Photos: Elijah Paul, Grenada Motor Club
Twelve months ago Dominica arrived in Grenada with four cars and something to prove. This September it came back with seven cars, six drivers and around 4,000 horsepower.
The King Ocean Services Grenada International Drags 2026, hosted by the Grenada Motor Club at Pearls International Speedway, drew 93 drivers from 11 countries and territories over 26 and 27 September. More than 30,000 people packed the venue, thousands more watched the stream across the region, VIP and the pits sold out, and the Prime Minister came to watch.
Last year was a first appearance. This year the team came to raise its own numbers.
Dominica’s Lineup: Seven Cars, Six Stories
Oswald Williams – Team Manicou Racing – Honda Civic (FWD) and Mitsubishi Evo 7 (AWD)
Two cars. The Civic made the numbers and the Evo made the times.
Moses Archibald – Team Manicou Racing – Toyota Celica GT4 (AWD)
A revised setup, more than 800 WHP (up from 600+ last year) and a 10.9 at home before the trip, a new national ET record.
Kris McIntyre – McIntyre Racing – Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V “Red Wine” (AWD)
Ran an 11.2 here last year. He came back with more than 600 WHP, up from 490+, and a high-10 in his sights.
Elijah Paul – Team Manicou Racing – Nissan Skyline 370GT (RWD)
Up against stiff competition in his class, and the driver who kept it cleanest all weekend.
Dafvin “Flaca” Walsh – Team Manicou Racing – Subaru Impreza WRX “Revenge” (AWD)
Not his first outing, but a very different car from the last one.
Kyle Toussaint – Subaru Forester XT (AWD)
His first time overseas with the car, in a platform you don’t often see on a drag strip.
Dyno Day: A New Record
Oswald’s Civic put down more than 1,200 WHP, a new record on the Tuned473 dyno. Last year the same car set Dominica’s national horsepower record at 800+. This year it raised its own national record by more than 400.
Moses followed with 800+ in the Celica, and Kris put more than 600 to the rollers in the Evo V.
Kyle took the Forester to the dyno to sort out its issues. It was making 292 WHP on 15 psi, with the boost about to go up, when it lost oil pressure.
Qualifying: The Times
Oswald set the team’s best time of the weekend in the Evo 7: 12.197 at 122 mph. The Civic never made it down the track. It lost an oil pump.
Kris ran 12.542 with the team’s sharpest launches, a 0.147 reaction and a 1.809 sixty-foot. Eli ran 12.776 and made more passes than any other Dominican. Kyle ran a 16.539 in the Forester.
Dafvin’s best came in test and tune: 13.989, two full seconds off his previous best. He was getting the launch control dialed in when the turbo quit.
Moses never set a time. Second gear left the chat.
Sunday: Eliminations
Eli did what his class demanded. He stayed consistent and drove his way deep into eliminations.
Kris’s weekend went the other way. Boost control, then gear engagement, then electrical, and finally the water pump pulley shattered and took the belt with it. The 600 horsepower is there. Grenada just didn’t get to see it.
Representing the Island
Five of the six cars had mechanical trouble at some point. That is what more power costs, and all three cars that came back from last year made more of it.
Off the track, drivers compared notes with owners of the same platforms from across the Caribbean community, and picked up a rival or two along the way.
At the end of the day, we showed the region that Dominica shouldn’t be counted out.
Oswald Williams
Thanks to the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Tourism, DASPA, Discover Dominica Authority and King Ocean for getting the cars there and home again.
Full results are on CaribbeanRaceHub.com.
Next up, at home: Bōnenkai, 19 December.
