Drag Challenge#1: An insolent EG!

Author : cmunroe

The following names appeared on a list. Johnson Kevin, Cowan Andie, Brown Antonio, Murray Xavia, Porter Dwayne, Grandison Eugene, Cummings Orville, Henry Oneil, Randle Adrian, Anderson Seymour, Galbraith Ian and Barker Robert.

Which list? The individuals identified were all persons of interest! Based on elapsed times, they were asked to report to NDRC’s ‘tree’ to facilitate the pursuit of speed! The above-mentioned individuals were qualifiers in the Nestle Supligen Pro Modified 11 class (the 11 second class).

On an ordinary day, if you are a drag racing aficionado and your ears are close to the streets, your eyebrows would remain undisturbed when your eyes conveyed the list of names to your school challenge quiz-prepared brain. But, Sunday March 29th exhibited characteristics which we would normally associate with a well known telecommunications giant – it was an Extraordinary day!

‘Spi’

Turbo-charged machines were the weapon of choice for the gladiators who wrestled for supremacy in the Pro Modified 11 class. In the rather recent past, the 11 seconds class was the stomping ground for a prominent St Catherine resident. The wide-grinning prankster, Noel ‘Spi’ Rhone, would slaughter any army with his home-grown, uncouth Starlet! Competitors would not readily admit, but it was evident that he was not a favored opponent – the result was inevitable – even when his son was behind the wheel!

I will not digress. So, it has been tested, proven, approved and accepted, that forced-feeding will deliver 11 seconds glory. On Sunday (29th), the status quo was ignored, protocol was absent and diplomacy abandoned! Was this as a result of that which destroys most healthy relationships – lack of communication? The evidence was not forthcoming.

Buried in the list of names, not visible to the denuded eyes, was a machine which can only be described as insolent!

The insolent machine was dressed in innocuous apparel. And, like a proficient ’3-card man’, the machine concealed reality from the opposition until it was too late. A trick which was executed flawlessly, repeatedly and the fans would show appreciation as its conniving driver returned to the pits with another defeated scalp and a stunning time-slip.

The machine was a vivacious beast, it was a speed-shifting extraterrestrial, it was a Stealth bomber cloaked in a Honda EG outfit! Like a leopard seeking dinner, it crept quietly and gave no indication of its murderous intent. The Pro Modified 11 machines were caught with their cylinders and turbos exposed! They had nowhere to run. They were cornered, caught and annihilated by a master tactician – Xavia Murray who wreaked havoc in the 11 seconds class with a naturally aspirated K series motor which was transplanted in Honda’s lady of the night – EG!

Exhibit 1.

Exhibit -2.

Biggie Bee is in disbelief.

If there was any doubt about the source of the speed……

Can you spot any concealed ‘steroids’?

The all-important time slip! (Tedroy Burton, ‘Puffy’ and the M.A.D. boss)

Xavia was eliminated in the semifinals. But – Machine!

Cecil Munroe Gleaner On-Line Writer

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