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BATTLE FOR VIRGIN ATLANTIC RALLYSPORT TITLES

While Sean Gill and Roger Skeete are the respective leaders of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Sprint and Rally Championships – both are being chased down by Paul Bourne – there are many more aspiring drivers hoping for success in their Groups in the Virgin Atlantic BRC RallySport Championship. At year-end, drivers will drop their worst score from each of the Rally and Sprint series to arrive at their points total in the RallySport Championship – as all involved enjoy the mid-season break, the picture looks like this:

BOURNE WINS EVENING SHOWDOWN

Paul Bourne continued his winning ways on Saturday (July 26) with victory in the Summer Nights Tarmac Sprint at Pickerings in St Lucy; it was his third win in four rounds of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Sprint Championship and brings him to within six points of Championship leader Roger Skeete.

NEW NAMES ADDED TO HISTORIC ROLL OF HONOUR

Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Navigational Champions in 2005, Neil Barnard and Barry Gale, added their names to the roll of honour of the region’s longest-running motor sport event last weekend (June 28/29) when they won the Shelbury Construction June Safari; in doing so, Barnard joins his father, David, who won the June Rally as both driver (1971 & ‘87) and navigator (for Michael Atwell in 1983).

THIRTY CREWS GO FOR ‘JUNE’ GLORY

Thirty crews are listed on the final entry for this weekend’s (June 28/29) Shelbury Construction June Safari, chasing glory in the region’s longest-running motor sport event . . . but victory in the second round of the 2008 Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship will not be easy.
Once again, the event which helped establish the BRC in 1957 promises a true challenge of man and machine. The entry list includes seven former winners, two of whom – Leslie Alleyne and Derek Gill – have won as both driver and navigator.

INCREASED TV COVERAGE FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Motor sport fans across Europe have been enjoying the widest-ever coverage of the Caribbean’s biggest annual motor sport event, with more than 10 hours of programming on terrestrial and satellite television channels covering Sol Rally Barbados 2008 . . . and there’s more to come later in the year.

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2008 Results

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown): ENG – England; ESP – Spain; IRL – The Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NIR – Northern Ireland; SVG – St Vincent & The Grenadines; SWE – Sweden; TDAD – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL - Wales

MEEKE AND NAGLE WIN SOL RALLY BARBADOS

Northern Ireland’s Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle were confirmed at yesterday’s Prize-giving at The Boatyard as winners of Sol Rally Barbados 2008 (May 31/June 1); a weekend of drama and excitement ended with the first lock-out of the podium by overseas crews since Meeke’s fellow-countryman Kenny McKinstry led home Jamaicans Jeffrey Panton and Doug Gore in 1996.

SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2008 Final running order at May 28, 2008

Key to nationalities (competitor from Barbados unless shown):
ENG – England; HOL – The Netherlands; ESP – Spain; IoM – Isle of Man; IRL – The Republic of Ireland; JAM – Jamaica; NIR – Northern Ireland; SCO – Scotland;
SVG – St Vincent & The Grenadines; SWE – Sweden; TDAD – Trinidad & Tobago; WAL - Wales

SOL RALLY BARBADOS REFLECTS TOURISM GOALS

As the organising Barbados Rally Club (BRC) confirmed the final running order this afternoon (May 28) for Sol Rally Barbados 2008, the details reflected clearly the sports tourism goals of two of its major backers, the Barbados Tourism Authority and the Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association.

SHELL V-POWER KING OF THE HILL - Results

Overall
1st Paul Bourne/Stuart Maloney (M8-WRC Banks/Texaco/B-Mobile/Pirelli/New-Tech Subaru Impreza WRC S9), 1m 13.02s
2nd Kris Meeke - NIR/Paul Nagle - NIR (M8-WRC Digicel/Nassco/Pirelli/Red Bull/Consolidated Finance/Armag/Crane & Equipments Toyota Corolla WRC), 1m 13.25s
3rd Kevin Procter - ENG/Dave Bellerby - ENG (M8-WRC Procters Coaches Subaru Impreza WRC S7),1m 15.74s
4th Roger Skeete/Robert Simmons (M8-WRC Michelin/FB Batteries Ford Escort WRC), 1m 15.99s

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