The organising committee of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) has reached an unanimous agreement over the running - and the results - of the third CMRC race staged at Bushy Park in Barbados on Sunday, August 28. The results of the race will not be declared official, while the previous majority decision to re-run the race has been overturned.

 

The Williams Digicel International Race Meet was run in challenging conditions, following heavy rain over a period of days; Saturday qualifying was abandoned and, after further delays during Sunday's programme, the final CMRC race was run as light was fading.

The CMRC is jointly administered by the circuit racing Clubs of the three host countries: the Barbados Auto Racing League (BARL), the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) and the Jamaica Race Driver's Club (JRDC). The clubs nominate a CMRC representative for each leg, with the Chairmanship of the committee rotating: in Barbados last month, the committee comprised Mahendra Boodhoo (Guyana, Chairman), Hilary Jardine (Jamaica) and Kurt Seabra (Barbados).

Over the past three weeks, each Club's committee has met to discuss the events of Bushy Park, also the initial majority decision by Barbados and Guyana that the results of the race be declared null and void and the race re-run prior to the qualifying session for the final round of the CMRC at the South Dakota racetrack in Guyana on Saturday, November 12.

After further consultation between the CMRC representatives of the three countries and other Championship stakeholders, also an analysis of the number of competitors likely to start the proposed re-run, the original plan has been modified. The joint statement, endorsed by all three countries, reads:

"After further lengthy discussions, there is now unanimous agreement between the three CMRC representatives to void the results of the Bushy Park race and to abandon the idea of a re-run. In our many exchanges, a sustainable future for the CMRC has emerged as the most important aim of all concerned; concessions have been made on all sides, which will hopefully create a fitting climax to this year's Championship and enable us to move forward, free from the shadow of politicking.

"Had the race three results from Bushy Park been made official, Barbados would have arrived in Guyana with a 51-point lead in the Country Championship over Jamaica, which originally wanted those results to stand; with the results voided, the advantage is cut to 38, a much-reduced target for Jamaica to chase.

"Guyana has lost the proposed extra race, which would have given added hype to their meeting, but it had become clear that not all the key players from the Bushy Park grid would be participating, which would have simply made a bad situation worse. Everyone is now applying their energies to ensuring that spectators in Guyana are treated to the festival of first-class motor sport they deserve."

Positions after two rounds

Driver

1 David Summerbell Jnr (JAM) 44

2 Mark Maloney (BAR) 31

3 Roger Mayers (BAR) 20

4 Doug Maloney (BAR) 20

5 Stuart Williams (BAR) 19

6 Paul Vieira (GUY) 16

7 Barry Mayers (BAR) 12

8 Chris Campbell (JAM) 7

9 Peter Rae (JAM) 7

10 George Bayley (JAM) 5

11 Andrew King (GUY) 5

12 Ryon Gayadin (GUY) 5

13 Andre Anderson (JAM) 3

14 Mark Vieira (GUY) 1

Country

1 Barbados 102

2 Jamaica 64

3 Guyana 27