Speedweek set to dazzle

The Nassau Guardian

Speedweek set to dazzle

The Third Annual Bahamas Speed Week Revival features once again some of the world’s most beautiful race cars.

Back in the early 1960s, two young Mexican drivers appeared on the international scene and proved both fearless and fast.  The younger brother, Ricardo, crashed to his death in a race in Mexico City in 1962, while his elder brother, Pedro, went on to race successfully for many years.  Pedro drove a beautiful Ferrari in Nassau in 1966, which is the star entry for the Bahamas Speed Week starting on December 4 at Arawak Cay.

Speed Week starts at the Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre on Sunday, December 1 with some exciting Go Kart racing featuring Vintage Karts of the type that first raced here in 1959.  A group of Bahamian school children will also take to the track demonstrating the skills they learned through the Edukarting program.

The cars will appear first at Fish Fry at 11 a.m. on Wednesday when Sir Arthur Foulkes opens the proceedings and various lucky people will be passengers as the cars drive their first few laps in front of the beautiful sea and cruise ships.

Saturday sees the Fort Charlotte Hillclimb starting at 10 a.m.  The cars will run one at a time from the center of Arawak Cay up the steep incline to Fort Charlotte.  The mighty Ford Mustangs are likely to lead the field here, take a trip out and watch from the top of the hill as cars snake their way up towards viewers.

Sunday is the big occasion, with cars running in groups against the clock to see who is the fastest of all.  There will be two Ferraris from Belgium and a beautiful little Maserati that will surely catch the hearts of the crowd.  This year the general admission is free on both Saturday and Sunday and the organizers have invited Bahamians to bring their families out to the slopes under Fort Charlotte.

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