Valvoline-Sponsored Autosport Promotions' latest event in its Drag and Winding/Time Attack series has pioneered the blending of Solodex/Time Attack Racing with Drag Racing. Essentially it is drag racing with corners. For this meet a mirrored course was run for left and right lanes, encouraging drivers to try both courses to settle their scores while keeping tire wear relatively even. Basic GT1, GT2, GT3 and GT4 groupings were developed for this fun event, with GT4 being the closest to unlimited. A few special guests like his worship the Mayor of Arima Ghassan Youseph, FIA representative Selwyn 'Bunny' Persad and IHRA Top Dragster World Record holder Sheldon Bissessar also came out to observe enjoy the exhibition races.
The action was fast-paced, with highly interesting battles all day long and for this meet the scoreboards were installed showing the spectators each driver's reaction time and overall course time. In the end, the top time of the day would go to the 560whp Mine's R35 GTR, driven by Shiv S. in the GT4 Category to the tune of 47 seconds flat. Interestingly enough, the second fastest time of the day, 47.6s was set by a 315whp EvoX FQ360 GT3 classed-car driven by Sean Shairsingh. Other notable entries included Peter Morris in his 800hp Cobra, Devi Nath in his turbocharged Suzuki Swift and Kirk Ho Hing sharing the ex-Tom Miller racecar with Brandon Steele and Venus Miller. Valvoline's Rx7 racecar driven by Tanko Baboolal was only able to make a few slow display passes having busted an oil line but will be back in full force for next event. The evening came to a close with a dramatic drifting display by the DWO crew and prizegiving ceremony with prizes and hampers courtesy Valvoline High Performance Lubricants and their lovely Valvoline girls. Results to be added soon, stay tuned.
