CSRO's 2022 June, CSMC Round #3 Recap...

On the 19th of June, competitors took to the streets of California in the third round of our 2022 June Caribbean Single Make Championship at the Long Beach Street Circuit. Qualifying was tricky on the tight streets of Cali as they navigated the course but first on the charts was, once again, Trinidadian Dominic Charles with a stonking 1:20.363 and just six laps under his belt to do so. Very closely behind and back again after missing round number two of the series was Jamaican Kurt Moss with a 1:20.627 to drop a deficit of just .264 of a second within eight laps of running for the fifteen minutes qualifying session. On the second row was another Jamaican in the name of Michael Paisley who managed a staggering 1:21.121, just some .758 seconds shy of his countryman Kurt Moss in second. The fourth position saw Trinidadian Mikhail Charles alongside Michael Paisley with a time of 1:21.687. And then to close off our top five we saw Jamaican, Donmaur Scott putting in a time of 1:21.733.

See the full Qualifying Session Results below:

Qualifying Session Results for 2022 June, Caribbean Single Make Championship Round #3

The race began as you'd expect, with chaos but this time not into turn one, no, they survived just long enough to get to the famous water fountain of turn two which is officially named South Chestnut Place. As they all tried to squeeze through the very narrow passage that was afforded to them, It was Jamaican Donmaur Scott who was heavy on the brakes in giving himself space between him and Trinidadian Mikhail Charles that caught Guyanese Sean Lee off guard. Sean ran into the back of Donmaur and just as he did his countryman, Christian Rajnauth ran into him for good measure. The corner caused a concertina effect to proceed and at that moment after missing his braking zone, Jamaican Michen Wallace jumped the better half of the curb and was catapulted ahead of his countryman, Javon Parry. Jamaican Tavar Clarke was then tagged by Guyanese Martin Webster who was initially tagged by Jamaican Matthew Titus. Tavar then went into a spin which ultimately pinned Martin Webster and then proceeded to block the Cuban Zafiro Ramirez and Guyanese John Greene who happened to miss qualifying and just managed to make it into the race. At the end of it all, the Race Director saw the need to call a full course yellow and they lined up once again but this time in single file for the rolling start.

See the full race results along with our thirty minutes video highlights of the event below:

Race Session Results for 2022 June, Caribbean Single Make Championship Round #3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVvKMG19CoQ

Thirty minutes extended highlights of 2022 June, Caribbean Single Make Championship Round #3

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Competitors in Focus - Kurt Moss...

We sat down with Jamaica's Kurt Moss for his Competitors in Focus spot and had these questions to ask him.

Stefan Gajie: Kurt, thank you for sitting down with us, please, do introduce yourself to our readers.

Kurt Moss: Hi... My name is Kurt Moss. I am from the island of Jamaica but have been living in N.Y., U.S.A. for the last 21 years.

Stefan Gajie: Happy to have you here with us Kurt, tell us a bit of your history in SIM-Racing.

Kurt Moss: My time in SIM-Racing began about 2 or 3 months after the COVID Pandemic started. I've been a somewhat semi-hardcore R/C Racer for maybe around 15 years or so, racing electric touring cars indoors and nitro outdoors. So, I'm basically about 2 yrs into the sport.

Stefan Gajie: And within these two years do you find SIM-Racing an important aspect of motor racing?

Kurt Moss: I can definitely see where it can benefit an in-real-life racer with learning a track etc. so, yes.

Stefan Gajie: And within the Caribbean, where do you see sim-racing and its benefits to those who would take it up?

Kurt Moss: I can really only speak for myself when I say the affordability of it. You can do lap after lap without it costing a dollar while being able to increase your skill level immensely. And the fun factor of course, lol.

Stefan Gajie: And to touch on that a bit, would you say you're a serious sim-racer or casual and why?

Kurt Moss: I would say semi-serious. It's hard for me to get too serious, as I can't devote the time I would love to because of young kids in the house.

Stefan Gajie: You have won, what is it, the second race with CSRO now after this past weekend, what would you say the quality of competitors is within the organisation?

Kurt Moss: The skill level varies from top to bottom, so for someone new coming to SIM-Racing and the community, you will almost be guaranteed a good battle. There are some really talented guys here, but can never seem to have them all on the grid at the same time. All in all, though, the racing has improved in terms of race craft since I first joined, so it has been good.

Stefan Gajie: And lastly, you've been racing with CSRO for quite some time now, how would you rate the organisation compared to some of the other leagues you've been a part of and where do you see sim-racing in the near future for the Caribbean?

Kurt Moss: Honestly speaking, it was frustrating for a little while with game crashes during races, but that issue seems to be behind them. I've been truly enjoying the racing these last couple of months though. The whole structure of the organization is not too far off of much larger leagues I've been a part of, and the numbers have been on the rise, so that's a good thing. As with anything else, growing a community takes time. Being consistent with hosting quality run events is the key to success. I can only see it getting bigger and better with time.

Stefan Gajie: And on that note, it brings the end of this interview, Kurt, thank you very much for your time and hope to see you out there winning more races with us.

Kurt Moss: Thanks for having me and see you on track.

Photo of Kurt Moss

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Development Report - South Dakota Circuit - Guyana.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WzdAMMlOSM

South Dakota Circuit showcasing Multiple Layouts

Introducing, our development progress for South Dakota Circuit - Guyana: version 0.9. The Caribbean SIM-Racing Organisation earlier this year embarked on recreating the Caribbean's premier motor racing league virtually in the name of the Caribbean SIM-Racing Series. Within this series, the virtual tour visited all the known Caribbean circuits in what was once known as the very popular series Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) except for one circuit, the South Dakota Circuit of Guyana.

With the development of the South Dakota Circuit now well underway by the CSRO Modding Team it is expected that the CSRO will move full blast into pushing the Caribbean SIM-Racing Series forward. But, they do not plan on stopping there. The development of the Circuits will of course beg the question of the development of the fast-paced machines everyone has come to love from the mixed grid rules and regulations put forward by the executive committee of the CMRC. With some of those machines already being within the chosen simulator, Assetto Corsa, it is no doubt that the CSRO team of talented modders plan to embark on achieving this as well. One such mod has already entered development. The Mazda RX-3 of Barbadian Mark Maloney was featured in the South Dakota Circuit preview video above.

Barbadian Mark Maloney's Mazda RX-3 - a CSRO Development

Speaking on the development of the South Dakota Circuit, the head of the development team on the project, Hal Ghent, had this to say: "The development team is closely following the current GMR&SC's proposals and is beta testing its previous South Dakota FIA Layout; promising multiple layouts at the choice of the sim-racers, who should get a valid virtual South Dakota Circuit user experience in a few week's time."

Speaking to one of CSRO's Founders, Stefan Gajie, had this to say about the project:

"South Dakota was of course always on the list for us, maybe biasedly so at the top since I am from Guyana but, the bigger picture is a virtual rendition of the CMRC series and what it was promised to be for the Caribbean, the premier classification to be represented by on the world stage. The Caribbean SIM-Racing Series will strive to achieve this and hope that it would reignite the passion to see the same within the Caribbean once again. There are of course many other disciplines within the wider world that one must explore but we should have something that is a representative of who we are and where we come from as motor racing competitors and fans alike within the Caribbean and I think the CMRC and now the CSRS will be exactly that."

The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC), Guyana's sole representative for Motor Racing within Guyana earlier this month announced changes from its previously proposed FIA Sponsored Drawings with a promise to get back to circuit racing as restrictions for the COVID-19 pandemic have lifted throughout the Caribbean. The Caribbean SIM-Racing Organisation is currently seeking a partnership with the outfit to align its movement forward within that part of the Caribbean, more on this in another report.

Photo of new South Dakota Layout posted on GMR&SC's Facebook page.