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Rally Trinidad 2013 Day 2
Posted By: Duane 3NE 2NR
23/03/13
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Tags:2013, barbados, Ford Focus, Group N, Hasley Crawford, Jamaica, National Stadium, Rally, Rally Trinidad 2013, trinidad, WRC
Categories: Event Coverage, Rally
The High Speed Stages began at 9:00am and the event began with 25 competitors, missing Dean Serrao and Colin Khan. The tough conditions of the high intensity stages did not deter the teams and they rallied on through the up and downs , sharp corners and dusty straights Bronte and Cedar Hill are notorious for. The WRC cars were back and forth trading times with John Powell and James Betts not too far behind. Casualties of Day 2 were : Peter Morris (electrical fire), Gobin Mahadeo (turbo failure/fire), Colin Khan (engine), Devendra Nath (engine) and Prentice Ali (double crash).
Full StoryRally Trinidad 2013 Day 1
Posted By: Duane 3NE 2NR22/03/13No Comments;
Tags:2013, barbados, Ford Focus, Group N, Hasley Crawford, Jamaica, National Stadium, Rally, Rally Trinidad 2013, trinidad, WRCCategories: Event Coverage, Rally
TTRC kicked off its premiere event, Rally Trinidad 2013 last Friday in the Hasley Crawford Stadium. This year the stadium was set up a bit differently from previous years. The competitors showed their skills when going through the new layout with lots of sideways action with the sounds of screeching tyres and anti lag, providing many opportunities for the media to get some fantastic shots.
Full StoryTTKA Karting #2 2013
Posted By: Duane 3NE 2NR10/03/13No Comments;
Tags:100cc, 2013, ARC, Cadet, Cart, go cart, go-kart, Kart, Kart Racing, Karting, mini max, Rotax, trinidad, ttkaCategories: Event Coverage, Karting
The 2013 Championship series continued on Sunday 10th March as the Trinidad and Tobago Karting Association hosted their second event of the year. Qualifying for pole positions started things off and with times fractions of seconds apart, each class promised an action packed day.
Full StoryDrag and Wind #2 2013
Posted By: Gerrard Wilson03/03/13No Comments;
Tags:2013, ARC, AutoSport, Drag and Wind, Time attackCategories: Drag Racing, Event Coverage, Time attack
AutoSport Racing continued in its tradition of hosting another motor sport Event that many considered one of the best in the Drag and Wind(ing) series, at what must now be considered the prime home of Motor Sport in T&T today – the Car Park of the Arima Race Club. Unbelievable but true in this country, and one many consider the richest in the English-Speaking Caribbean!
Full StoryTTKA Kart Racing #1 2013
Posted By: Karen Pinheiro17/02/13No Comments;
Tags:100cc, 2013, ARC, Cadet, Cart, go cart, go-kart, Kart, Kart Racing, Karting, mini max, Rotax, trinidad, ttkaCategories: Event Coverage, Karting
Karting action kicked off on Sunday 17th February to signal the start of the 2013 Karting Season. In the most exciting set of heats for the day, the Rotax International class started off with newcomers Aaron Ramsey (#43) in his first ever Karting race. Moving up from 100 CC class to a more competitive arena we have the likes of newcomers Che Carrington (#175) and Shane Pinheiro (#29). Marc Gill (#8) also joined the Rotax International class for the 2013 season. Dominating the first race of the season we had Che Carrington blasting off and improving his time with every lap of the 10 lap heat. There was no stopping Che as he continued to show dominance in the race.
Full StoryDrag & Wind #1 2013
Posted By: Rawle Mahabir27/01/13No Comments;
Categories: Drag Racing, Event Coverage, Time attack
ARA (AutoSport Racing Association) has successfully completed its first D&W Event (and the first MotorSport Event in T&T) for 2013, with a fairly large turnout of spectators with over 60 competitors despite being on the same day as Panorama semifinals.
Full StoryRally Jamaica 2012
Posted By: Nicholas Dumplin Bhajan02/12/12No Comments;
Tags:2012, Barry McKenzie, Bog Walk, Jamaica, Jeffery Panton, john powell, Rally, Ryan PeyrauCategories: Event Coverage, Rally
Jamaicans Jeffrey Panton along with co-driver Mike Fennel in their “Panton Motorsport” Ford Focus WRC returned the 1st place trophy to the host nation for Rally Jamaica 2012! 2011 winner John Powell and co-driver Nick Telfer, flying the T&T flag on their Subaru Impreza S14 WRC were unable to return the top award to Trinidad & Tobago this year.
Full Story5-Team Trini contingent head to Rally Jamaica 2012
Posted By: Robert Cadiz26/11/12No Comments;
Tags:2012, Jamaica, Kingston, Rally Jamaica, TTRC, WRCCategories: Event Coverage, Rally
5 T&T crews are heading to compete at Rally Jamaica 2012 this weekend. The Jamaican leg of the “Caribbean Rally Championship” is a very similar format to Trinidad with 4-6 different stages being run over Saturday and Sunday, and a tarmac super special in Kingston to close off the Rally. The local boys should be at home with the surface and once they finish they should place well.
Full StoryTTKA Karting Finals 2012 at Brian Lara Stadium
Posted By: Duane 3NE 2NR18/11/12No Comments;
Tags:2012, Brian Lara Stadium, go-kart, Kart, Karting, ttkaCategories: Event Coverage, Karting
The final event was held at the Brian Lara Stadium Taruba and the course laid out was a fast flowing sequences of fast left handed corners into even faster right handed corners. Bridgette Singh put in a masterful drive to clinch the 2012 TTKA Rotax International Championship. It was a tough battle for the entire season and she had to fight off her male counter parts, the closest competitor being Kristian Boodoosingh.
Full StoryPowell and Fennell look to WRC 2013!
Posted By: Duane 3NE 2NR11/11/12No Comments;
Tags:2012, 2013, Catalunya, john powell, Mike Fenn, WRC, WRC SpainCategories: Event Coverage, Rally
After getting their proverbial feet wet in the World Rally Championship level just a couple of days ago with Rally de Espana 2012, John Powell and co-driver Mike Fennel may have to actually drive in ice come next year at WRC Rally Sweden with FORD M-Sport. According to T&T`s Powell, you may have to mark February 7-10, 2013 on the calendar as he heads to Sweden with FORD M-Sport.
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