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Sheldon Bissessar has been featured on 7 pages of the International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) Drag Racing Magazine. Sheldon has both the elapsed time world record and the speed world record for Top Dragster making this 2 world records for Trinidad and Tobago.
Check out the parts of the coverage HERE in a pdf download.
Feb 22nd 2010
SpeedTech Motorsports (STM) Project DS9 Claims fastest Evo (IV-IX) World Record – 8.420 @ 167.6 MPH!
After being let down by a damp track at the '4 & Rotary Nationals' last month, Dave Stock (owner and driver) and the STM crew were eager to get the car back to Masterton Motorplex for the Central Nationals this weekend. The weather gods were kind to us, with hot temperatures and not a cloud to be seen.
The Trinidad Rocket Sheldon Bissessar starts 2010 setting more drag racing records!
Palm Beach International Raceway, Florida -
Sheldon's first qualifying pass of the day was a prelude to an amazing night at the Nitro Jam IHRA event at the Palm Beach Raceway. With a run of [email protected] he set the stage for a new IHRA Top Dragster World Record.
He later backed up this record officially in the 3rd round of qualifying, after an amazing transmission rebuild which was finished with only minutes to spare. After some fast pit work by Crew Chief Aaron Sipple and support from racers Eddie Careccia and a most generous sportsman, Larry Clarke who let the team use parts from his spare transmission, Sheldon posted a time [email protected] This made the new IHRA World record official.
Later on the same night, Sheldon ran the 1st round of eliminations, with a rocking pass of This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. lowering the World Record even further! Sheldon Bissessar's record is not a simple one as in fact he broke the Top Dragster track record, posted the fastest ever MPH, qualified number one and advanced into the Elite 8.
The following night Bissessar wowed the sold-out stands with consistent five-second passes to advance to the finals against Edward "Fast Eddie" Careccia. Careccia, in an effort to take every extra millisecond tripped the lights early as Bissessar rocketed through a [email protected] run to take the win and the Elite 8 trophy! IHRA officials were definitely taking notice of the outlaw-looking machine and its consistent pilot and even the President of IHRA himself, Aaron Polburn came down to have a word with Sheldon, expressing his congratulations and inviting him to race with the IHRA again throughout the coming year.
Wolfsburg/Ellmau, January 2010. The new Golf R is here.
Designed by Volkswagen Individual, the all-wheel drive Golf R is the flagship of the model series, placed above the popular 2WD Golf GTi. At 199 kW/270 PS it is the most powerful version of the Golf ever made. Shifting can be done manually or with the optional DSG double clutch gearbox. It is equipped with standard Bi-Xenon headlights, LED daytime running lights and LED rear lights.
