BOURNE AND SKEETE FACE OFF AGAIN

Posted on October 18th, 2007.

More than 30 crews will line up on Sunday (October 21) for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) last rally of the 2007 season. The Texaco BRC Gravel Rally is scheduled to start at 8.45am from Searles Factory Yard and will comprise eight special stages, four in each direction of a course at Searles Plantation.
The event is the fifth and final round of the Texaco BRC Rally Championship and, although champion-elect Paul Bourne’s total cannot be matched, there is a battle on for the places. No fewer than four drivers in the current top 10 are absent on Sunday, so there is considerable scope for change.
Start number one has been allocated to Rally Barbados winners Bourne and Stuart Maloney in the BF Goodrich/Plus Subaru Impreza WRC; although Bourne has been dominant on the local scene this year, he can still expect a strong challenge from Roger Skeete, who will again have Ian Griffith co-driving in the Havoline/Michelin/FB Batteries Ford Escort WRC he acquired earlier this year.
Roger Hill and Graham Gittens start at number three in the Mobil 1/Nassco/Motormac Toyota Celica GT4, which will be merged up to Modified 8-WRC to join Bourne and Skeete, in the absence of any other M8-A entries; completing this Group will be Sean Dowding/Jason Cozier (Subaru Impreza).
Group N promises some lively competition – seeded highest in the Group are the on-form Neil Armstrong and Barry Ward (Shell Helix/Hankook/Soldier Seal Gunk Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI); the opposition includes Harold Morley, back in BRC action after an absence of some months. With regular co-driver Geoff Goddard and the ex-John Powell Subaru Impreza, he returns to Production 4, in which he was Group Champion in 2003. Also in the mix are Geoff Noel/Kriegg Yearwood (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) and Ryan Hutchinson/Melissa Blades (Toyota Celica GT4).
Behind the four-wheel-drive entries, another good battle is expected among the two-wheel-drive cars. Sean Gill and Michael Cummins (First Caribbean VISA/Shell V-Power/Automotive Art Suzuki Swift) are seeded at the front of this Group, where they will be chased hard by Ian Warren/Matthew Staffner (MQI Collision Repair Centre/Subzero Services Ltd/Details Car Valet Inc Peugeot 206), Nicholas Gill/Mark Hamilton (Castrol Syntec/Hennessy/Vita Malt/Lysol/Listerine/McEnearney Quality Inc/Mazda Genuine Parts Mazda 3) and Jonathan Still/Heath Hazell (Red Bull/Hitachi Power Tools/Philips Lighting/Crane & Equipment BMW M3).
Sunday’s event is scheduled to finish at around 4.00pm at the BCTSA Clubhouse, where an awards ceremony will be staged.

Texaco BRC Gravel Rally
October 21 – provisional running order

1 Paul Bourne/Stuart Maloney (M8-WRC BF Goodrich/Plus Subaru Impreza WRC)
2 Roger Skeete/Ian Griffith (M8-WRC Havoline/Michelin/FB Batteries Ford Escort WRC)
3 Roger Hill/Graham Gittens (M8-A Mobil 1/Nassco/Motormac Toyota Celica GT4)
4 Neil Armstrong/Barry Ward (P4 Shell Helix/Hankook/Soldier Seal Gunk Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI)
5 Harold Morley/Geoffrey Goddard (P4 Subaru Impreza)
6 Sean Dowding/Jason Cozier (M8-WRC Subaru Impreza)
7 Geoffrey Noel/Kreigg Yearwood (P4 Ezone/Globe Finance/Weisers/Café Blue/Sign Stop/Summa Graphix/Essco/Autozone/Automotive Art/Sunbeach/Sentry Insurance Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)
8 Ryan Hutchinson/Melissa Blades (P4 Auto Airtronic Services/Simple Green Toyota Celica GT4)
9 Sean Gill/Michael Cummins (SM10 First Caribbean VISA/Shell V-Power/Automotive Art Suzuki Swift)
10 Ian Warren/Matthew Staffner (M6 MQI Collision Repair Centre/Subzero Services Ltd/Details Car Valet Inc Peugeot 206)
11 Nicholas Gill/Mark Hamilton (SM11 Castrol Syntec/Hennessy/Vita Malt/Lysol/Listerine/McEnearney Quality Inc/Mazda Genuine Parts Mazda 3)
12 Jonathan Still/Heath Hazell (SM11 Red Bull/Hitachi Power Tools/Philips Lighting/Crane & Equipment BMW M3)
13 Adrian Linton/Jackie Linton (M7 Ravensden/Crane & Equipment/Garbage Gobbler/West Coast Garden Centre/Edwin Clarke Furniture Vauxhall Astra GSi)
14 Freddie Gale/Kyle Proverbs (M7 Gale’s Hatcheries/NASSCO/Castrol/VP Racing/Barbados Industries Toyota Corolla RunX)
15 Rhett Watson/Sean Corbin (M7 The Unknown Entity/New Media Advertising/Toshiba/Office Solutions & Systems Ford Escort MkI)
16 Cliff Roett/Bryan Hurley (SM10 Thorogood Shoes/Nassco/Michelin/Lucky Horseshoe/ Sunpower/Castrol/Roetts Garage Toyota Starlet)
17 Roger Marshall/Bruce Lambert (M7 Photofinish/One Hour Photo Hyundai Accent)
18 Daryl Clarke/Russell Brancker (M6 Mom’s Pasta Products/246 Tuning/Area 5 Auto Works Mitsubishi Mirage)
19 Graham Manning/Ryan Farmer (SM11 McEnearney Quality Ford Escort MkII)
20 Geoffrey Ullyett/Jamie Marsh (SM11 Ullyetts Machine Shop Service/Sikkens/Champion/Crane & Equipment/Goodyear/Nissan 200Y)
21 Andrew Jones/Mark Thompson (SM11 A P Jones Pharmacy/McEnearney Quality Inc Ford Escort MkII)
22 Josh Read/Mark Jordan (SM9 Automotive Art Toyota Starlet)
23 John Corbin/Owen Proverbs (M7 Corbin’s Garage/Klark-Odio Toyota Corolla)
24 Stuart White/Bud McKenzie (SM9 Flyin’ Fish/Cloudbase Embroidery/Catch Chocolate/Budex Couriers/Crane & Equipment Toyota Starlet)
25 David Williams/Robert Simmons (SM9 Bacassa/Caribpak/Castrol/Ibox/SRG/Roxy Supermarket/Dynamic Limo Toyota Starlet)
26 Josh Delmas/Lisa Roett (M6 Weetabix/Go Motorsport Toyota Corolla GTi)
27 Neil Barnard/Megan Blades (P2 First Caribbean VISA/Shell V-Power/Automotive Art Suzuki Ignis Sport)
28 Justin Campbell/Jermin Pope (SM11 BMW M3)
29 Neil Corbin/Aaron Kirton (SM9 Nassco/Jason Jones Foods Toyota Starlet)
30 Jamal Brathwaite/Kyle Catwell (M6 AM Electrical Solutions/Arthur Construction Inc/Arthur Lifting & Freighting Toyota Starlet)
31 Danny Williams/Paul Nugent (M6 All Connect/Sunbury Plantation/Scarlets/Neptune Tours/Barbados Paragliding Association Ford Fiesta)

Texaco BRC Rally Championship
Provisional positions after four rounds

1st - Paul Bourne, 54 points
2nd - John Powell, 39pts
3rd - Jonathan Still, 32pts
4th - Roger Skeete, 22pts
5th - Sean Gill, 17pts
6th - Mark Hamilton, 16pts
7th equal - Barry Gale & Neil Armstrong, 14pts
9th equal – Trevor Manning & Nicholas Gill, 12pts
etc

For further information, robin@bradfax.com
More than 30 crews will line up on Sunday (October 21) for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) last rally of the 2007 season. The Texaco BRC Gravel Rally is scheduled to start at 8.45am from Searles Factory Yard and will comprise eight special stages, four in each direction of a course at Searles Plantation.
The event is the fifth and final round of the Texaco BRC Rally Championship and, although champion-elect Paul Bourne’s total cannot be matched, there is a battle on for the places. No fewer than four drivers in the current top 10 are absent on Sunday, so there is considerable scope for change.
Start number one has been allocated to Rally Barbados winners Bourne and Stuart Maloney in the BF Goodrich/Plus Subaru Impreza WRC; although Bourne has been dominant on the local scene this year, he can still expect a strong challenge from Roger Skeete, who will again have Ian Griffith co-driving in the Havoline/Michelin/FB Batteries Ford Escort WRC he acquired earlier this year.
Roger Hill and Graham Gittens start at number three in the Mobil 1/Nassco/Motormac Toyota Celica GT4, which will be merged up to Modified 8-WRC to join Bourne and Skeete, in the absence of any other M8-A entries; completing this Group will be Sean Dowding/Jason Cozier (Subaru Impreza).
Group N promises some lively competition – seeded highest in the Group are the on-form Neil Armstrong and Barry Ward (Shell Helix/Hankook/Soldier Seal Gunk Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI); the opposition includes Harold Morley, back in BRC action after an absence of some months. With regular co-driver Geoff Goddard and the ex-John Powell Subaru Impreza, he returns to Production 4, in which he was Group Champion in 2003. Also in the mix are Geoff Noel/Kriegg Yearwood (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) and Ryan Hutchinson/Melissa Blades (Toyota Celica GT4).
Behind the four-wheel-drive entries, another good battle is expected among the two-wheel-drive cars. Sean Gill and Michael Cummins (First Caribbean VISA/Shell V-Power/Automotive Art Suzuki Swift) are seeded at the front of this Group, where they will be chased hard by Ian Warren/Matthew Staffner (MQI Collision Repair Centre/Subzero Services Ltd/Details Car Valet Inc Peugeot 206), Nicholas Gill/Mark Hamilton (Castrol Syntec/Hennessy/Vita Malt/Lysol/Listerine/McEnearney Quality Inc/Mazda Genuine Parts Mazda 3) and Jonathan Still/Heath Hazell (Red Bull/Hitachi Power Tools/Philips Lighting/Crane & Equipment BMW M3).
Sunday’s event is scheduled to finish at around 4.00pm at the BCTSA Clubhouse, where an awards ceremony will be staged.

Texaco BRC Gravel Rally
October 21 – provisional running order