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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.

WARREN AND WHITE TAKE MUD DOGS LEAD

With their third top three finish of the season, Robert Warren and Darrin White have moved into the lead of the Navigator and Driver standings in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship. Third in March, the winners in June, they finished second in last Sunday’s (September 13) Regional Fire & Security September Safari to open up a 10-point advantage.

MUD DOGS RETURN TO BATTLE FOR RFS SAFARI

After a three-month break since the June Safari, competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship rejoin battle this Sunday (September 13) in the Regional Fire & Security September Safari. Round three of the four-round championship is slated to start at 8:01am from Automotive Art, Welches . . . and it will start in fine style, too, with a driver challenge on the adjacent land.

FAMILY FORTUNES FOR SKEETE FATHER AND SON

Roger Skeete had good cause to celebrate on Saturday evening (July 25), when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) staged its Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint; not only was he overall and Modified 8-WRC winner in a gripping seventh round of the Virgin Atlantic BRC Driver’s and Class Championships, but son Dane also prevailed in Production 2.

CAPACITY ENTRY FOR TARMAC SPRINT

Spectators who make their way to the north of the island on Saturday evening (July 25) will enjoy a motor sport treat at the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint. The capacity entry further reaffirms the support that motor sport is currently enjoying, despite the challenging economic climate . . . and five drivers on the list have not yet joined the more than 70 who have already scored points this season.

SUMMER NIGHTS TARMAC SPRINT SATURDAY

Competitors will come under starters’ orders for the second half of the 2009 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships this weekend, when they gather for the BRC Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint on Saturday evening (July 25).
After a concentrated month of competition in May, during which the Automotive Art Shakedown Stages, Shell V-Power King of the Hill and Sol Rally Barbados 2009 offered them four points-scoring opportunities in the space of five weekends, competitors have been enjoying a welcome mid-season break.

CLOSE BATTLE IN PROSPECT BEFORE YEAR-END

Nearly 70 competitors have scored points in the 2009 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships, which reached their half-way stage over the two weekends of Shell V-Power King of the Hill and Sol Rally Barbados in late May. With six rounds remaining between now and November, there is a long way to go . . . even for those drivers whose strong performances in the Championship’s two key events have given them a mid-point advantage.

WHITE AND WARREN CLAIM ‘JUNE’ HONOURS

Darrin White added his name to the roll of honour of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) oldest event at the weekend (June 27/28), when he and navigator Robert Warren – claiming a second win – triumphed in the Shelbury Construction June Safari.

BARNARD AND GALE DEFEND ‘JUNE’ TITLE

Seven previous winners are among more than 30 entries for the Shelbury Construction June Safari this weekend (June 27/28), the 53rd running of the oldest motor sport event in the Caribbean with a continuous history. The second round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship will start from Heymans Factory, St Peter, at 2:01pm on Saturday.

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