Rally Club Championship decider this Sunday

Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg and co-driver Kreigg Yearwood lead the field of 45 cars entered for Sunday’s (October 26) BRC Winter Rally in the Ford Fiesta Rally2 in which they won BCIC Rally Barbados 2025. With its usual enhanced points structure and each driver’s lowest score to be dropped, the deciding round of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s and Class Championships promises island fans an action-packed day to remember.

  With 129 points, Kurt Thompson currently leads the Champion Driver title chase in his Modified 4 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, with Neil Corbin (M2 Toyota GT86 CS-R3) eight points behind in second place.

  Gregg is tied for third on 120 points with Edward Corbin (SM1 Daihatsu Charade) and Reigning 2wd Champion Rhett Watson (SM2 BMW M3), but Corbin is the only one of the top five with a zero score to drop following his engine failure in the reverse direction of the Summer Sprint in August, however, so the balance shifts.

  Seeded at one in the running order published at last evening’s (Thursday) Briefing Meeting at Mahogany Ridge, St Thomas, Gregg leads a nine-strong FIA R5 entry as a multi-national field also contests the final of the Barbados Rally2 Championship, being scored as a double-header.

 The lone WRC class entry of Dane Skeete and Tyler Mayhew (Subaru Impreza WRC S12) is seeded at two, with Jamaica’s Jeff Panton at three, the current leader of the Rally2 Championship partnered in his Fiesta Rally2 by local co-driver Jason Cozier.

  Gregg has already put the 4wd Championship out of reach of his rivals, as early leader Stuart Maloney has not competed since retiring from BCIC RB25. Skeete and Panton are locked in a battle for second place, with just one point then separating Josh Read (Fiesta Rally2) and Britain’s Rob Swann (Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo), who start at five and six.

  Seeded at four is Adam Mallalieu, at 21 the youngest of the Rally2 field. Following his strong showing at the Motoring Club Barbados Inc (MCBI) double-header two weeks ago, where he finished each direction in the top four, he is joined by British co-driver Max Freeman, fresh from two wins in the last four weeks, co-driving in a Fiesta Rally2 for Sam Touzel in the Tour of Epynt and the Jersey Rally.

  Top two-wheel-drive seeds at nine are Barry Mayers, co-driven in his SuperModified 2 Fiesta by Leslie Evanson, with Watson and Andrew Croney starting at 11 and their closest challengers, Nigel Reece and Jason Tull (Toyota Starlet) at 16. The nine-car SM2 entry also includes the debut of Logan Watson’s recently acquired Ford Escort MkII, with fans keen to see how it measures up against the similar car of Andrew Jones.

  As always, the season finale will benefit from an enhanced scoring system - 28 points for a win compared with 20, then 23 for second place, 20 for third and so on down to 10 for 10th place – so there is still much to be settled.

  Although some class winners are home and dry, others remain to be resolved, with the closest battle set to be among the BimmaCup drivers in Clubman 2, with a new class winner a certainty for the fourth year in a row, joining two-time Champion Chris Hoad (2024, 2021), Ian Warren (2023) and Ryan Wood (2022).

  Points leader Hoad is absent, with his own car out after an accident during the recent MCBI event and his go-to replacement needing an engine rebuild. After dropped scores, there’s just 10 points spread across David-Anthony Balgobin, Antigua’s Stewart Gordon and Sebastian Thompson, who won both directions of the BRC Summer Sprint in August.

  The BRC Winter Rally comprises nine stages at two venues, starting from the central Service Park at Greenland Agricultural Station in St Andrew. Before the lunch break, there will be three runs from French Village to The Rock (2.7kms), the first at 10.35am, alternating with two from Pickering to Luke Hill (4.00kms); two reverse runs through each stage are scheduled to start with Luke Hill to Pickering at 2.40pm.

BRC Winter Rally - Sunday, October 26

2025 BRC Driver’s & Class Championships, round 9 Final running order at October 24:

1 Kyle Gregg – JAM/Kreigg Yearwood (FIA R5 York Investments/BD Gregg/Elevated Home Decor Ford Fiesta Rally2)

2 Dane Skeete/Tyler Mayhew (WRC Automotive Art/C O Williams Sand & Lime/Sol Subaru Impreza WRC S12)

3 Jeffrey Panton – JAM/Jason Cozier (FIA R5 KIG/Ford/Sandals Ford Fiesta Rally2)

4 Adam Mallalieu/Max Freeman - ENG (FIA R5 Terra Caribbean Ford Fiesta R5)

5 Josh Read/Mark Jordan (FIA R5 Servall Inc/Stihl/Fig Products/H & B Hardware/Hankook Batteries/Weetabix Ford Fiesta Rally2)

6 Rob Swann – ENG/Tom Woodburn - ENG (FIA R5 GO Car Rental/Cygnet Plant/R A Swann Ltd Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo)

7 Roger Hill/Graham Gittens (FIA R5 Esso/Max Meyer/PPG Paints/MotorMac Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo)

8 Kurt Thompson/Adam Straker (M4 Glassesco/Realtors Ltd/NKM Clothing/Bio Beauty Day Spa/Sign Depot Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

9 Barry Mayers/Leslie Evanson (F) (SM2 Chefette/Frosteez/Kooyman/Sign Depot/Hankook/BSC-Essex Freight Ford Fiesta)

10 David Husbands/Joshua Plaza – T&T (FIA R5 Volkswagen Polo GTi R5)

11 Rhett Watson/Andrew Croney (SM2 Chefette/Frosteez/Cargo BGI/Gliptone/Sthil/Hankook/Motul Racing Oils/Bajan Pure Water BMW M3)

12 Tarik Minott – JAM/Shaquille Walcott (FIA R5 Minott Dialysis Supply Ford Fiesta Rally2)

14 Mark Thompson/Ron Greaves (M4 Glassesco/Realtors Ltd/NKM Clothing/Bio Beauty Day Spa/Sign Depot Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

15 George Sherman - USA/Scott Pinheiro – T&T (FIA R5 Tide Cleaners/GS InMotion Racing Skoda Fabia Rally2 evo)

16 Nigel Reece/Jason Tull (SM2 Subzero Services Ltd/Hankook Tyres/Quality Tyre Plus/Ultrabright LED Solutions/Sign Station Toyota Starlet)

17 Andrew Jones/Lindsey Pilkington (F) - ENG (SM2 Gale's Agro Products/GoOn/Weetabix/Tunnocks/Hankook/Southern Surf Beach Apartments Ford Escort MkII)

18 Suleman Esuf/Asif Suleman (SM2 Express Motors BMW 1M)

19 Logan Watson/Barry Ward (SM2 Cargo BGI/Bajan Pure Water Ford Escort MkII)

20 Edward Corbin/Johnathan Alleyne (SM1 Automotive Art/Valvoline/Pro-Sales/Hilti/Williams Equipment/Bajan Pure Water/Weetabix/Sunshine Photography Daihatsu Charmant)

21 Mark Kinch/Brandon Dowding (SM2 Express Motors/Servall Inc/SignUp/Fort Carlisle BMW Compact)

22 Neil Corbin/Matthew Staffner (M2 Nassco/Stamina Energy/ColourXL/Auto Solutions/Pressout Performance/Quality Tyre Plus Toyota GT86 CS-R)

23 Mark Huggins/Kyle Ifill (OC General Distributors/Ultra Quick Daihatsu Charmant)

24 Ian Warren/Robert Warren (H2 Cargo BGI/Warren World Class Lubricants/ColourXL/Caribbean Autoglass/GuavaTech BMW 325)

25 Neil Thompson/Neil Gilkes (M4 Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Bio Beauty Day Spa/Sign Depot/SMT Fit/Kristina Creations/Exclusive Fitness Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX)

26 Sean Corbin/Moishe Steinbok (M2 Super S/Carters Pitstop/FOXIN/Bajan Pure Water/First Step Security/Westlake/GuavaTech/Gunk/Fabblast Barbados/M&M Tuning BMW 318ti Compact)

27 Calvin Briggs/Fabian Morris (SM2 Flying Bell Farms/Bassive/Sirrom Lighting Ford Sierra)

28 Ahmed Esuf/Bibi Suleman (M3 Express Motors BMW M3)

29 David-Anthony Balgobin/Elijah Marshall (C2 DKK Industrial Supplies/Da-Shem-Rae BimmaCup)

30 Sebastian Thompson/Delano Hinds (C2 Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Sign Depot/SMT Fit/Kristina Creations/Exclusive Fitness BimmaCup)

31 Chadane Holder/Shaquille Mayers (OC Carnique Transport Inc/Seven Creative Media/City of Bridgetown Credit Union/TicketLinkz Toyota Starlet)

32 Stewart Gordon - ANT/Rene Forde (C2 BimmaCup)

33 Kyle Proverbs/Kristina Bentley (F) (C2 Savvy on the Bay/GuavaTech BimmaCup)

34 Jermin Pope/Pierre Clarke (M2 Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Sign Depot Honda Civic)

35 Robert Ryan Wood/Tristan Mapp (C3 Carters Pitstop/Blue Waters/Caribbean LED Lighting/C & A Autobody Repairs/Hilti/Westlake Tyres/Sitemasters Property Management/Perkins & Son BimmaCup Too)

36 Kyle Gill/Gerard Gill (C1 Expressionism/Executive Auto Center/Chicken Stop Mitsubishi Colt)

37 Callum Kirton/Kai Shepherd (C2 One Fund/RaceBB/Bajan Exotics/BidBB .com/Crown Charters/One Caribbean Estates/King Ocean Services/Ullyett’s Machine Shop BimmaCup) Depot BimmaCup)

38 Roger Jordan/Che Vaughan (SM1 Lucas Oils/Shipsurebb Toyota Starlet)

39 Jacob Mustor/Aaron Blackett (C2 Glassesco/Bio Beauty Day Spa/NKM Clothing/Sign

40 Natya Soodeen (F)/Sameisha Williams (F) (M1 Nescafe/Standard Distribution/Nature’s Discount/Mark's Auto Spares/Newtech/Xypex/Antibes Outdoor/Milwaukee/Sparco Peugeot 208 R2)

41 Paul Inniss/Jaden Innis (SM2 Huntes Auto Spares/Trident Insurance/Caribbean LED Lighting/JJ Racing Team/Caribbean Villa Chefs Honda Civic)

42 Sean Merritt/Joseph Tseu (OC Seven Creative Media Inc/MB Auto City/Stag Beer/Quad Construction/Panadol/Camps Auto Services/Boss Tech Auto/Lux Metal Polishing Toyota Starlet Turbo)

43 Antonio Springer/Felicia Springer (F) (SM1 Trey Vision/Lamar Mechanical Services/Prestigious Wheels/Prime Garage 246/Tyrone’s Driving School Toyota Starlet)

44 Shawn Brathwaite/Johnathan King (C1 Homeomart Barbados/B’s Variety & Food Spot Toyota Corolla)

45 Fabien Clarke/Aliya Trotman (F) (SM1 Island Naturals/Ace K9 Security/RCR Tours/Bovell Auto Repairs Security Suzuki Ignis Sport)

46 Luke Cozier/Raizer Stoute (C3 Perkins & Son BimmaCup)

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