After taking a break for almost a year to rebuild his racing machine, Tedroy 'Teddy' Burton returned to the Dover Raceway with a bang on Easter Monday.

Driving like a man possessed in his Honda Civic, the St Elizabeth-based driver registered a hat-trick of wins. He won one race in the Improved Production Class and a double in the Modified Production Class.

"The car mad again, it running really good," said a smiling Burton, who was surrounded by a group of fans in the pit area.

Leading the pack for most part of the events, the tall, strongly built businessman easily disposed of his rivals.

non-stop excitement

Although he only had one win for the day, Jamaica and the Caribbean champion, Doug Gore, in his Mitsubishi Evolution 5, provided non-stop excitement for the over 4,000 spectators who turned out for the meet.

Competing in the Modified Production Class Three category, Gore assumed the lead on the first lap, overtaking Peter Rae. He held that position to register a comfortable win.

Later on in the afternoon his vehicle developed mechanical problems and that prevented him from winning more races.

Gore said something broke in the engine and as a result there was a leakage of gas and that started a minor fire in the car.

Another driver who entertained the crowd was the consistent Peter 'Bull' Thompson.

Cheered on by thousands, Thompson took on the opposition with his RX7 Mazda spitting huge balls of fire from the rotary engine. And although he did not win a race, he gave an awesome performance.

The meet was officially opened by Minister of Transport, Mike Henry, who announced that his ministry will be contributing much-needed money for the building of a pedestrian bridge over the track to allow spectator access to the infield during races.