David vs. Goliath

The race lived up to the hype. Preparation had begun weeks before with the anticipation of Goliath in the form of a factory built Audi DTM driven by Doug Gore coming to take David’s crown as King of Dover Raceway. The team was now in high gear Saturday morning for the big show, the car was at the track early and all the supplies and team arrived shortly after. The crew was pleased to see that lap times were good from the start and consistently dropping.  Some of the day was used to further optimize the setup on the car.  By the afternoon on new tires, David was running at near track record times, lap after lap.

Sunday was the first test and again the team was not disappointed.  Practice went well with few changes needing to be made, which gave the team time to relax and wait for the first qualifying session.  Once on track, all it took was enough laps to heat the tires and David was able to set a blistering time of 1:18.7 to take pole position for the Thunder Sport class.  With that pace, he was just under two full seconds ahead of his next fastest competitor and main rival Doug Gore in the ATL sponsored Audi DTM car.

The second qualifying session was a few hours later and with no major work or changes needed.   David was once again able to set the fastest time. The Team decision was made to use the same tires as the first qualifying, and they were not let down with another high 1:18 second run to take pole position in the Modified Production 4(MP4) class over the Audi once more. Read more…

AMS TA1 Wins The 2010 Caribbean Motor Racing Championship 50th Victory Since 2006

On November 7th 2010David “King” Summerbell piloted AMS TA1 to a championship win at the final CMRC race held at the South Dakota Raceway in Georgetown Guyana, South America.

This championship win marks the 50th victory for TA1 since its debut back in 2006 and also Summerbell’s second consecutive year as champion.

For more information about the the team and a full race report from the event make sure to make the jump to David Summerbell Jr. Facebook Fan Page here

Speedhunters.com: Round 2 coverage of the CMRC from Barbados featuring David Summerbell & AMS TA1

What a week of Speedhunting! Hello all, I’m Jody Forte. I’m a photographer and car enthusiast from the little island of Barbados. This past weekend, we hosted the second round of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) at our local race circuit Bushy Par. What a weekend it was! Quite a few overseas competitors came in for this event and not just from other competing Caribbean countries like Jamaica and Guyana. We also had some racers from Europe join the party! My wife, Seema Forte, and I shoot a lot of local motorsports events here and we figured this event was a good opportunity to start to show more of whats happening here on this little island to the world. What better place than on Speedhunters! Here are some of the shots from practice sessions, qualifying and race day. Lets get right into it…

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Jamaica Gleaner News: “Circuit Racing: The King and the Beast”

AMS Performance TA1 driven by David Summerbell from the CMRC Caribbean Invasion 2010

As I stated in an earlier blog, the thrill associated with witnessing feats of speed and bravado at Dover, for the Emancipation of Speed race-meet, was not on the cards. I was unavoidably absent. I had to rely on post- race reports and comments to mould an image of what occurred on track.There was consensus that it was a memorable event which climaxed with an unexpected display of superiority, which left attendees in a fun induced drunken stupor!

According to the race report, David ‘King’ Summerbell Jr. started the final race of the day from pit lane, ½ lap after the field got the green flag. Summerbell summoned his troops and took the field to the slaughterhouse. When the mayhem ended only Matthew Gore, the victor, was spared. Some fans intimated that it was the best race they have seen at Dover for some time. Read more…

“King” David Summerbell & AMS TA1 take home 4 wins at the CMRC Caribbean Invasion 2010

AMS Performance TA1 driven by David Summerbell from the CMRC Caribbean Invasion 2010

Despite the challenging situation the island nation of Jamaica is presently undergoing, the Jamaica Race Driver’s Club (JRDC) managed to pull off a successful first leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC), titled “Caribbean Invasion 2010”, on Sunday and Monday, May 23 and 24, 2010 with most classes qualifying on Sunday before a torrential downpour put an end to the 1st day’s proceedings and a full day of racing on Monday, all made possible with the assistance of Seaboard Marine, LIME and Turbo Energy drink.

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David Summerbell Jr. & AMS TA1 take top honors at the 2010 Carnival of Speed in Jamaica

The Jamaica Race Driver’s Club staged a well attended and exciting first event of the 2010 circuit racing season when the LIME Carnival of Speed race meet was held at Dover raceway in St. Ann earlier in April, heralding the 20th anniversary season ahead of them.

David Summerbell and Douglas “Hollywood” Gore battle during the 2010 Carnival of Speed , Dover Jamaica

On race day, several new and refreshed cars were to grace the track in all classes, as competitors stepped up their game from last year. Indeed, it looked like a new car show, as almost everyone had a showpiece of a car to parade for their fans, with David Summerbell, Doug Gore, Sebastian and Peter Rae, the Browns Town crew of Nigel Edwards, Jerome Jones and Ian Edwards, Charles and Alan Chen, Team Outcast’s Jaleel Handal, Peter Jaggon and Brian Foster to name a few all entering pristine vehicles for the event, along with newcomer Joscelyn Brown in an immaculately prepared 1971 Ford Escort that looked like it just rolled off the production line of a race car factory. The event was broadcast live on Power 106 FM, KLAS Sports radio and was streamed live on video on the club’s website at www.jrdc.org to keep those unable to attend abreast of the happenings.
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