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Following the recent International Drag Racing meet, the track at Wallerfield was reconfigured to circuit mode to host the Super Street Intermediate Racing Series’ second Track Day event of 2015. Bridging the gap between seasoned drivers of popular starter genres like Autocross and Drag and Winding and full-fledged circuit racers running in the professional leagues, the class couldn’t be a better-tasting callaloo of cars and drivers.Following a practice session, competition started with Time attack where drivers get 5 laps to prove who can be the fastest at single laps. The honours in SS1/SS2 combined, went to the green 1.8 Civic of budding circuit driver Heymant Singh son of legendary circuit driver Sylvan Singh and brother to Ravi Singh.The SS3 fastest lap time was set by the Mazda Miata of Chris Kadahar while the SS4 gauntlet was thrown in and set by the ever reliable and fast Evo V of Alister Rahamut.
Perhaps the best Circuit Race battle of the day was in SS3/SS4 Race 2, which was punctuated by intermittent showers and cool, turbo-friendly gusts. An exciting SS4 tussle between veteran Clive Sugden in his Subaru STI and the increasingly more experienced and talented Kristian ‘BoodooStig’ Boodoosingh in his Total-sponsored FD2 Civic Type R was brewing. The fight for position lasted for over five laps as they traded places twice per lap without trading paint, cleanly passing each other with thrilling braking duels in the chase for the fastest cornering lines and outright straight-line power. Meanwhile at the head of the pack with a comfortable lead that was rapidly diminishing near the race’s end, Allister Rahamut in his Maxxis-sponsored Evo V hung on secure top honours in the SS3/SS4 combined race. In the SS1/SS2 combined races, Liqui Moly-sponsored Neil Gopeesingh was the man to watch as he hustled his way through the field against the likes of Anil Mack, Uttam Jogie and Rajendra Singh.
The battles in the middle and at the back of the pack were also exciting to watch, as the fields are typically filled with all sorts of tuned street machinery– including a certain bovine Skyline that decided to take a grassy detour that ended up stopping the field. As with other racing meets, safety was a top priority with marshals, an ambulance and a technical inspection procedure in effect.
This meet’s format included a three-hour combined class practice session with 38 cars of all different classes taking to the track in groups of six cars. A few rookies also got the chance to learn the secrets of the circuit with tutoring from experienced drivers such as Steven Hosein, Brandon Steele and Kristian ‘BoodooStig’ Boodoosingh. Included in the mix were five Pro Circuit Cars and drivers who were out to get in valuable seat time. Five-lap time attack sessions were next, followed by four combined-class circuit races that lasted for eight challenging laps. This meet’s competition was also enhanced by a time-saving upgrade in the form of transponders for all competing cars, enabling automatic tabulation of the results and top times via a MyLaps-based system.
There was even an exhibition run that featured a pair of Porsche Cayman S sports cars and a few high-performance luxury machines led by multi-disciplined racer Ryan Peyrau.
Sponsors for the SuperStreet TrackDay #2 included Total Lubricants, Meguiar’s, VP Racing Fuels, Trinidad Brakes and Clutch, Liqui Moly, Blue Mountain Water, DRL Performance, AMD, Patrick Boodoosingh, Jagdeo Seecharan, TriniTuner.com and Zorce Magazine. Five competitive track days are planned for 2016, along with three dedicated training days, which will cover driver training, basic sponsorship management and basic fitness training.
Time Attack S1 and SS21. Hayment Singh Civic 1.8 - 50.253
2. Neil Gopeesingh Suzuki GTI 1.3 - 50.363
3. Uttam Jogie Peugeot 206 2.0 - 50.486
4. Steven Hosein Civic 1.6 - 50.871
5. Devendra Kahadar Civic 1.6 - 51.610
Time Attack : SS31.Chris Kahadar Mazda Miata 2.0 - 49.204
2. Sheldon Seepersadsingh Sylivia S13 2.0T - 49.409
3. Nirvan Y Maharaj Audi A4 1.8T - 50.095
4.Dario Jordan Lancer SR20 2.0T - 50.687
5. Akash Maharaj RX7 RB20 2.0T - 50.956
Time Attack : SS41. Alister Rahamut Evo V 2.0T - 46.637
2. kristian Boodoosingh Civic Type R FD 2.0 - 47.131
3. Nick Permanan Nissan GTR 35 3.8T - 47.508
4. Clive Sugden Subara Impreza STI 2.0T - 47.416
5. Aaron Achan Subara Impreza STI 2.0T - 49.034
Circuit Race #1 SS1 and SS21. Anil Mack Civic 1.8
2.Rajendra Singh Nissan Lucino 2.0
3. Uttam Jogie Peugeot 206 2.0
4.Neil Gopeesingh Suzuki GTI 1.3
5. Jairam Nanan Nissan Lucino 2.0
6.Steven Hosein Civic 1.6
7.Krishna Nanan AD Wagon 2.0
8.Devendra Kahadar Civic 1.6
9. Shiva Maharaj Civic 1.8
10.Terrence Rampersadsingh Suzuki Ignis 1.8
Circuit Race #2 SS3 and SS41. Alister Rahamut Evo V 2.0T
2.Clice Sugden Subaru STI 2.0T
3. Kristian Boodoosingh Civic Type R FD 2.0
4.Christopher Kahadar Mazda Miata 2.0
5.Jagdeo Seecharan Skyline R32 2.5T
6.Mayank Ramlakhan RX7 3RD Gen 13BT
7. Sheldon Seepersadsingh Sylvia S13 2.0T
8.Akash Maharaj RX7 RB20 2.0T
9. Nirvan Maharaj Audi A4 1.8T
10 Sara Partapsingh Evo VI 2.0T
11.Shane Allen Evo VII 2.0T
12.Dario Jordan Lancer SR20 2.0T
Circuit Race #3 SS1 and SS21.Neil Gopeesingh Suzuki GTI 1.3
2. Krishna Nanan AD Wagon 2.0
3. Rajendra Singh Nissan Lucino 2.0
4. Uttam Jogie Peugeot 206 2.0
5. Anil Mack Civic 1.8
6. Devendra Kahadar Civic 1.6
7. Jairam Nanan Nissan Lucino 2.0
8. Shiva Maharaj Civic 1.8
9. Terrence Rampersadsingh Suzuki Ignis 1.8
Circuit Race #4 SS3 and SS41. Alister Rahamut Evo V 2.0T
2. Kristian Boodoosingh Civic Type R FD 2.0
3. Clice Sugden Subaru STI 2.0T
4. Christopher Kahadar Mazda Miata 2.0
5. Akash Maharaj RX7 RB20 2.0T
6. Sara Partapsingh Evo VI 2.0T
Fastest lap of the day : Kristian Boodoosingh - 45.956 lap 7 Circuit Race #2 SS3 and SS4ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
http://www.trinituner.com/v3/2015/12/15 ... 4-12-2015/