Peter Jaggan in his Honda CRX leads the pack at the Dover race meet on the Easter weekend. - Contributed photos

Peter Jaggan'S preparation for the 'Carnival of Speed' meet was not in vain. His Honda CRX took the chequered flag at the Dover Raceway, St Ann, on Easter weekend.

Jaggan, who made his debut at the circuit in June last year, won four of five races. His performance at the 20-year-old meet was witnessed by the more than 12,000 patrons.

"We almost never made it because, hours before the meet began, we had persons making two trips from Kingston, taking down car parts for us," said Jaggan, who was the IP-33 and MP-2 champion last year.The former St Jago High badminton player attributes his success to mechanic Wayne Wallace and the 'Horse P Crew'.

Minister of Sports Olivia 'Babsy' Grange, who declared the meet open, promised to offer more support to the sport.Captain Mark Carey, an executive member of the Jamaica Race Drivers Club, was pleased with the meet and said it was the biggest since its inception.

"The competition on the track was good and we were on time. Apart from two minor incidents - a dispute between drivers in the pit area and an accident on the track in the last race - everything went well. Even the vendors said they had a good day," said Captain Carey.

Sparkling performance

Jaggan

Outside of Jaggan's star performance, Doug Gore and Team MoBay colleagues gave another sparkling performance.

Driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V, Gore took both sections of the Lime Thundersport events and one of the MP-3 races.

"To finish is to win," Gore jokingly said.David Summerbell won the first Modified Production Class 3 race, but dropped out of contention due to mechanical problems. Peter 'Bull' Thompson, Peter Rae and Teddy Burton also had mechanical woes.

Brian Foster was top performer in his class while Michelle Laidlaw was the only female winner on the programme. Other outstanding drivers included Stephen Bansie and Alan Chen.