AutoSport Promotions Drags 2000 - for 2nd & 3rd December 2000

Article by Nebert Marin
Photography by Duane Boodasingh, Daren Dhoray and Nebert Marin
Special thanks to Roger Mohammed and SRF Auto

Y2K! - At the end of 1999 we all waited in anticipation for the year 2000. Fears about the so-called Y2K bug caused many to hold their breaths over concerns over the unknown. At the end of it all, not one single report of an automotive electronic computer failure. Furthermore, not one computer glitch or banking error to complain about.

This year saw great leaps and bounds for turbo charged engine tuning with widespread use of laptops for tuning and fine tuning race engines. Technical innovations by themselves are not without their own bugs, as was the case with the new Starlite Drugs turbo charged civic.

Looking back, you all remember the SKF/Tweety battles that fueled intense competition between the two. Battles that also kept our attention included the Sherrif/RugDoctor/Greenday toss up. In the 16-second category we saw the debut of ShelShok and his SiR Civic doing battle with Erica Dinnoo in her Castrol sponsored Starlet. Colin Ablack stepped back into the arena with his Camaro as a wild card to the SKF/Tweety battle. The Showtime rail had a major facelift and performed as well as it looked clocking a blistering 8.93secs, as it shot past Tweety Two. This would tie them with SKF's amazing run with Tweety at the last meet clocking a similar time. However SKF did make an official run of a faster 8.92secs prior. It was a good year for racing and a great year for race fans.

The last drag meet for the year was not a disappointment. The one ironic surprise is that even with all the technological innovations in motor sports this year, the cars that dominated the final event were mostly Ford's, which took wins in 4 of the 7 categories, and placing second in one. Imagine that!

TriniTuner.com took an active part in T&T's motor sport, going as far away as Martinique to cover events. The TriniTuner 120Y challenged all comers as did the EVO IV, which surprised everyone with its victories against its bigger brothers, the EVO VI. TriniTuner took the initiative to start an online automotive forum. We brought out the first of many T-shirts when we introduced TriniTuner Gear. This year, we have reported on 45 events and brought you feature articles on both tweaked and showroom rides. Not forgetting that we received international recognition when we were featured in the year end issue of Sport Compact Car Magazine. We've gone all out just for you and we've enjoyed every minute of it - next year will bring more of the same, except it will be bigger and better, with more bang for your buck. We will be adding many more features and more ways for you to win prizes and even cash. So stay Tuned In and Turned On in 2001. The biggest unanswered question for 2000 still remains: "Who is Uncle Bob?"

Last Sunday the motor sports fans in heaven saw to it that there was no rain so that the event went ahead with out any down pour. Race fans turned out in the thousands to witness what promised to be a day full of action. This is what we saw.