Jamaica's Tommi Gore, a racer in the Radical Cup Caribbean series, flew over to join the Hagerty Radical Cup UK for the final round at Donington. With the guidance from the experienced RAW Motorsports team Tommi guided his 3rd generation SR3 RSX to victory in the final race despite very British weather conditions, holding off both Haydn Chance and Peter Tyler in their 5th generation SR3 XXR machines.
Tommi Gore, son of double Caribbean Motor Racing Champion (CMRC) Doug, joined the grid for the fourth season of the Radical Caribbean Cup (RCC) at Bushy Park Barbados on Sunday, May 14. A third-generation racing driver – grandfather Neil was also a successful competitor - 18-year-old Tommi is proud to be carrying on the family tradition at the highest level of regional racing.
“I have been around racing for as long as I can remember, one could say it was almost inevitable for me to get behind the wheel. I am proud to be the third generation of ‘Gore’ in racing and I look forward to conquering the Caribbean and becoming a known challenger in the Caribbean Radical Caribbean Cup.”
Following in the wheel tracks of father Doug and grandfather Neil, who had raced at the former Vernamfield circuit in Jamaica, Gore started racing at the age of five in a 50cc kart. Titles won include the 80cc Jamaica Karting Championship, while he is a three-time Jamaican Rotax Junior Champion and has twice been recognised with FIA Americas Junior Awards. He has also raced abroad, winning the International Race meet in Guyana in December 2017, and in Barbados.
He will contest the five-round Caribbean championship in a Radical SR3 RSX sports-racer with sponsorship from Emperor Beer, Amsoil, Sandals Barbados and Mobay Freight Services. After the opening round organised by Bushy Park Motorsports Inc (BPMSI), there will be two rounds hosted by the Trinidad & Tobago Automobile Sports Association (TTASA) at the Frankie Boodram Wallerfield International Raceway in Trinidad & Tobago (June 25 and July 23) before the cars are shipped back to Barbados for BPMSI’s final two race meets of the year on September 3 and November 23/24, which is supported by Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc.
In 2019, aged 13, he finished fourth in the Caribbean Junior Karting Academy Trophy (CJKAT) contested over three double-header weekends at Bushy Park, where he was one of only four winners in the 24-race series; two of his four victories came on the final Sunday, when he was also the day’s top points-scorer.
Later that year, he became the youngest driver ever to race at his home country’s Dover Raceway, when he debuted his Honda Civic, before the coronavirus pandemic halted motor sport in the region. Last year, he became the Jamaica Race Drivers Club (JRDC) Modified Production 2 Champion – father Doug won MP4 in his Kia Rio 2 – and was also the highest-placed 2wd in Rally Jamaica, another nod to his father’s successes in winning championship on both race circuit and rally stage.
Championship co-ordinator Kurt Seabra said: “It’s great to welcome young and emerging talent to the RCC. Tommi did a test session earlier this year and was easily recording some of the fastest laps in a Radical SR3 at Bushy Park. I’m looking forward seeing him mixing it up with the seasoned front runners this year”
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