Jamaica Gleaner

DOVER HEROES OF SPEED

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WHEN YOU go to the final race meet for the year at Dover on Monday, do not blink, or you will miss it. It is fully guaranteed to serve- up thrills, as no less than four Radicals – the new auto buzz word for purpose, built race cars – Kyle ‘Speedy’ Gregg and ‘King’ David Summerbell, will be picking up where they left off from the last meet, where Summerbell was forced to play second fiddle every time, whether because of lack of seat time or sheer bad luck.

Barbadian Mark Maloney had a purposebui­lt Radical car shipped in from England to Dover raceway. Word is that he will be having a lot to say as the two Jamaicans duke it out. There are also whispers that Doug Gore may hop into the driver’s seat, but nothing has been confirmed.

If that wasn’t enough, Jamaican-Guyanese Rugie Misir has also secured a Radical car of his own and wants to roll back the clock to a time when he growled like the top dogs.

“We took it out on the track last Sunday, and even with shaking off 22 years of rust on my part in a car that had been parked for a few years, we got in some very decent times,” Misir said.

GREGG WEIGHING HIS OPTIONS

Kyle Gregg says that with all the excitement of new cars on the track, he is not worried.

“I think the best competitio­n will still be Radical Independen­ce meet, Dover Raceway.

David. I’m not worried about the other two for sure. I know that David is getting more seat time in his car, which is going to be more of a challenge for me,” Gregg said.

He will have a lot on his mind, though, as the Thunderspo­rt Championsh­ip, as well as

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