Upcoming: Race of Championships
The Bermuda Motorcycle Racing Club will celebrate and honor past national champions this Sunday, October 23, 2011 at the Bermuda Motorsports Park, Southside St. David’s. The event gets underway at 1:00 PM and will be a special trophy race event in honor of club’s past national champions.
The riders being honored in the Race of Championships event are Kyle Pimental [December 27, 1984 - July 12, 2007], Marvin ‘Skinny Robinson’ [July 30, 1972 – May 6, 2007] and Toriano “The Animal” Wilson [February 26, 1994 - August 17, 2008].
Kyle, Marvin and Toriano all won national championships under the BMRC within the GP125 Class (2002), Superbike Class (2006) and GP80 Class (2005) respectively. Each rider has been honored with a memorial trophy presented annually to the winning rider within their respective classes in the annual event.
The coveted GP125 title is up for grabs as championship rivals Bruce Degrilla Jr. (2010 GP125 Champion) and rookie Jordan Fletcher head into the Race of Champions tied in points. Bruce has dominated the class all season long though missing a few races due to his athletic commitments in track & field. Jordan took his maiden victory in the classification on October 9th after a very consistent season to date.
The GP80 classification has been heated all season with rivals Jazari Caisey and Shae Darrell swapping wins throughout the year. Jazari holds a strong lead in the overall standings and has his sights on taking home the Toriano Wilson award in this weekend’s event.
Likewise in the Superbike classification Shannon Caisey (Jazari’s father) has dominated all year on his Yamaha R6 Supersport built machine. Rivals Cody Sousa-Saints and Paul Decouto will be looking to knock the current championship leader off his thrown and take home the Marvin ‘Skinny’ Robinson award.
In the BMRC’s development class Tamia Place has one hand on securing a second Mini Bike championship heading into the Race of Champions. Championship rival Coleridge Fubler has been gaining ground in the second half of the season reducing the gap to his rival to only 41 points.
Admission is $10 for Adults, while children 12 and under and seniors are free.
