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Formula 1: Will Red Bull fly away from the flock this weekend?

June 19th, 2014

What do you expect your drivers and race-team to do when they are competing on the track that you own? Win! Duh! Dietrich Mateschitz is no average Joe. The Austrian is a permanent fixture on the Forbes List and his Red Bull empire has more reach than the FBI! It is common knowledge, to even [...]

MotoGP: Marquez the magnificent!

June 15th, 2014

24 Hours of Le Mans Porsche is still the King at Le Mans with 16 overall wins, but their return to the greatest race on Earth in 2014 ignored their past achievements. Porsche’s pride was not scarred by the 2014 effort. Porsche rode the unexpected horse and was in the driver’s seat – P1 – [...]

Dover Drift Invasion – The Verdict?

May 31st, 2014

I am a firm believer in the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC). The series brings the biggest, baddest and most ferocious machines in the Caribbean, together, on three different race-tracks, in three different Caribbean countries. Each country that competes in the Championship will obviously hold the view that their machines are like ATL -Unbeatable! But, [...]

Circuit Racing: Drift Invasion in HD!

May 30th, 2014

Progress is often met with vociferous objection, but courageous and driven leaders never have a difficulty focusing on the task at hand. I was an advocate of drifting being included in the circuit racing program, so, I will agree that I do not preach from a neutral pulpit. Inorder to honor the true democratic tradition, [...]

Circuit Racing: I am David Summerbell Jr!

May 28th, 2014

I am a proud product of the Caribbean. I am from a culture where we make maximum use of the nothing that we have. Thankfully, the Jamaican experience I dived in while growing up in a rural setting, has served me well and it has forced me to appreciate that we all have a role [...]

Drifters steal the show at Dover!

May 27th, 2014

Blame it on ignorance or lack of exposure, but, the name Mercedes does not bring to the fore, the same sport-car, supercar, ridiculously-fast, fun to the nth degree image, that another race-proven marque, for example, Ferrari, Corvette and company would. Today, fortunately, we reside in a village which has benefitted from the tentacles of globalization [...]

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