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MUD DOGS PREPARE FOR CHEFETTE APRIL SAFARI

Encouraged by the recent change in the weather, competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship are looking forward to their second event, the Chefette April Safari, slated for Saturday, April 17.
The event will run between three of the sponsor’s most popular outlets, starting at Chefette Six Roads at 2.01pm; the stop over at approximately 6.30pm will be at Chefette Charles Rowe Bridge – competitors will enjoy dinner compliments of the sponsor – while the finish around five hours later will be at Chefette Warrens.

HALL IN EX-WORKS PUMA FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Regular visitor Kenny Hall drove Zero Car on Saturday’s (April 3) Charterhall Stages in his native Scotland to shake down the ex-works Ford Puma in which he is aiming for a fourth Class win when he contests Sol Rally Barbados 2010 (May 29/30), which celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the inaugural running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) International All-Stage Rally.

WALLIS TO MARK 40TH AT SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Sol Rally Barbados 2010 (May 29/30) not only marks the 20th Anniversary of the inaugural running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) International All-Stage Rally, but also provides British regular Simon Wallis – he’s competed on the island for six of the past seven years – with an ideal way of celebrating his 40th birthday.

REGIONAL SUPPORT UP FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Regional support for Sol Rally Barbados 2010 (May 29/30), which celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the inaugural running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) International All-Stage Rally, is on the rise, with the prospect of a record entry for the last two decades from the wider Caribbean.

‘CLOCKWORK ORANGE’ BACK FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Having attracted the attention of Mini fans worldwide with his remarkable 50th Anniversary celebration of the iconic marque in Barbados in 2009, Dutch enthusiast Frans Verbaas will pay his fourth visit to the Caribbean island this year for Sol Rally Barbados 2010 (May 29/30), which celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the inaugural running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) International All-Stage Rally.

BOURNE HAS TO WORK FOR SPRING GRAVEL RALLY WIN

Paul ‘Surfer’ Bourne extended his lead in the Virgin Atlantic Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s Championship with victory in Sunday’s (March 14) BRC Spring Gravel Rally, but he was made to work for it, after a stall on stage two cost him 30 seconds.
Co-driven by Stuart Maloney in the Banks/Chefette/LIME/Virgin Atlantic Ford Focus WRC07, carrying revised livery front and rear marking a new sponsorship deal with Chefette, Bourne started the day well: he was fastest by 7.3 seconds on the first of the 12 planned stages.

‘TEAM BARBADOS’ TONES UP FOR TRINIDAD

The leading lights of ‘Team Barbados’ will be on show this Sunday (March 14), as six of the nine Barbados Rally Club (BRC) crews entered for Rally Trinidad at month-end will be using the BRC Spring Gravel Rally as a final shakedown before shipping their cars . . . the only problem is, so is the leader of the opposition!

MEEKE DOUBTFUL FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Fresh from victory in last weekend’s Rally Internacional de Curitiba in Brazil, Ulstermen Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle have cast serious doubts on their chances of returning to attempt a hat-trick of wins on Sol Rally Barbados (May 29/30), which celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the inaugural running of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) International All-Stage Rally.

EDWARDS AND CORBIN WIN ARMAG MARCH SAFARI

Dustin Edwards and Ryan Corbin started the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) new Mud Dogs season in the same way they finished the last, repeating their Nassco November Safari victory in last Saturday’s (March 6) ARMAG March Safari, opening round of the 2010 Championship.

MUD DOGS KICK OFF WITH ARMAG MARCH SAFARI

The Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship gets under way on Saturday (March 6), with the ARMAG March Safari, which has been set by reigning Champion Navigator and Driver Robert Warren and Darrin White.
After completing the route, White said: “I would like to let everyone know that we have set this Safari with mainly the novices and beginners in mind. Our goal was to set a Safari that was fun to drive with great off-road terrain and great views of the island . . . but not to get competitors lost.

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