DAVID Summerbell Jnr, driving his Mitsubishi Evolution 2200, dominated the first of three Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) meet at Dover on Monday.

Summerbell Jnr, after doing the fastest qualifying lap on Sunday, dominated Monday’s meet. He started ahead of the pack and was passed by Mark Maloney from Barbados driving 1978 Mazda RX3.

However, with two laps to go, Summerbell Jnr regained the lead and went on to win ahead of Maloney and Kevin Jeffrey of Guyana.

Maloney was disappointed: “I had a good ride; it was a good race. coming out of that corner David got the better of me as I had low voltage on the shift and powered away. This sets the stage for the next two races,” Maloney said.

Summerbell Jnr was elated: “It was exciting and I’m glad how it came out. The car ran well, the guys did a good job and I drove well. It was a good race and I’m looking forward to the rest.”

In the competitive second Caribbean series race, Maloney crashed going into the Pepsi corner and later on, Gary Williams’ car caught fire leading to the same corner and he had to hurriedly get out.

Williams said: “I was driving, I don’t know what happened, I just saw the fire around my legs and the car lost power, and I said, ‘I have to get out of this quickly’, so I stopped. Something is gone wrong with the car but I don’t know what it is,” he said.

Summerbell Jnr went on to win the event, followed by Doug Gore and Peter Rae. The Observer understand that the Barbados team may lodge a protest over this race.

In the third race, Summerbell Jnr dominated from start to finish and at one stage opened up a 150-metre lead over his rivals in the fifth lap as he went on to win comfortably.

Summerbell Jnr was pleased with his overall performance.

“We had a great team; they did well and got the car going and I’m looking forward as a team going to Barbados. We wanted this lead to go into the championship.”

Kevin Graham, who broke the motorcycle track record of 1 minute 22.935 seconds, won the two races he participated in. “The track is good and I kept going faster and faster every time I got out and I feel good. I’m glad for the Jamaican fans.” Kevin was born in Canada but lives in Guyana and rides for them.

Other motorcar winners on the day included Keith Causwell in his 1997 Mitsubishi Mirage 2000 in the Improved Production 33.

Summerbell Jnr also won the Modified Production class 3, 2 and 1 races, but lost the Thunder Sport and Modified Production class 3 event to Rae in the final race of the day as Rae passed him on the Pepsi corner, but Summerbell last bit was not good enough and he was piped in an exciting finish.

Dean Corrodus was pleased with the day’s activities: “The races were good and David Summerbell did well for Jamaica, also the teams from Guyana and Barbodos as we look forward to the rest of the Caribbean series.

“The local series races were good and we look forward to the other races in 2010. This is good for motor-racing in Jamaica. Our local riders did well using the street bikes that were competing against race bikes.

“They (motor bikes) need sponsorship to compete against these other motor race bikes,” he added.