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BOURNE, MANNING, MAYERS, SKEETE CONFIRMED

Motor sport enthusiasts look set to enjoy the first showdown of the season between the island’s ‘Big Four’ on Sunday (September 28) when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) stages its first Loose Sprint of the year, at the Black Bess Plantation, St Peter. The event is slated for an 8.00am start.

LOOSE SEASON FINALLY UNDER WAY

The second half of the island’s rallying season finally gets under way this Sunday (September 28) when the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) stages its first Loose Sprint of the year, at the Black Bess Plantation in St Peter. The event is slated for an 8.00am start.

TOP-CLASS ENTRY FOR LOOSE SEASON OPENER

Ten of the island's fastest four-wheel-drive cars should provide excitement aplenty as the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) moves into the second half of its 2003 season with the BRC Loose Sprint, to be run at the Vaucluse Raceway on Sunday morning (August 24).

GILL LEADS BARBADOS RALLY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Former Barbados Rally Club (BRC) champion Sean Gill is again in the driving seat at the half-way point in the club’s 2003 Drivers’ Championship, and he’s got there thanks to a perfect score on the recently-contested Rally Barbados.

ALLEYNE FAMILY CLAIM JUNE SAFARI

Husband and wife team Leslie and Annalee Alleyne added their names to the roll of honour of the island’s oldest motor sport event on Saturday (June 28), with victory in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) June Safari; Timmy Mahon and Kirk Watkins finished equal third overall to win the event’s Novice Group.
Driving the Autozone/CITGO Mazda B2500, the Alleynes completed the two routes with only 100 penalties, beating another family crew – Biddy Barber and son Brett – into second place; they had collected 300 penalties in the Biddy’s Visitors Information Daihatsu Feroza.

SAFARI SUCCESS PROMISES PRIZES

Successful competitors in this weekend’s Barbados Rally Club (BRC) June Safari will be well-rewarded, following the donation of prizes by a number of local businesses keen to support the island’s longest-running motor sport event; this will be the 46th running of the event since its inception in 1957, when it was known as the June Rally.

ISLAND’S OLDEST MOTOR SPORT EVENT NEXT WEEK

Preparations are now under way for the June Safari, to be run by the Barbados Rally Club on Saturday, June 28. Details were announced this week of a navigational classroom session to answer questions on the types of navigation to be used in the Safari; this will be held at 1.30pm on Saturday, June 21, at Kendal Sporting.

BOURNE ON FORM AS MAYERS CRASHES OUT

A true taste of the excitement to come over the weekend of Rally Barbados in June was enjoyed by thousands of enthusiasts at the Barbados Rally Club's (BRC) second one-day Tarmac Rally of the year, centred around the Kendal Plantation Yard, St John, on Sunday (April 27).
Paul ‘Surfer’ Bourne reaffirmed his current strong form with a superb display in the Banks/Pirelli/Texaco/Williams Industries Subaru Impreza WRC, winning the event by more than 50 seconds. But it was a hard fight.

DEADLOCK IN BARBADOS RALLY CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

The Barbados Rally Club's (BRC) second one-day Tarmac Rally of the year on Sunday (April 27) may break the deadlock at the head of the championship table. With perfect scores from the first two events, three drivers are currently tied on 32 points - Edward Corbin, Sean Gill and Roger Skeete.

FAMILY AFFAIR IN BRC NAVIGATIONAL TEST

Roger Mayers won the Pro section of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Navigational Test on Saturday (March 29) . . . from the passenger seat, navigating for his father Stephen in a Toyota Hilux. With 1500 penalties, they finished 300 ahead of husband and wife crew, Leslie and Annalee Alleyne, in a Mazda B2500.

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