Motor Sports : A Jamaica Gleaner Blog

Call it test, call it tune – racing will be at Vernam’ on Sunday!

September 27th, 2012

Politics, for the erudite, is said to be the art of making (difficult) decisions despite conflicting interests. To the regular man on the street, Jamaican politics is devoid of reason and only serves the interest of a selfish few. So it is now culture-correct,

Drag Racing: Circuit racers will invade Vernamfield on Sunday!

September 26th, 2012

Years ago when I was a regular at Premiere League football matches, I found Waterhouse FC’s approach to the sport rather refreshing. In the days of the Hugh ‘Bingie’ Blair squad, football was more than a game. It was a sport, yes, but its

Formula 1: Vettel lights up Singapore!

September 23rd, 2012

F1 fans are not looking forward to the darkness at the end of the tunnel as the F1 season runs its course, so they will enjoy the remaining races thoroughly. It was Singapore’s time to shine and under the lights a gripping thriller was

Drag Racing: Back to school-Vernamfield reopens!

September 21st, 2012

There are numerous places or spots on planet Earth which have profound meaning and immeasurable significance to large groups of individuals. A justification for, at times, blind and inexplicable devotion to maintaining the ‘purity’ of the experience at the selected location is not necessary.

Drifting: The new AE86 at war (D1)!

September 18th, 2012

The jury is still wrestling with the facts, trying to determine if the new AE86 will easily claim the iconic status its predecessor did. One thing is certain, the enthusiasts have wasted no time and have flung the new AE86, engine first, into the

Drifting: The new AE86 is here in Jamaica!

September 7th, 2012

I was trapped in one of my typical unplanned journeys along one of the numerous one way roads in the downtown Kingston area, when I glimpsed a glowing-red machine, a few cars ahead. My trained eye initiated rapid data processing from my brain, to

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