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DRAG RACING CHALLENGE#3 – BEWARE OF THE RED SUPRA!

July 22nd, 2016

The Supligen Drag Racing Challenge series needs no introduction. Two scrumptious Rounds have sped by and like sharks after sniffing blood, fans are jostling, in impatient anticipation, to be the first to take a bite of what is on offer on Sunday at Vernamfield in solar-powered Clarendon! On Sunday, July 24th, speed will take center [...]

DRAG RACING CHALLENGE #2 – REVISITED – TWO SIGNIFICANT EVENTS! PART 2

July 13th, 2016

The lights on the ‘tree’ did their colorful dance and the vessels of speed departed with unreasonable haste! We blinked, time disappeared. The green light and the announcer conveyed the victor’s information. ‘Lizard’ won the Maggi 10 class but something far removed from logic was in occurrence on the ‘Damage’ side of the grid. Where [...]

DRAG RACING CHALLENGE #2 – REVISITED – TWO SIGNIFICANT EVENTS! PART 1

July 13th, 2016

Today’s riddle – What happened when the German race-engineer and the environmental scientist collided in the lobby of the Waldorf Astoria? It would be classified as dereliction of duty if 2 rather significant events which appeared at Vernamfield at Drag Racing Challenge #2 were not highlighted. Biologists/scientists, I am certain, will be able to establish [...]

F1: STALK AND SLAUGHTER! (AUSTRIAN GP)

July 5th, 2016

The race began when Vettel’s right-rear tyre exploded. The detailed analysis does not apply here. Ferrari thought they had a strategy figured out but the tyres had a different, well-conceived plan – we do not do marathons! The right-rear severed ties, Vettel was not amused. If this was a dissection I would decipher how Hamilton [...]

CIRCUIT RACING: BARBADOS FESTIVAL OF SPEED!

July 1st, 2016

There is no need to reinvent the wheel. But, sometimes we need to see as many wheels as possible before we accept that we can use what works! Jamaica is still an island laden with possibilities but we still have not learnt how to make optimum use of that which is available. We are not [...]

MERCEDES INVADES RED BULL TERRITORY – AUSTRIAN GP!

June 30th, 2016

In cricket it is well known and possibly accepted that teams prepare pitches to suit their specific needs. In F1 the rules are so designed to emasculate the strong and ensure that the feeble are in with a fighting chance. As such F1 will jog the extra mile to ensure that no advantage is gained [...]

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