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Remedial works to the Mainstay Airstrip, in Essequibo has forced the postponement of the county-wide drag racing weekend, initially scheduled for March 28-29.
According to a spokesman for the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC), the airstrip was badly in need of resurfacing.
“The airstrip, we were informed, had to be resurfaced and updated and it’s something we had been monitoring for some time. Following our last event there, we had begun noticing the potential for incidents to happen.”
As such, we welcome the repaving of the venue because in the grand scheme of things, we value safety above all other things when it comes to these events.”
Based on what we are hearing, there is a slim possibility that the works maybe finished before the scheduled date but we think that still holding the event might be cutting it close and we still do not want to take that chance and be forced to cancel closer to the date.”
The spokesman added that the club is also gearing itself towards a new standard of safer, more family friendly event and the upgrading of the Mainstay airstrip falls perfectly in line.
“We welcome the upgrade of the venue by the government of Guyana; it tells us that the government is interested in sport and making the commitment to developing sport.
Outside of that fact, we are also cognizant of the major infrastructure investments happening to decentralize sport, with the construction of several sporting venues across the country and we see this venue upgrade as one of those investments.”
“To the people of Essequibo, we are sad to announce this postponement as we know you’ve had it on your calendar that we were coming for that weekend but rest assured, a new date will be found.”
The Club will announce a new date for the event shortly.
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