The highly-anticipated Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) international drag racing event, dubbed Drag Wars 3 has been announced for August 3-4.
The Club earlier this week announced to competitors that the event will see ‘dial-in’ (qualifying) done on Saturday and strictly knockout runs on Sunday.
According to the Club, Saturday, August 3 will be used as the qualifying day for all competitors with the slower class of cars (16-12 seconds) getting things started from 10:00h to 13:00h.
Following that, the faster machines (11 seconds to unlimited) will have their moment in the sun.
Shortened strip
Meanwhile, at a recent competitor briefing, the decision was taken to shorten the racing distance from the full quarter mile (1320ft) to 1000ft, owing to ongoing upgrades at the track.
The GMR&SC was hoping to complete a new, flat surface for drag racing running in the opposite direction, but inclement weather has stalled any further progress in that regard.
The South Dakota Circuit will come alive on August 4 for Drag Wars 3
According to the Club, the area under construction poses no imminent threat to drag racing, but essentially means that the braking distance of the cars after the quarter mile has been shortened by close to 600ft.
This means that the faster cars under normal circumstances would be able to stop before the construction area, but any malfunction in equipment (parachute or brakes) would mean that buffer zone to stop before the area under construction would be reduced.
International competition
Meanwhile, the Club has also confirmed that it was in the process of garnering international competition for the locals, with a Trinidadian team already en-route to Guyana.
The team will be led by Sheldon Bissessar and his railcar along with returning crowd favourite “The Fish Van”.
Suriname have also indicated that a team would be there to represent their interests on a weekend where more than 100 competitors are expected to be on show.
The GMR&SC had reached out to Barbados which had confirmed participation. However, when Hurricane Beryl hit the island, those competitors were not able to do any work to their cars and thus missed the shipping date.
Tickets for the August event are set at $3000 for adults and $2000 for kids, and will be pre-sold from next week.
Patrons desirous of entering the venue on the day are asked to use the airport route.
After the event, spectators will be allowed to meet and greet the drivers.
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