WHAT was shaping up to be redemption day for the Guyanese drivers ended pre-maturely, as a racing incident curtailed the feature day of SpeedJam’s Motorsport Festival in Trinidad and Tobago.
The three-day event at the Frankie Boodram Wallerfield International raceway was cut short after a competitor in the unlimited class (Estaban Jimenez) ran through a barrier and into the pit area, injuring two spectators.
A father-son duo from Trinidad who were injured, was stabilised and taken to hospital. According to organisers, they were later listed as stable.
Following that, the organisers were forced to call a halt to the event, owing to the fact that the medical personnel and ambulances had to escort the injured to the hospital.
In the earlier part of that race, the second of the two twenty-lap contests, Guyanese Mark Vieira (Mazda RX8) was in second position to the host’s Zachary Boodram (Lamborghini Hurcan) when the race was red flagged.
Vieira tried to carry the fight to Boodram but could not keep up with Trinidad’s latest high end race car acquisition.
In the earlier race, Vieira also picked up a second-place finish after holding off a strong challenge from the host’s Kristian Boodoosingh and his Honda Civic.
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