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| Dereck Bassant |
Taking part in the GT Sprints Championship in GT6 was Bassant Motorsports who are of Caribbean background. The team was born in Guyana in a motorsport series that lacks representations from the Caribbean community.
Motorsports is big in the Caribbean. For example, look at the Caribbean Motorsports Championships being held in Jamaica, Barbados and finishing up in Guyana in November. Yet, Canada lacks these skillful driver’s from the Caribbean.
Dereck Bassant, a racer with Bassant Motorsports, is 36 years old and was born in Guyana. When interviewed by Caribbean Xpress about how he became interested in racing he said, “growing up in Guyana, me and my two brothers used to always drive dump trucks. I came to Canada and Dereck Bassant was still interested but didn`t pursue it yet because of financial reasons.”
In 2009 he attanded the Caribbean Championship in Guyana and said to himself, “I can do this.” He returned to Canada and got his racing license soon after.
He did not race much for the rest of the year due to the passing of his father. However, in 2010 he raced half a season, and then the full 2011 season.
Bassant Motorsports was competing in the CASC-OR, which is the official sanctioning body of motorsports in Ontario in the GT-6 class and GT-5 class (separate series).
Bassant Motorsports was racing a 2001 Nissan Sentra in GT-6 of the GT Sprints series. There were a total of 8 race weekends from May 2011 to October 2011 of which each race weekends comprises of three 20 minute races(all weekends except one).
Although, the Bassant Motorsports car # 203 is classified in GT-6, it races together with all of the different classes(GT-1/GT-2/GT-3/GT-4/GT-5/GT-6) on the track at the same time. It is by far the fastest motorsports series in Canada with speeds in excess of 272 km/h.
The two tracks that were used were: Shannonville Motorsports Park(SMP) and Mosport International Raceway (MIR). Here are the standings of some the races Dereck was competing in with his series:
The Ontario GT Sprints 2011 Season Points - Shannonville - May 28, 2011
1) Dereck BASSANT 107 points
2) Colin GIBSON 84 points
3) Sean GIBSON 54 points
CASC - Mosport Celebration of Motorsport - Race 1 - October 1, 2011
1) Colin GIBSON
2) Dereck BASSANT
3) Alex TOTH
CASC - Mosport Celebration of Motorsport - Race 2 - October 2, 2011
1) Colin GIBSON
2) Jonathan RASHLEIGH
3) Dereck BASSANT
CASC - Mosport Celebration of Motorsport - Race 3 - October 2, 2011
1) Colin GIBSON
2) Jonathan RASHLEIGH
3) Dereck BASSANT
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