Motor Sports : A Jamaica Gleaner Blog

CIRCUIT RACING : RACE OF THE YEAR – ANDRE ANDERSON IS #1!

December 14th, 2018

Virgin Galactic is now on an outer space level. After 14 years, Sir Richard Branson and his team accomplished a moonstone (milestone). One of his toys successfully blasted into space. His rocket-powered jet kissed the Earth’s outer limits, soaring 80 km above the Earth’s

RALLY JAMAICA NEEDS A CASE OF RED BULL!

December 12th, 2018

As I had promised, I passed through Rally Jamaica 2018. I was not disappointed. I saw what I expected to see. Gone are the days, as I lamented in an earlier blog, when Rally Jamaica was a spectacle, a highly anticipated occasion, an epic

WHY WE RACE – ANDREW ‘THE UNDERTAKER’ DELAPENHA

December 7th, 2018

So a 2014 Ferrari La Ferrari was sold recently, at an auction, for US 2.9 million! I refuse to comment! I appreciate the value of the typed word. But, I am also an advocate of less is more. A firm advocate. Feelings are difficult to

RALLY JAMAICA – A LETHARGIC AND PAINFUL DEATH?

November 30th, 2018

MANNING CUP Kingston College was always the better team. That was obvious on paper and all the analysts agreed. But, we all know that the game is not played on paper. STGC began like a canon on a 15th century battlefield! The goal eventually came -

MOTOGP IN TURMOIL!

November 28th, 2018

Jorge Lorenzo is a five times world champion. He is as smooth as a mirror and victory is his friend. Jorge Lorenzo is not known to shrug and run when a significant challenge appears. At Yamaha, his team mate was the global superstar, Valentino

LEWIS HAMILTON SERVING DONUTS?

November 27th, 2018

So, a tyre was being changed on an AD wagon. The owner/driver had reason to lift the hatch. A neat mini-fan, pointing forward, was tucked in the upper right corner, before the door. Somehow, my eyes followed a path to the front of the vehicle.

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