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FINAL SHOWDOWN FOR THE MUD DOGS

Competitors are making final preparations ahead of Sunday’s (November 15) Nassco November Safari, the fourth and final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship; more than 20 crews were entered by last night’s (Tuesday) Briefing Meeting, with none of the leading points-scorers missing.

RALLY CLUB COMPETITOR NUMBERS ON THE INCREASE

Nearly 80 drivers scored points in the 2009 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships, a 10 per cent increase on the previous year, and nearly double the number who scored in BRC events as recently as 2003; not only was there quantity, but quality, too, with both the Driver’s and Overall Class Champions settled at the final round, the latter decided by a tie-break.

MUD DOGS LOOK FORWARD TO FINAL BATTLE

Just two weeks after island motor sport fans enjoyed last Sunday’s final gravel rally of the season, competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship are heading for their final showdown. The Nassco November Safari on Sunday, November 15, offers crews their last chance to score points and settle whose names will be inscribed on the 2009 trophies.

BOURNE AND NOEL WIN RALLY CLUB TITLES

The curtain came down on the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s and Class Championships in dramatic fashion on Sunday (November 1). Victory by a margin of 13.6 seconds in the BRC Winter Rally clinched the Driver’s Championship for Paul Bourne (Banks/LIME/Virgin Atlantic Ford Focus WRC07), while Geoff Noel (Globe Finance/DeWalt Tools/Essco/Sunbeach/Automotive Art Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) is the Overall Class Champion.

LAST CHANCE SALOON FOR TITLE CONTENDERS

Island rally fans, disappointed when a suspension problem prevented Roger Skeete’s participation in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) recent Autumn Gravel Stages event, will finally get chance to see him in action on the loose in his Michelin/Da Costa Mannings Auto Centre/Warrens Motors Subaru Impreza WRC S12 this Sunday (November 1).

TWELVE STAGES FOR BRC WINTER RALLY SUNDAY

The 2009 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships reach their conclusion on Sunday (October 25) with the BRC Winter Rally . . . and the island’s fans are expected to turn out in their numbers for the 12-stage event, their last chance this season to see their heroes in action on home soil.

BOURNE’S FIRST GRAVEL WIN IN FOCUS

Paul Bourne and Stuart Maloney won the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Autumn Gravel Stages in the Banks/LIME/Virgin Atlantic Ford Focus WRC07 on Sunday (October 18), moving one step closer to claiming the 2009 Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s Championship; in his first outing on the loose with the ex-works Focus, Bourne was fastest on all eight stages, building his advantage to nearly 30 seconds by close of play.

BOURNE, HILL, MANNING AND SKEETE LET LOOSE!

Many an internet forum argument will be settled – and a few more started, no doubt - when the island’s four leading car and driver combinations go head-to-head on Sunday (October 18) in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Autumn Gravel Stages, penultimate round of the Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s and Class Championships.

AUTUMN GRAVEL STAGES TO RUN OFF SUNDAY

As crews prepare man and machine for the penultimate round of the 2009 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships – the BRC Autumn Gravel Stages runs off this Sunday (October 18) – many also have a weather eye on the year-end rewards on offer for success in the two championships.

HIGH-PRESSURE END TO RALLY CLUB SEASON

Faced with four points-scoring chances in five weekends, competitors in the 2009 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships are heading for a high-pressure end to the season. With eight of the 12 rounds run, the final reckoning is just over the horizon, with dropped scores yet to play a part in what has proved to be one of the Club’s most successful seasons, with more than 70 drivers scoring Championship points.

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