Mcconnell ends on

JAMAICA’S racing calendar has come to a screeching halt due to COVID19. But race car driver Fraser Mcconnell believes rally could be first off the mark given its ‘socially distant’ nature.

“The rallies are very spread out.

Spectators can do social distance spectating on the stage itself. There are a lot of kilometres per stage, which will allow spectators to spread out.

I don’t see why this won’t be able to take place,” Mcconnell, 22, told

Jamaica Observer’s weekly Auto magazine yesterday.

As for circuit racing, he feels that would be more challenging to pull off.

“When Dover [Raceway] is packed with 20,000 it’s hard to keep those people separated. It’s a nice atmosphere when it’s packed with 20,000 people but I don’t think it will happen any time soon,” he said.

“Racing is a spectator sport and once we can wrap our heads around making spectators the priority, then the racing will be able to come back. And the only way for that to come back is livestreaming. If the racing committees can find the budget to come with a livesteam system or something to that effect, then the racing can come back,” he continued.

Mcconnell is currently back in Jamaica after establishing himself as a serious contender in the 2020 Rallyx Nordic Supercar Championship held in Denmark, on August 7-8.

He overcame a broken driveshaft to complete his debut year in the supercar class by securing his first podium finish to claim second overall in the championship.

“Well, the season started off with just being a one-off event. Just getting in the supercar for the first time ever in July and that was meant to get some experience and see what the supercar is just like. And then we came off that with decent points in the championship