Motor Sports : A Jamaica Gleaner Blog

A TRACK-WORTHY MACHINE!

January 27th, 2016

I was navigating through information on one of my favorite websites – speedhunters.com – and I could not help but notice that there was a story ‘bigging up’ Ford for the ‘cool’ machines it was responsible for releasing to petrol-heads in recent time. The

RALLYSPORT: AIRBORNE AT THE MONTE!

January 27th, 2016

There is no known cure or vaccine for Zik-V, but life goes on. We embrace any hurdle life hurls our way, grab a gear, bury the throttle and brace for torque’s impact! WRC drivers had their first wrestle with the infinite, but unique challenges

RALLYSPORT: OGIER STRIKES AGAIN!

January 25th, 2016

He is being hailed as the Monte-Master. He has joined an exclusive club, sitting next to legends including Makinen and Loeb. I heard a statistic being flung around suggesting that the driver/team that has won the Monte has gone on to win the World

RALLYSPORT: WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 – OVER BEFORE IT BEGINS?

January 22nd, 2016

I will always maintain that the drivers who occupy seats in WRC machines exist in an elite league. This is a league in which a driver/competitor, silently extracts his brain, leaves it in the motorhome and then jumps into his WRC machine. It requires

DRIFTING: MAD MIKE KEEPS MAZDA ALIVE!

January 21st, 2016

A turtle dies and Vietnam mourns. Long ago we had nine planets, then they demoted Pluto. Now we are told, we might be back at nine! The world as we know it will continue to be an interesting place – never a dull moment! The

Race Car of the Year!

December 31st, 2015

Culture is the way of life of a people and if not understood, misinterpretations float like buoyant clouds. I stepped in the wholesale. The rotund lady ordered a quarter pound of salted fish – an ordinary request. Then she threw in the complicated aspect.

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