KEVIN GRIFFITH wrote his name in local drag racing history books as dragsters disposed of the GoodYear Tyres/Courtesy Car Rentals/Tropical Battery Drag Warz 1 organised by the Barbados Association of Dragsters and Drifters (BADD) at Bushy Park last Sunday.
Driving a turbocharged Suzuki Swift, Griffith was all business from the free practice and qualifying as he posted a new record for front-wheel drive cars of 8.226 seconds over the 1/8 of a mile strip, erasing the old mark of 8.561 seconds set by Shawn “Shortman” Eversley last year, driving a similar machine.
During qualifying he had gotten past David “Bally” Balgobin in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, while in the head-to-head clashes went past Pedehel Williams before turning in his record run in the 8-8.5 seconds category.
Another driver catching the eye was Robert Bishop at the wheel of a well prepared Mitsubishi Lancer Evo V who returned the day’s fastest time for the 1/8 of a mile strip of 6.827 seconds. (TT)
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