg to his second title, all four host countries in the top four places.
When this year’s title fight kicked off in March at Jamwest, Jamaica enjoyed home
advantage, with Jordan Powell’s hat-trick of Group 2 victories making him top scorer. With
small fields, Groups 2 and 3 ran together for the first two races, then alongside Group 4 for
the last race of the day.
In race one, pole-sitter Powell (Honda Civic) not only won Group 2, but also beat home the
first two Group 3 cars, Jamaican Noel Golding’s Civic and the Toyota Starlet Turbo of Guyana’s
Rameez Mohammed. T&T’s Gill (Civic) and Damien Nesbit (Nissan Sentra) finished second
and third in Group 2, while Jamaica’s Natasha Chang (Honda S2000) completed the Group 3
podium.
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Reigning CMRC Gp2
Champ Mark Thompson
ahead of the game
Powell, Gill and Nesbit were the top three in the remaining Group 2 races, while Gary
Barrett (Civic) of the Cayman Islands won Group 3, first beating Mohammed and Guyana’s
Afraz Allie (Toyota Starlet), then Allie and Chang in the final race of the day.
Reigning Group 2 Champion Thompson (Civic) set the pace in Qualifying at Wallerfield in
June, almost 2secs faster than the rest, led by the Civics of Guyana’s Roshandin and T&T’s
Gill . . . and that was how they finished Race 1: Roshandin got the jump at the start, but
Thompson was past before the end of lap one, easing away to win by 8.2secs. There were just
tenths between Roshandin and Gill.
In Race 2, Roshandin again made the best start, but Thompson led before the end of the
lap, taking advantage of the Civic strife behind him to pull away. Mark Williams in the ex-Kyle
Gregg Civic led Roshandin and Gill early on, but Roshandin moved into second, assuming the
lead when Thompson’s car started smoking, beating Williams and Gill.
Having completed only nine laps, Thompson started at the back for Race 3, but benefitted
from some confusion at Turn 1 - Guyana’s Ryan Rahaman (Ford Escort MkI), spun - and was
fourth at the end of the opening lap, behind Roshandin, Williams and Gill. Thompson dealt
quickly with Gill and closed on the other two, to make it a three-car fight for the lead; his Civic
started smoking again, however, then the rain started to fall just after mid-distance, so the
order remained the same.
Although Group 3 is not yet enjoying wide support – 10 drivers have scored points Guyana’s Danny Persaud (in the Mazda Miata he also races in Group 4) and Paul Vieira,
scoring points for T&T in his old RX-7, battled away all day. Vieira retired half-way through
Race 1, allowing Persaud a runaway victory from points-leader Barrett, Allie and Chang. After
Persaud snatched the lead when Vieira ran wide in Race 2, it took the RX-7 driver until lap
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nine to catch and pass him while, in the day’s last race, Persaud led until half-distance, but
Vieira closed in to win.
Although entries were still coming in as this was written, it is safe to assume the biggest
grids of the season for both Groups 2 and 3 at Bushy Park, as the home side turns out in their
numbers. In the former, Mark Thompson will almost certainly be joined by his brother Neil
(Civic), along with rising star Tremaine Forde-Catwell (Daihatsu Charmant), who toured to
South Dakota last year and Wallerfield in June, and the Starlets of experienced racers such as
Eddie Corbin, ‘Snappa’ Husbands, Quincy Jones and Steve King. In Group 3, expect Kurt T to
lead the charge, possibly with help from Shawn Eversley in his turbo-charged Suzuki Swift,
also perhaps King’s popular Nissan Skyline.
A NEW
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Automatic with Paddle Shift | 4 Wheel Disc Brakes | 17" Alloy wheels | Roof Rails | HID Headlights |
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Marc Gill (T&T)
Jordan Powell (JAM)
Shairaz Roshandin (GUY)
Mark Williams (T&T)
Damien Nesbit (T&T)
Mark Thompson (BAR)
Owen Campbell (JAM)
Robin Sutherland (JAM)
Rainer Amar (T&T)
Yazid Ali (T&T)
Automatic dimming rear view mirror | Leather covered steering wheel with audio controls
Telescopic-adjustable steering wheel | Keyless entry | Keyless push start system | Automatic (Dual zone) Air conditioner
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Gary Barrett (CAY)
Natasha Chang (JAM)
Danny Persaud (GUY)
Paul Vieira (T&T)
Afraz Allie (GUY)
Rameez Mohammed (GUY)
Noel Golding (JAM)
Ricardo Scott (JAM)
Mark Thompson (BAR)
Shairaz Roshandin (GUY)
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Round 1 (Feb 28/Mar 1, Jamwest, JAM) - Race 1
1st Powell, Honda Civic; 2nd Gill, Civic; 3rd
Nesbit, Nissan Sentra; 4th Sutherland, Honda
CRX; 5th Campbell, Civic R2 1st Powell; 2nd Gill;
3rd Nesbit; 4th Campbell; 5th Sutherland R3 1st
Powell; 2nd Gill; 3rd Nesbit; 4th Campbell; 5th
Sutherland
Round 1 (Feb 28/Mar 1, Jamwest, JAM) - Race 1
1st Golding, Honda Civic; 2nd Mohammed,
Toyota Starlet Turbo; 3rd Chang, Honda S2000;
4th Barrett, Civic Turbo R2 1st Barrett; 2nd
Mohammed; 3rd Allie, Starlet Turbo; 4th Scott,
Toyota Corolla; DQ Chang R3 1st Barrett; 2nd
Allie; 3rd Chang; 4th Scott
Round 2 (Jun 20/21, Wallerfield, T&T) - R1 1st
Thompson, Civic; 2nd Roshandin, Civic; 3rd Gill;
4th Williams, Civic; 5th Ali, Civic; 6th Amar, Civic;
etc R2 1st Roshandin; 2nd Williams; 3rd Gill; 5th
Ryan Rahaman (GUY), Ford Escort MkI; 6th Ali;
etc R3 1st Williams; 2nd Roshandin; 3rd
Thompson; 4th Gill; 5th Amar 6th Ali; etc
Round 2 (Jun 20/21, Wallerfield, T&T) - R1 1st
Persaud, Mazda Miata; 2nd Barrett; 3rd Allie;
4th Chang; 5th Mohammed R2 1st P Vieira,
Mazda RX-7; 2nd Persaud; 3rd Barrett; 4th
Chang R3 1st Vieira; 2nd Thompson, Civic; 3rd
Persaud; 4th Roshandin, Civic; 5th Barrett; 6th
Chang
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SUZUKI CHALLENGE SERIES SWIFT CUP
VON RYAN’S EXPRESS
The Suzuki Challenge Series is helping motor sport in Barbados –
and, perhaps, in time, the wider Caribbean – come of age. Not
only is there some very close racing, but the marketing and social
media package is breaking new ground in regional motor sport
promotion . . . and, this weekend, the Swift Cup welcomes its first
female competitor.
Third-generation Jamaican racer 19-year-old Samantha
Summerbell will carry race number 777 – “My grandpa David Snr's number, so a lucky
number for the family” – while the livery of her race car is the result of an on-line competition
for budding young graphic designers. Her opposition includes her father, multiple Champion
David Summerbell Jnr: “I’ve never raced against my father, so I’m not too sure how it will go,
but I’m definitely excited to see the results”.
The 150bhp Suzuki Swift Sports, race-prepared in Barbados from production cars, offer
drivers affordable and competitive racing, with the emphasis on skill, and deliver exciting
action for the fans. While ‘one-make’ racing has a sound history, from Renault 5s in the
1970s to the present-day Porsche Carrera Cup, it is a new departure here.
In qualifying for round one in March, the fastest five were covered by less than
half-a-second, with Daryl Clarke, ‘Snappa’ Husbands, Josh Read and Trinidad & Tobago’s
Ryan Peyrau all within striking distance of pole-sitter Mark Thompson. In race one, on a track
dampened by early rain, Thompson led all the way, chased by Clarke and Husbands. From the
race two reversed grid, second row starter Barry Gale looked set for win, but a determined
Peyrau hunted him down, helped by contact between Clarke and Read at the Dipper; Gale
finished second, Thompson third.
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Ryan Peyrau leads
Ryan Wood, Josh Read and
David Summerbell Jnr
With the race three grid based on points scored earlier, Thompson sat on pole, ahead of
Peyrau, Husbands and Gale . . . and that was the order in which they finished, with some lively
action right through the field. Thompson’s second win gave him the early championship lead,
ahead of Peyrau and Husbands.
At round two in May, the grid now up from nine to 12, Peyrau claimed pole by a huge
seven-tenths, the same margin covering the next seven cars, including newcomers Sean Gill,
Jason Parkinson and Summerbell. Wood jumped Peyrau at the start, chased by Thompson and
Read, but contact between Thompson and Wood at the Dipper handed Peyrau a clear victory,
with Read second and Karl Waterman third in ‘Snappa’s car.
Wood recovered to finish 10th, with Thompson last, so on reverse-grid pole for race two . . . or
not (he was disqualified for his part in the Dipper incident), which put Wood second alongside
Freddie Gale, first time out in the car shared with son Barry. Wood was not denied this time,
with debutante Mark Kinch second, until a five-second jump-start penalty dropped him six
places – that’s how tight the Swift Cup is – with Thompson second and Gill third. Peyrau had
pole for race three, based on points scored earlier, and led to the chequer, ahead of Wood, Read
and Summerbell. He assumed the series lead, as Thompson non-scored, stuck in gear, a legacy
of the earlier incident.
Peyrau claimed a second pole at round three in June but by just two-hundredths, with the top
10 covered by less than a second. Peyrau led race one from lights to flag, never more than a
couple of lengths ahead of Thompson, with Summerbell’s best Swift Cup result so far making for
a tri-nations podium. Pole for the reverse-grid race two went to newcomer Paul Bourne, ahead of
Barry Gale, but Bourne fluffed the start, Gale moving into the lead after seeing off a challenge
from Clarke, to claim a lights-to-flag victory, Clarke and Gill completing the podium.
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Summerbell read the start-line confusion to perfection and charged through from ninth on
the grid to finish fourth, earning pole for race three. He made the best start, then delivered a
master-class in defensive driving; rarely more than inches behind, until a hiccough just
before half-distance dropped him to fourth, Thompson recovered to finish second, but was
subsequently disqualified under driving standards rules. That promoted Clarke to second,
ahead of Peyrau, Read and Kurt Thompson, claiming his best result of the season and his
third consecutive fastest lap of the day, and the current lap record.
To learn more, go to www.suzukichallengeseries.com or
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Positions after three rounds
1st
Ryan Peyrau (T&T), Team Suzuki
2nd
Mark Thompson (BAR), Team Rock Hard Cement
3rd
Daryl Clarke (BAR), Team Digicel
4th
Ryan Wood (BAR), Team Digicel
5th
Josh Read (BAR), Team Massy United Insurance
6th
David Summerbell Jnr (JAM), Team Simpson Finance
7th
Barry Gale (BAR), Team Gale’s Agro Products
8th
Kenrick Husbands (BAR), Team Williams Industries
9th
Sean Gill (BAR), Team Suzuki
10th
Kurt Thompson (BAR), Team Glassesco
11th
Jason Parkinson (BAR), Team Infra Rentals
12th
Karl Waterman (BAR), Team Williams Industries
13th
Mark Kinch (BAR), Team ICBL
14th
Jean-Philippe Mongaillard (FRA), Team Suzuki
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Round 1 (March 28/29) - Pole M Thompson, 1m 17.869s, 57.45mph/92.46kmh Race 1 1st M
Thompson; 2nd Clarke; 3rd Husbands; 4th Read; 5th Wood; 6th Peyrau; etc Fastest lap Peyrau, 1m
19.295s, 56.42mph/90.80kmh (establishes record) R2 1st Peyrau; 2nd B Gale; 3rd M Thompson; 4th
Wood; 5th Husbands; 6th K Thompson; etc FL Peyrau, 1m 18.129s, 57.26mph/92.16kmh (rec) R3 1st
M Thompson; 2nd Peyrau; 3rd Husbands; 4th B Gale; 5th Clarke; 6th Wood; etc FL K Thompson, 1m
18.061s, 57.31mph/92.24kmh (rec)
Round 2 (May 16/17) - P Peyrau, 1m 16.384s, 58.57mph/94.26kmh R1 1st Peyrau; 2nd Read; 3rd
Waterman; 4th Parkinson; 5th Summerbell; 6th Clarke; DQ M Thompson; etc FL Peyrau, 1m 17.242s,
57.92mph/93.21kmh (rec) R2 1st Wood; 2nd M Thompson; 3rd Gill; 4th Clarke; 5th Summerbell; 6th
Read; etc FL Waterman, 1m 17.261s, 57.91mph/93.19kmh R3 1st Peyrau; 2nd Wood; 3rd Read; 4th
Summerbell; 5th Clarke; 6th Waterman; etc FL K Thompson, 1m 16.736s, 58.30mph/93.83kmh (rec)
Round 3 (June 14) - P Peyrau, 1m 16.677s, 58.35mph/93.90kmh R1 1st Peyrau; 2nd M Thompson;
3rd Summerbell; 4th Wood; 5th Read; 6th K Thompson; etc FL K Thompson, 1m 16.342s,
58.60mph/94.31kmh R2 1st B Gale; 2nd Clarke; 3rd Gill; 4th Summerbell; 5th Parkinson; 6th M
Thompson; etc FL Wood, 1m 16.841s, 58.22mph/93.70kmh R3 1st Summerbell; 2nd Clarke; 3rd
Peyrau; 4th Read; 5th K Thompson; 6th Wood; DQ M Thompson; etc FL K Thompson, 1m 16.379s,
58.57mph/94.27kmh (rec)
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SUZUKI CHALLENGE SERIES SR3 CUP
BAND OF
BROTHERS
Series leader Stuart Maloney ahead of brother Sean and Mark Vieira
It came as no surprise that the early stages of the inaugural
Suzuki Challenge Series SR3 Cup would be dominated by the
Maloney brothers, Mark, Sean and Stuart. They have enjoyed
more seat time in the Suzuki-powered Radical SR3 RS sports
racers, so the others have been playing catch-up . . . but catching
up they are!
The 250bhp Radicals are the fastest category ever to compete
in the region – with a 0 to 60 time of just 3.1secs and a top speed of around 155mph, they
are spectacular to watch and have already created some memorable racing moments.
Stuart M claimed pole for the season-opener at the Tiny Harrison Memorial Race Meet in
March - at 59.727s, it was the first recorded sub-1 minute lap of the 2.01km circuit at a race
meeting - ahead of Mark and Sean. Guyana’s Mark Vieira was fourth, more than a second off
pole (hold that thought), while gaining experience of the car.
Sean took an early championship lead, having shared the race wins equally with his
brothers, although Stuart’s race three victory was handed to him post-race by the Stewards,
after jump-start penalties were applied. Former kart champion Ryan Gonsalves from
St Vincent & The Grenadines was the ‘best of the rest’, a hard-fought second place in race two
slotting him into fourth in the standings, a few points ahead of Vieira, who lost a potential
first podium to an unplanned – and rather alarming - trip across the grass on the exit of the
MQI Bullet in race three.
Series leader Sean Maloney was the pole-sitter for round two in May, with Mark M, Mark V
and Stuart completing the top four, the Guyanese now just half-a-second off pole. Sean M got
the best of the start, leading the two Marks, with brother Stuart in close attendance; Mark M
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‘did a Vieira’, however, exiting the Bullet and dropped back, then Sean spun, having lost the
race lead to Stuart, which set up the first tri-nations SR3 Cup podium, Vieira (GUY) second
and Gonsalves (SVG) third.
The second grid each weekend is reversed - Allan Kinch, who had beached his Radical on a
kerb at the W’s hairpin, was on pole – but a fast-starting Sean M was ahead by the end of lap
one, Mark and Stuart completing another all-Maloney podium. Vieira spun out of third, while
David Simpson – he had never raced anything until the start of the season - was a career-best
fourth, having kept the vastly more experienced Gonsalves at bay lap after lap. In race three,
Stuart M claimed his second win of the day to assume the series lead, with Sean second and
Vieira third.
Mark M’s time of 59.634s set a new qualifying record in June, with Stuart and Sean behind
him. Vieira was fourth, all within two-tenths and all under the 60-secs mark, the first time
more than one driver had achieved that in qualifying.
The pole-sitter crossed the line first ahead of Stuart and Sean, but he and Stuart were
adjudged to have jumped the start, so were demoted to second and third behind Sean
(also with a new lap record), while Vieira was left to rue a first-lap spin that left him sixth . . .
although close to the front for the reverse-grid start! And he made the most of it, shooting
between Kinch and guest driver Simon Jean-Joseph – the Martinique rally ace’s first
competition in this type of machinery – to make good his escape. Mark M finished second
from Stuart, with SJ-J fourth, dashing straight to the airport to fly home.
And that set up a thrilling finale, the final grid based on points scored so far, with Mark M
on pole, Sean and Stuart sandwiching Vieira and European Radical Champion, Britain’s
Bradley Ellis, at the back, sitting in for SJ-J. While the pole-sitter claimed his second
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(on-the-road) win of the day, the highlight was an impressive charge through the field by Ellis,
showing great pace as he picked the field off one by one; his impressive last-lap pass on
Stuart M, who finished third, however, did not allow him time to catch Mark.
To learn more, go to www.suzukichallengeseries.com or
www.facebook.com/suzukichallengeseries
Positions after three rounds
1st
2nd
Sean Maloney (BAR)
3rd
Mark Maloney (BAR)
4th
Mark Vieira (GUY)
5th
Ryan Gonsalves (SVG)
6th
David Simpson (BAR)
7th
Allan Kinch (BAR)
8th
Bradley Ellis (ENG)
Simon Jean-Joseph (FRA)
10th
Barry Gale (BAR)
Jim Parr (USA)
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156
154
118
99
64
56
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18
14
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Euro Radical Champ Bradley Ellis
Round 1 (March 28/29) - Pole Stuart Maloney, 59.727s, 74.91mph/120.55kmh Race 1 1st Sean
Maloney; 2nd Stuart Maloney; 3rd M Maloney; 4th Vieira; 5th A Kinch; 6th Gonsalves; 7th Simpson; 8th
Parr Fastest lap M Maloney, 60.075s, 74.47mph/119.85kmh (establishes record) R2 1st M Maloney;
2nd Gonsalves; 3rd Sean Maloney; 4th Vieira; 5th Stuart Maloney; 6th A Kinch; 7th Parr; dnf – Simpson
FL Stuart Maloney, 59.510s, 75.18mph/120.99kmh (rec) R3 1st Stuart Maloney; 2nd Sean Maloney;
3rd M Maloney; 4th Gonsalves; 5th Simpson; 6th Vieira; 7th A Kinch; 8th Parr FL Stuart Maloney,
59.591s, 75.08mph/120.82kmh
Round 2 (May 16/17) - P Sean Maloney, 59.850s, 74.75mph/120.30kmh R1 1st Stuart Maloney; 2nd
Vieira; 3rd Gonsalves; 4th Sean Maloney; 5th M Maloney; 6th Simpson; 7th B Gale; 8th A Kinch FL
Stuart Maloney, 59.626s, 75.03mph/120.75kmh R2 1st Sean Maloney; 2nd M Maloney; 3rd
Stuart Maloney; 4th Simpson; 5th Gonsalves; 6th Vieira; 7th A Kinch; 8th B Gale FL Vieira, 59.803s,
74.81mph/120.40kmh R3 1st Stuart Maloney; 2nd Sean Maloney; 3rd Vieira; 4th Gonsalves; 5th M
Maloney; 6th Simpson; 7th A Kinch; 8th B Gale FL Vieira, 59.779s, 74.84mph/120.44kmh
Round 3 (June 14) - P M Maloney, 59.634s, 75.02mph/120.74kmh R1 1st Sean Maloney; 2nd M
Maloney; 3rd Stuart Maloney; 4th Gonsalves; 5th Simpson; 6th Vieira; 7th Jean-Joseph; 8th A Kinch
FL Sean Maloney, 59.264s, 75.49mph/121.49kmh (rec) R2 1st Vieira; 2nd M Maloney; 3rd Stuart
Maloney; 4th Jean-Joseph; 5th Simpson; 6th Sean Maloney; 7th A Kinch; 8th Gonsalves FL M Maloney,
59.668s, 74.98mph/120.67kmh R3 1st M Maloney; 2nd Ellis; 3rd Stuart Maloney; 4th Vieira; 5th Sean
Maloney; 6th Gonsalves; 7th A Kinch; dnf - Simpson FL Ellis, 59.278s, 75.47mph/121.46kmh
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EASYKART
THE FIRST STEP
The grass roots sport of kart racing is where motor sport Champions the
world over learned their craft: from local aces Roger and Barry Mayers
and Dane Skeete to reigning FIA Formula 1 World Champion Lewis
Hamilton, karting was where they were first identified as stars of the
future. Perhaps the next star could be you? Earlier this year, Bushy Park Barbados was appointed as the
official local representative of Easykart, working closely alongside Easykart UK. Created by Italian kart
manufacturer Birel, Easykart is a one-make karting series. Featuring a Birel chassis and IAMI two-stroke
engine, the karts are all of the same specification, making them simple to maintain and cost-effective to
run. There are three categories - Cadet 60cc, Junior 100cc and Senior 125cc.
Here is a quick FAQ on Easykart Barbados.
How do I join the Easykart Racing Series?
Easykart races are run within Barbados Karting Association (BKA) meetings. To take part you need to be
a member of the BKA and have a licence from the Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF).
How old do I need to be to race?
This differs for each class: Cadet 60cc - 5-12 years old; Junior 100cc - 11-16 years old, although the
lower limit is conditional on your previous level of karting experience; Senior 125cc - 16 years and older
Can I try a kart before I buy it?
Yes you can! We understand that buying a kart is a big decision, so Bushy Park Barbados has
demonstration and rental Easykarts available allowing prospective customers to try before they buy.
If I buy an Easykart, will I need to assemble it?
No! The kart will come fully assembled and commissioned; the only thing remaining will be the engine
run-in and seat fitting.
What is included in the price of the kart?
You get the following: the Easykart of your choice; one set each of Vega slick and wet tyres on rims; a
Mychron 4 dash lap timer/data logger; 30-minute seat-fitting session; one hour engine run-in time
What do I need to wear to race a kart?
All karters are required to wear a full kart suit, helmet, neck brace, karting gloves and karting boots. A
rib protector is also recommended.
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EASYKART
Can you rent a kart for a race weekend?
Yes, we have a small number of karts that can be rented for a BKA race meet. The rental price includes the
fuel to be used, plus technical support. You will still need to have a BMF licence and be a member of the
BKA to take part in the event.
Now I own an Easykart, do I also have to invest in expensive equipment like a trailer?
No! Easykart owners can store their karts in the dedicated secure storage area at Bushy Park Barbados for
a small monthly fee. So, there’s no need to struggle with transportation or storing it at home!
Do I need my own spares?
No! The Bushy Park Barbados parts department stocks an extensive range of parts, including everything
required to run and maintain your Easykart.
I am not very technical. Do I need to find a mechanic for race days?
No! Bushy Park Barbados offers race day technical support and post-race servicing, in which trained
technicians can carry out the repairs on your kart.
Do I need to send my engine overseas to have it rebuilt?
No! Bushy Park Barbados has its own engine shop and trained staff, so we can rebuild your engine to full
Easykart standards right here in Barbados.
I have never driven a kart before - do you offer coaching?
Yes we offer both one-on-one and group coaching sessions, with local and international karting coaches.
I have driven the rental karts at Bushy Park and really enjoyed that. What is the difference between
the rental karts and the Easykarts?
Our rental karts are designed to be durable and user-friendly, particularly for novice drivers. They also
feature a Birel chassis, with a 9hp engine, and are capable of speeds of up to 50mph on the straight our Senior Easykarts have 28hp and can reach 77mph on the straight. Easykarts are fully-fledged racing
karts, so are lighter, faster and more challenging to drive – in addition, BKA race meetings use various
long-track configurations, and are not restricted to the shorter rental kart track.
To learn more, contact Ryan Foster: e-mail - [email protected] • telephone - 256-0114
TRANSATLANTIC KARTING LINKS
Following a successful summer trip to the UK by four young
local kart racers, even closer links look set to be forged
early next year. In July, Zane Maloney (pictured) – already a
BKA Champion – won the Easykart 60 Cadet class on the
challenging 1.1-kilometre Glan Y Gors circuit in North
Wales, beating local championship leaders Georgie Anker
and Tyrone Stansfield in the process.
By way of a ‘return match’, the first Easykart Barbados
Winter Cup is being organised for January next year. Details
are still being finalised, but it is hoped that a group of
around 15 or so drivers will travel, along with family,
friends and an Easykart UK technical support team. The
planned seven-day stay in the island will include rest days,
testing and racing at Bushy Park Barbados organised by
the BKA, with a Prize-giving and after party.
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EXPERIENCE BUSHY PARK BARBADOS
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME
There are many ways in which you can enjoy Bushy Park Barbados, with
your family and friends, or with workmates and business associates. The
facility can tailor-make an experience to suit everyone’s needs, including
any number of components from on-track rides and drives, with catering
and hospitality, to off-track activities, including corporate functions,
photos shoots and private parties. All you have to do is ask!
Our Bushy Park Driving Experiences offer you the chance to see, hear and feel what it’s like to push a
racing car to the limit. Prepare to abandon any preconceived ideas of when a driver should be braking
for a corner or how fast that corner can be taken . . . our professional racing drivers and instructors
promise you one of the most exhilarating and memorable experiences of your life.
Karting Experience
The Karting Experience offers participants the chance drive on a specially-designed 0.41-kilometre
circuit in a Birel kart, powered by a 270cc four-stroke Honda engine, capable of up to around 50mph on
the straights, although it will seem much faster for the driver, sitting just a few inches above the ground.
The karts are designed to meet worldwide ‘arrive & drive’ safety regulations, with front, side and rear
crash protection; the seat and pedals are adjustable. Before going out on track, there will be a
classroom session, with a video explaining the basics, including how to get in and out of the kart, also
safety flags and their meaning. Safety helmet, neck brace and balaclava are provided, and enclosed
shoes are required.
Pretty much anyone can be accommodated, although there is a minimum limit for height (5ft), a
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maximum weight limit (260lbs) and drivers aged 18 years and under must be accompanied by an adult
during the briefing, who must sign a liability waiver on their behalf. Each participant must sign a
liability waiver.
Two main packages are on offer, to cover individual interest, also that from fan groups or corporate
bodies. The Regular package is a timed session for 10 minutes, with an official sheet of lap times
available at the finish, indicating the participant’s best overall performance. The Grand Prix package is
aimed at groups (minimum of five drivers), with a five-minute qualifying session followed by a
15-minute race. Lap times for each participant, and full results, will be available after the race.
Suzuki Swift Experience
The Suzuki Swift Sport feels like the last of a dying breed of ‘Hot hatches’ and is a true driver’s car. The
Swift Sport offers an exhilarating drive with no compromise in power or performance, elements which
combine to create an engaging and rewarding experience that will leave a smile on even the most
seasoned driver's face after a few laps around Bushy Park!
While based on the production Swift Sport, each of our cars has been race-prepared, the interior
stripped out and safety features including roll-cage, ignition cut-off switch and six-point harnesses
added. With power from the 150bhp 1.6-litre VVT engine delivered through a six-speed manual
gearbox, the addition of a limited slip differential, adjustable dampers and enhanced disc brakes front
and rear make for superior cornering stability and safe handling – an ideal machine in which to
enhance your driving skills or learn new driving techniques in a controlled and fun environment!
The Drive package comprises an introduction to the venue and car, a four-lap passenger session,
driven by a professional instructor, plus a four-lap driving session with an instructor alongside. The
Advanced Drive package also includes a six-lap session ‘flying solo’, while both offer a variety of
add-ons, including on-board video of your experience to show family and friends, presented on a USB
memory stick, and a lap-time certificate. A lead car is deployed when patrons are working in groups.
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EXPERIENCE BUSHY PARK BARBADOS
Radical Experience
The Suzuki-powered Radical SR3 RS is a thoroughbred, sure-footed, highly-developed racer, adept and
rapid in the hands of both the novice track day driver, and seasoned racing professional. With 220
horsepower, the 1340cc four-cylinder engine revs to a blistering 10,500rpm and drives through a
six-speed sequential paddle-shift gearbox, delivering seamless power to the track through slick tyres.
It can lap Bushy Park Barbados in under a minute, with stats like 0-100kph (0-62mph) in three
seconds and 2.5G through corners and under braking. Our Radicals are fitted with two sets of pedals,
so the instructor can step in if necessary – we cater for everyone from complete novices to seasoned
racers.
The Ride package comprises an introduction to the venue and car and a four-lap passenger session,
driven by a professional instructor. The Drive package adds in a four-lap driving session, with an
instructor alongside you, while the Advanced Drive package includes a six-lap session ‘flying solo’. The
two Drive packages also include a variety of add-ons, including on-board video of your experience to
show family and friends, presented on a USB memory stick, and a lap-time certificate.
To learn more: e-mail - [email protected] • telephone - 256-0114
Exercise
Hospitality
Want to walk, run, ride your bike . . . or simply
take the young ones out in the fresh air for a
stroll in a safe and controlled environment? Then
Bushy Park Barbados is the place – subject to
other on-track activities (which might include
preparing for a major event such as Soca Royale
or Red Bull Global Rallycross, as well as actual
race meets), the facility is open up to six
evenings a week from 4pm to 6pm to
accommodate community activities such as
cycling and walking . . . and the surface is far
smoother than many public roads.
While the pits remain closed, the track is open
to pedestrians and cyclists only and there is no
admission fee. Patrons are asked to park in the
North spectator car park off Gaskin Road and
enter through Gate 3 (near the Clubhouse) and
make their way through the tunnel on to the
track. It is worth keeping an eye on Bushy Park’s
Facebook page, where any changes of availability
are posted.
Although the facility’s core business revolves
around motor sport, Bushy Park Barbados has a
wealth of other options available for hospitality,
whether corporate or private. The options
include rental of the Clubhouse, which overlooks
the Startline Straight, VIP – the upper floor of the
Clubhouse, affording superb views to the south
– and the Open-Air Suites within the Pits, which
overlook the Ws Hairpin.
Use of these is not restricted to race
weekends. They are available for corporate
functions – photo shoots, product launches,
team-building events, trade shows – as well as
private parties. Use of these facilities can be
bundled in with Driving Experiences, too, while
all requests can be facilitated, including
co-ordinating caterers, scene dressers, rental
companies and even ticketing (if required).
Special group hospitality offerings are
available during race meets as well, including
Private Suites, Open-Air Suites and the
reservation of tables in VIP.
To learn more:
e-mail - [email protected]
telephone - 256-0114
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telephone - 256-0114
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BPMSI 2015 CHAMPIONSHIP
STAR-LET
QUALITY
At the mid-point of the season, class-leaders Quincy Jones and
Jermin Pope are locked in battle for Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s
(BPMSI) first Champion Driver title in rear- and front-wheel-drive
Toyota Starlets respectively. But three others are waiting in the
wings, as fewer than 30 points cover the top five drivers, with six
races to go and a potential 150 points still up for grabs.
In many ways, Jones has had the tougher time of it, Modified Production 1 among the
best-subscribed and most competitive classes . . . and his opposition includes the talented
all-rounder (car, kart and cycle racer) Tremaine Forde-Catwell, in his Daihatsu Charmant.
Forde-Catwell sat on pole at the Tiny Harrison Memorial Race Meet back in March, then went
wheel-to-wheel with Jones, one win apiece after two races. They continued the fight into race
three, until the latter rolled his Daihatsu at the Courtesy Dipper – he was uninjured and
returned for the Hilti Handicap – leaving Jones the class winner. After a second pole for
Forde-Catwell, they shared race wins again in May, Jones with two of the three, stretching his
points advantage in the class, where Nicholas St Hill (Nissan) and Robert Gill (Starlet) are the
other consistent points-scorers.
To be fair to Pope, it hasn’t been that much easier in Clubman 1, where he had to play
second fiddle to Andre Walcott’s Suzuki Swift in March, then fought back with a hat-trick of
victories in May, demoting Walcott to second in class and third in the Champion Driver title
chase. Rookie Darren Lashley (Peugeot 205) has looked solid, too, while it was good to see
Shaun Boxill out in May at the wheel of Ben Graham’s venerable Hillman Imp. In May, there
were some spirited battles in Clubman 2 between class-leader Adrian Bailey and newcomer
to circuit racing, rally man Jeremy Croney, both in Peugeot 205s.
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Jermin Pope and Quincy Jones battle for the title
So far, there has been less competition, and a
Andre Walcott wins
degree of attrition, in the SuperSport,
SuperModified and MP2 encounters. In SS1,
Steve King (Starlet) has been doing all the
winning, but with the class not always
fully-subscribed - a lower scale of points is
awarded – plus a dnf in the third race in May, he
has slipped back in the overall title chase to
fourth, 19 points behind Jones, three ahead of
Forde-Catwell. He is still comfortably in charge of
the class, however, where the opposition has included the familiar Starlets of Eddie Corbin,
Andre Forde and ‘Snappa’ Husbands.
In MP2, wins have been shared between brothers Neil and Mark Thompson in Honda
Civics, Neil currently with the upper hand, while the third Team Adrenalin Racing brother, Kurt
(Honda CRX), has been on his own in SS2.
In SM1 and SM2, brothers Mark (Mazda RX-7), Sean (Z-Cars Mini) and Stuart Maloney
(Peugeot 306 Maxi), plus father Doug (Audi A4 quattro), have all scored points, while Sammy
Cumberbatch (BMW M3) made a welcome return in May.
As winners of the first two races, Stuart Maloney and Mark Thompson jointly lead the Hilti
Handicap Championship for Cars. They have a slender three-point advantage over
Forde-Catwell, one of only two drivers to have scored points on both occasions, the other
being Lashley, who is just one further point adrift of Forde-Catwell.
To learn more, go to www.bushyparkmotorsportsinc.com or www.facebook.com/BPMSInc
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Steve King leads SuperSport 1
Positions after two rounds
Clubman 1
1st
Jermin Pope (Toyota Starlet)
2nd
Andre Walcott (Suzuki Swift)
3rd
Kevin Wiggins (Toyota Starlet)
4th
Shawn Boxill (Hillman Imp)
Darren Lashley (Peugeot 205)
6th
William Jones (Datsun)
105
90
45
27
27
25
Clubman 2
1st
Adrian Bailey (Peugeot 205)
2nd
3rd
Jeremy Croney (Peugeot 205)
45
36
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Modified Production 1
1st
Quincy Jones (Toyota Starlet)
2nd
Tremaine Forde-Catwell
(Daihatsu Charmant)
3rd
Nicolas St Hill (Nissan)
4th
Robert Gill (Toyota Starlet)
Modified Production 2
1st
Neil Thompson (Honda Civic)
2nd
Mark Thompson (Honda Civic)
SuperSport 1
1st
Steve King (Toyota Starlet)
2nd
Andre Forde (Toyota Starlet)
3rd
Edward Corbin (Toyota Starlet)
4th
Kenrick Husbands
(Toyota Starlet)
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86
57
51
78
45
89
30
27
18
SuperSport 2
1st
Kurt Thompson (Honda CRX)
72
SuperSport 3
1st
Shawn Eversley (Suzuki Swift)
24
Super Modified 1
1st
Stuart Maloney
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(Peugeot 306 Maxi)
2nd
Sammy Cumberbatch (BMW M3) 24
Super Modified 2
1st
Doug Maloney (Audi A4 quattro) 36
2nd
Mark Maloney (Mazda RX-3)
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Hilti Handicap
1st
Stuart Maloney
(Peugeot 306 Maxi)
Mark Thompson (Honda Civic)
3rd
Tremaine Forde-Catwell
(Daihatsu Charmant)
4th
5th
Mark Maloney (Mazda RX-3)
6th
Adrian Bailey (Peugeot 205)
7th
Robert Gill (Toyota Starlet)
Quincy Jones (Toyota Starlet)
9th
Jermin Pope (Toyota Starlet)
Kurt Thompson (Honda CRX)
25
25
22
21
18
15
12
12
10
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CMRC SUPERSTOCK/BPMSI BIKES
BIKE
ACTION
BPMSI points-leader Kris Brathwaite
Top points-scorers in Bushy Park Motor Sports Inc’s (BPMSI) 2105
Bike Championship have been preparing hard for this weekend,
when they will enjoy the challenge of facing some of the region’s
top racers. Steadily-growing support from the two-wheelers in the
island, combined with a healthy number of regional visitors,
promises some real sport on the 2.01 kilometre circuit.
The BPMSI Championship kicked off in fine style in March, with easily the largest
two-wheel grids seen for a local race meet at Bushy Park in recent years, and the bikes
divided into two classes. Kris Brathwaite claimed pole position in Saturday qualifying, which
did not attract all of the potential competitors, ahead of the evenly-matched Devan
McCartney and Terrance Ollivierre, all aboard Suzuki GSX-R600s.
These three were the class of the field throughout Sunday, Brathwaite beating Ollivierre
and McCartney to the line in races one and three, Ollivierre the other winner; Rommel Walton
(Honda CRF 450) beat Kevin Wickham (Honda 600) home in class B all day. Former double
Champion Ryan Beckles (Yamaha R6) won the Hilti Handicap, after a lively battle over the last
couple of laps with Dexter Small (Suzuki GSX-R600), both racing at the redeveloped Bushy
Park Barbados for the first time.
When the bikers assembled again in May, two more newcomers, both in class B, brought to
10 the numbers to have scored points this year. This time, Brathwaite held the opposition at
bay in all three races, Ollivierre clocking two seconds and a third, with McCartney and Shirley
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Scantlebury (Yamaha R6) picking up
the other podium finishes. In Class B,
Walton, Wickham and newcomer
Jason Griffin (Yamaha R6) shared the
wins equally, along with the other
podium finishes, apart from Ronnie
Cooke’s (Kawasaki ZX-6R) third place
in race one. Griffin was the Hilti
Handicap winner, ahead of Walton
Terrance Ollivierre cranks it over
and Wickham.
The last time local bikers faced
riders from the region was last July, when Guyana’s Stephen Vieira set the lap record for the
redeveloped circuit, to add to his standing record from Old Bushy Park. And Vieira, who won
the only CMRC titles yet contested back-to-back in 2011 & ’12, has started the new season on
good form, too - he and cousin Elliot Vieira (Kawasaki) shared the race wins in this year’s
opening round at Jamwest in March, where Kevin Persaud (Kawasaki) also scored points. All
three are here this weekend, along with Matthew (son of Mark) Vieira, on his recently
acquired Triumph Daytona, and Joel Niblette (Yamaha), both previous visitors.
None of the Jamaican riders who scored points at Jamwest had confirmed their
participation by press time, but Luke De Nobriga and Nicolas Gonzales from T&T will be
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making the trip, riding machines kindly made available
by local racers. Both are Wulf Pack bike crew members
working to revitalise bike racing in T&T, now that
Wallerfield has been surfaced (racing on the previous
concrete surface wasn’t an option) – De Nobriga, who
races a Suzuki GSX-R600 at home will be aboard a
Yamaha R6, while Gonzales will switch from a Honda
CBR 600RR to a Kawasaki ZX6-R.
Devan McCartney gives chase
CMRC SUPERSTOCK/BPMSI BIKES
Positions after one round
1st
Stephen Vieira (GUY), Suzuki GSX-R
2nd
Elliot Vieira (GUY), Kawasaki ZX6-R
3rd
Robert McDonald (JAM), Yamaha YZF-R6
4th
David Bell (JAM), Honda CBR 600RR
5th
Kyle Reynolds (JAM), Kawasaki ZX6-R
6th
Nicholas Kennedy (T&T), Suzuki GSX-R
Kevin Persaud (GUY), Kawasaki ZX6-R
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61
45
36
28
18
18
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Bikes Class A
1st
Kris Brathwaite, Suzuki GSX-R600
2nd
Terrance Olliviere, Suzuki GSX-R600
3rd
Devan McCartney, Suzuki GSX-R600
4th
Shirley Scantlebury, Yamaha R6
5th
Ryan Beckles, Yamaha R6
6th
Dexter Small, Suzuki GSX-R600
140
112
93
41
36
20
Bikes Class B
1st
Rommel Walton, Honda CRF 450
2nd
Kevin Wickham, Honda 600
3rd
Jason Griffin, Yamaha R6
4th
Ronnie Cooke, Kawasaki ZX-6R
97
94
61
27
Hilti Handicap
1st
Rommel Walton, Honda CRF 450
2nd
Jason Griffin, Yamaha R6
Ryan Beckles, Yamaha R6
4th
Kevin Wickham, Honda 600
5th
Dexter Small, Suzuki GSX-R600
6th
Devan McCartney, Suzuki GSX-R600
7th
Terrance Olliviere, Suzuki GSX-R600
8th
Kris Brathwaite, Suzuki GSX-R600
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25
25
21
18
15
12
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BADD
BADD
ACTION
AFTER
DARK
More than 40 drivers have already scored points in the first two
rounds of the Barbados Association of Dragsters & Drifters (BADD)
Drag Warz 2015, with some Rookies joining the Club’s established
names both in May and, under floodlights, in July. This weekend,
drivers and fans alike will again benefit from the cooler conditions of
the evening, as BADD will take off once the BPMSI’s daytime track
action is completed.
Back in May, crowd favourite Matthew ‘DMZ’ Forde beat Steve
Bruce in the under 7secs class, both in Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IIIs, to
earn a place in the final against Doug Maloney (Audi A4), but he stripped third gear in the run
against Bruce, handing victory to Maloney. DMZ set a new benchmark for the 1/8th-mile
during official practice, however, at 6.920ses . . . although the record was not to last long!
Daniel Murray (Lancer, 7.979s) won under 8secs, while 8.0-8.5secs came down to a
showdown between the Subaru Imprezas of Anthony Morris and Andre Bryan; although
Morris broke out in the final, Bryan red-lighted, handing Morris the win.
The battle of the Hondas in 8.5–9secs saw a run-off between Junior Moore and Barry Best,
with Best best at 8.813s. The 9-9.5s & 9.5-10.0s brackets were merged, with the final also an
all-Honda affair, Ryan ‘Wrecker’ Carrington coming out on top with a time of 9.073s. The merged
10-10.5s & 11.5-12s group resulted in a handicap run-off between Clifton Pilgrim (Suzuki Swift)
and Anthony Mayers (Honda Civic), with Mayers chasing down Pilgrim for the win.
Roger Mayers was the star of the Goodyear Tyres/Courtesy Summernight Warz in July, when
he blasted his Ford Focus to a new 1/8th-mile record of 6.784secs, eclipsing ‘DMZ’s mark of
just two months earlier.
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Roger Mayers prepares to launch
Barry Gilkes (Evo III) won the battle of the Evos in the 7-secs category, outdoing Barry Best
(Evo VII) with a time of 7.721s - Gilkes was also the second-fastest driver of the night, having
posted 7.158s in Qualifying. Shane Bryan won the Subaru Impreza battle in the 8-8.5secs
class, clocking a time of 8.153s to get the better of Anthony Morris, while Pedahel Williams
(Mitsubishi Colt) with a time of 8.529s beat Devan McCartney (Mazda Miata) to 8.5-9secs
class honours. Rookie Ramon Worrell (Honda Integra) launched his BADD career with victory
over Kevin Small (Nissan) in the 9-9.5secs bracket, in a time of 9.211s, while the Suzuki
face-off in the combined 9.5-10.00, 10.5-11 & 12secs and up classes was won by Kevin
Jones (Baleno) in 9.991s from Andre Walcott (Swift).
To learn more, go to www.baddmotorsports.com
1st
Barry Best (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII)
Anthony Morris (Subaru Impreza)
3rd
Shane Bryan (Subaru Impreza)
4th
Ryan Carrington (Honda Civic)
Barry Gilkes (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo III)
Kevin Jones (Suzuki Baleno)
Doug Maloney (Audi A4 quattro)
Anthony Mayers (Honda Civic)
Daniel Murray (Mitsubishi Lancer)
Clifton Pilgrim (Suzuki Swift)
Pedehal Williams (Mitsubishi Colt)
Ramon Worrell (Honda Integra)
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