Postby AutoSport » December 11th, 2012, 10:23 pm
This will be posted elsewhere when we put up the EOY report...
So AutoSport ran a Championship in 8 Classes and completed each and every one, in the full series of 10 Events staged for 2012..
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Class 1A Champion Sponsored by Monster –
Mr. Ruddy Beekee1010 points - ran in 8 of the 10 - Honda Civic 1600 - placed 2nd once and 1st in the other 7 events
Aqeeb Ali second
Kendall Chai third
Class 1B Champion Sponsored by Monster
Stephen Hosein 960 points 6 First place finishes and 2 thirds - Honda Civic 1600 SiR
Neil Gopeesingh second
Leon O’Brien third
Class 2A Champion Sponsored by Parts Unlimited
Yazid Daryl Ali 980 points 6 1st, 1 2nd , 1 3rd Honda Civic SiR 1800
David Lyons second
Shalan Mack third
Class 2B Champion Sponsored by ERLS Caribbean Ltd.
Kirk Ho Hing 940 points 4 1st, 4 2nd, one 3rd VW Jetta TSI 1400
Christopher Kahadar second
Stephen Hosein third
Class 3A Champion Sponsored by Best Auto Ltd.
Devindra Nath Suzuki 1500 Turbo 910 points 4 1st , 3 2nd , 3 3rd
Saeed Mandal second
Dirk Bailey third
Class 3B Champion Sponsored by Auto Nation
Devon Bartholomew 830 points Toyota Supra 3000 2 1st, 3 2nd, 1 3rd
Roger Hutcheon second
Junior Partarpsingh third
Class 4A Champion Sponsored by Tuner Imports
Clive Sugden Subaru Sti 940 points 3 firsts, 5 seconds
Kevon Ramjohn second
Kiran Kumar third
Class 4B Champion Sponsored by Castrol
Alistair Rahamut Mitsubishi Lancer 760 points 1 1st, 2 2nd , 3 3rd
Barry Mykoo second
Khayam Ali third
AutoSport Racing recognized two young drivers who really stood out…..
The first one Stephen Hosein won his Class, then took over his father’s car in another Class and placed second, and at the end of the year his overall points placed him third – for his really successful year – and no small thanks to his main mechanic – father Trevy, and mother and team manager Sherry.
And the second young driver Kristian Boodoosingh - recognized as a Future Racing Champion. He checked in at our August Event, mere weeks after securing his Driver’s licence. We well remember his father approaching both AutoSport and CARS seeking to have him enter our Events in the past and we both politely said sorry, no licence, so sorry…
In that first event in August, he collared everybody in Class 4A, but made a fundamental mistake of red-lighting his first knockout run, and placed third. He missed the next event and then came back to Events #9 and #10, first place in 4A and fastest Car of the day in both Events – and everyone will remember the last event was a real challenge with the wet conditions – but he still managed to earn fastest car of the day - butttt, a mere .23 seconds ahead of that awesome Nissan R35….
AutoSport recognizes a real Future Racing Champion.
Sportsmanship Award 2012 Sponsored by AutoSport Racing Assoc.
Clive Sugden for those in the know, is one of the most respected Circuit Racers of the 80’s, took in some Solodex events, D&W in 2011.
He may not know it but around the drivers at ARA Events he is recognized as a gentleman, sportsman, as unselfish, and even though just passed age 60, still very much a respected driver. Earlier this year Clive was in the finals running against Kerry P. – and after the second run he recognized his brakes was spongy, soft – so he decided to give up the run and conceded to Kerry – he indicated afterwards that his brakes was leaking - his driving experience and desire NOT to win at all cost showed a true champion.
The ARA committee determined that the qualities seen in Clive Sugden, throughout the year were what we, and everyone involved in Motor Racing, should set out to emulate
2012 Overall Points Champion Sponsored by Classic Awards Ltd.
Ruddy Beekee with a total of 1,010 points – and he missed two events where he got zero points, so we could not deduct any points from him when he dropped his two lowest points!
He placed 2nd once and 1st in the other 7 events, and though running in Class 1A, still managed to record a fastest-car-of-the Day Award.
AutoSport had a tradition from its first EOY function in 1995, to the last one in 2006 of granting a special number to the Champion for the Year, and now continues that tradition by providing Ruddy Beekee, with the prestigious Number ONE, to carry for the year 2013.
