 Speed
Promotions Stock Car Racing at Wallerfield - 26th.
March 2000 By
Duane Boodasingh
Photography by Duane Boodasingh, Daren Dhoray and Rawle Francis
It rained,
and rained and rained - and to think we supposed to be in the dry
season. Well what yuh go do? - The races cant stop, cause we is
Trini and a little drizzle doh keep we home (yeah right!).
Well
for those of you who decided that the excessive rain that fell on
Sunday 26th March 2000 was too much to leave the comfort of your
homes, the crew at TriniTuner decided that come hell or highwater
(or flood on the mainroad) we were going to share some of the action
with you. We
tried to get as close to the action as possible but risking head
cold we managed to get a good bit of the races.
While
driving up to Wallerfield we heard that the events carded for that
day were postponed but we decided to check it out anyway. There
was a small crowd gathered when we got there, despite the rain.
Speedway and Speed Promotions head man Frankie Boodram had opted
to put on a show for the crowd and keep the official races for Sunday
9th. April 2000.
So the 15 or so modified B13 Sentras were lined up on the grid and
gave quite a show around the track - the drivers showing the skill
that they had on a very wet track.
Of the bigger guns that ran on Sunday, Peter Morris gave a grand
show in his Evo4, shooting past the pack from off the grid and maintaining
that lead for the rest of the race - with the Flying Dutchman in
the orange Escort closely on his tail. We hope to bring you some
video and some pics of that event soon.
But
in the mean time check out what we saw down at Wallerfield...
Start of
the stack car racing with the B13 Sentras |
The Sentras
holding the corners |
At the grid
waiting on the flag man |
All identical
cars - test of driving skills |
Comin down
the home stretch |
Shelterin
from the rain tryin to keep warm |
Prentice
Ali in the 1000cc March waitin on the grid ready to go |
More spectators
shelterin from the rain |
this Corolla
lost it for a while but the driver pulled through |
Spectators
look on - (and hide from the camera) |
Franklin
does some explainin on the Speedway Civic |
Legend David
Vizard gears up in the B13 Sentra |
A closer
look at the Civic Vtech Monster
|
Speedway's
civic gave a good show all around the track |
The Flying
Dutchman |
Drivers start
your engines |
Far end of
the track |
Austin /
Ford legend David Vizard talks about his run |
Remember
Sunday 9th. April 2000 -
Speed Promotions Stock Car Racing -
The
TriniTuner Crew will be down there
to catch even more of the action - so stay posted.
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