Will Redford and Juan Diego Hernandez claimed the main victories at the GT Challenge de las Americas – Guyana Grand Prix, which attracted a significant turnout at the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday.
Redford won the opening GT Challenge race before Hernandez took the chequered flag in Race Two, bringing the day of action to a close.
Driving car number 42 in the GTS class, Redford completed 24 laps in 32 minutes, 1.276 seconds to win Race One. Hernandez finished 5.150 seconds behind in his GTS Turbo entry, while Luis Ramirez placed third overall, 11.604 seconds off the winning time.
Zachary Boodram was fourth, followed by Harry Foster, William Martin and Gustavo Ortega. Redford also recorded the fastest lap of the race at one minute, 18.267 seconds.
Redford’s performance gave him the GTS class victory ahead of Ramirez, with Boodram third. Hernandez was the GTS Turbo winner, while Foster topped the GTS Light class ahead of Martin and Guyana’s Calvin Ming.
Danny Harrison was the leading GTS Junior competitor in Race One, finishing ahead of David Carballeda and the combination of Sebastián Guerra and Alejandro Huerta. Alfredo Najri and Jimmy Llibre won the V8 class.
Hernandez returned to win Race Two after completing 20 laps in 31 minutes, 42.436 seconds. He was the only classified finisher in the GTS Turbo division.
Carlos Hernandez won the GTS class after completing 19 laps in 32 minutes, 33.218 seconds. Redford was second, 10.658 seconds behind, while Ortega placed third. Boodram and Betesh/Ramirez completed the top five in the class.
Ed Pead secured the GTS Light victory in 32 minutes, 14.689 seconds, finishing 14.243 seconds ahead of Ming. Dean Paquette and Mauricio Roque were third, one lap behind.
Carballeda won the GTS Junior class, with Harrison second and Guerra/Huerta third. Najri and Llibre again topped the V8 division.
Tommi Gore produced the fastest lap of Race Two at one minute, 14.295 seconds but did not finish after completing six laps. Martin, Foster and K.C. King were also among the drivers who did not finish.
The local categories also provided close competition throughout the day.
Paul Rivett won the opening Group Two race, completing six laps in 10 minutes, 26.971 seconds. Mohamed Shairaz Roshandin finished 6.349 seconds behind, while Neil Persaud was third. Jeremy Tenpow and Shan Seejatan rounded out the top five.
Seejatan reversed the result in the second Group Two race, winning in eight minutes, 59.204 seconds. Rivett finished second, 5.129 seconds behind, while Persaud again placed third. Tenpow was fourth and Damian Singh fifth.
Stefan Jeffrey swept the two Group Three races. He won the opener in nine minutes, 24.498 seconds, finishing ahead of Steven Nobrega and Afraz Allie.
Jeffrey completed his double in Race Two with a winning time of nine minutes, 53.381 seconds. Ganeshram Deokissoon was second, 11.604 seconds behind, while Rivett placed third.
In the opening Group Four two-wheel-drive race, Foster initially finished first in the Porsche 992 but was later disqualified for leaving the track and gaining a significant advantage.
The penalty promoted Ming to the official victory, with Pead moving into second and Harrison taking third. Mohan Rangasammy was elevated to fourth.
Foster rebounded to win the second Group Four race in eight minutes, 58.562 seconds. Pead followed 3.305 seconds behind, while Harrison finished third and Ming placed fourth.
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