Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator

Stefan Chin in the red, green, black and gold outfit, trails McDonald at a Dover meet in 2005. Chin was involved in a serious collision during the event and had to be taken to hospital for treatment. Now he is back on track and in fine form.- file

MANY DIEHARD motorsport fans thought he would never race again, some even believed that the painful memories of the accident which almost claimed his life would have kept him away from the Dover Race Circuit.

No! It didn't.

On Sunday, August 3, Stefan Chin gave a stunning display to win the two scheduled motorcycle events at the Dover Independence race meet. This is a man who, three years ago, crashed into a wall on the track. He was badly hurt and had to undergo brain surgery. "Right now I am looking forward to the next race meet in October. I am going for the lap record," the tall and lanky rider disclosed.

spending more time in gym

At the moment, Chin has been spending more time in the gym, getting himself in top shape for the next race meet, hoping to compete against a team of foreign riders, who have been invited from Miami and Guyana. "Yes, we will be inviting some foreign riders for the next meet, but that has not been done yet," said Hillary Jardine, president of the Jamaica Race Drivers' Club. While some of his relatives have not endorsed his decision to return to the sport, others have thrown their support behind him. "This is something I really love. I want to race, and even if there were no bike racing at Dover, I was planning on going to Miami to race," commented Chin, who operates his family's bakery in Port Antonio, Portland. Chin, along with fellow riders, Adrian Blake and Dennis Chin Quee, are among a small group working hard behind the scenes, trying to revive motorcycle racing in Jamaica.