The promoter of Motorsport, Adeoye Ojuoko, has revealed that the car racing sport is gradually gaining the attention it deserves and has come to stay in Nigeria with the sport set to be showcased at the upcoming 2020 New Yam Festival for 29th Sept as the car racing exhibition during the festival would add glamour and fun to the 2020 New Yam festival, in Ondo State community of Ilara Imokin.
“We are building a growing interest and fan base for the Motorsport around the county, especially in the serene Ilara-mokin community that has played host to a number of our events in the last three years.
“This community has hosted on-road and off-road races with top race drivers across the country attending, which culminated in our building the first off-road track at Elizade Smokin Hills Resort in Ondo state, and has been attested to be one of the most challenging in the country,” he said.
He said that the presence of top motorsports racers in Ilara-mokin was a way of showing support for the local New Yam Festival tagged ‘Ijeshu Festival’, “Our long term plan incorporates this sort of partnerships, and Ilara-Mokin having been a great host to our activities deserve to earn our partnership”
Drivers from last year’s premium event were all on hand for an exhibition race- Kingsley Uwatse, the jeep ambassador on the track, and Antonio Sandouk, 2017 Winner of the on-road race were all on hand to light up the community.
