Despite the inclement weather, the thousands of fans who thronged the South Dakota Circuit were treated to a record-breaking day when the GMR&SC staged its international Drag Race meet on Sunday.
Team Mohamed reclaimed the strip’s quarter mile record on the rain-hit day that hampered most of the afternoon’s proceedings.
Team Mohamed’s Clint Satterfield piloting the Pro Mod reclaimed the quarter mile South Dakota circuit record by lowering it to 7.036 seconds on Sunday.
During the time trials which were held the previous day, Sheldon Bissessar clocked 7.208 seconds in the Spitzer Dragster to shatter the previous record of 7.501 seconds set by Team Mohamed’s white GT-R in March 2021.
The expected showdown between Trinidadian, Bissessar, and Satterfield did not occur due the track’s conditions after the downpour.
The decision not to have the race was justified after Trinidadian Kervin Ribeiro with his record-breaking 1JZ powered 2nd Generation RX-7, flipped just after changing gears.
Luckily, he was unhurt.
Speaking to reporters, Satterfield said he was excited to have accomplished the feat and was looking forward to the mega showdown but unfortunately, the rain made such a race unsafe.
The American stated that he is looking forward to returning to Guyana to dip below the seven-second mark.
