Glenroy Sinclair, Assignment Coordinator

Stefan Chin, trailing McDonald in the red, green, gold and black outfit, at the Dover meet in 2005, was involved in a serious collision during the event and had to be taken to hospital for treatment.- Junior Dowie/Staff Photographer

The scars on his head still remind him of the pain and sleepless nights he had after the horrific accident three years ago at the Dover Raceway in St Ann. While attempting to overtake one of his rivals in the race, Stefan Chin's bike crashed in a huge rock on the side of the track.

Despite falling into a coma and surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain, Chin still loves racing and will be back on the racetrack. He and a group of riders are currently finalising plans to re-introduce motorcycle racing at next Sunday's Dover race meet, which is the first leg of the Caribbean Championship.

interested riders

Among the riders who have expressed an interest in participating at next weekend's meet are former champion rider Maurice Adamson, Dennis Chin-Quee, Adrian Blake, Jason Flynn and the Janaire brothers.

"It's been about 12 years since I have not raced at Dover, but I still feel like I can do it," says Blake, who was busy making contact with the riders on Thursday.

According to Blake, a number of riders have been practicing at Dover for the upcoming meet.

"We want to expand the sport, we want to take it back to the track and not on the streets," commented Blake.

In the meantime, president of the Jamaica Race Drivers' Club, Hilary Jardine, stressed that this was what racing fans had been missing for a long time.

"The fans have been asking about the motorcycle races, they are looking forward to it," says Jardine.

He and his team were busy painting and cleaning up the grounds of Dover on Thursday.