BRC Championship shake-up follows BCIC RB26

Two-time winner Neil Corbin is now the sole leader of the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) Driver’s Championship after a major shake-up of the standings following First Citizens King of the Hill (May 24) and BCIC RB26 (May 29-31), rounds four to six of the nine-round competition.

  Corbin shared the lead with Edward Corbin and Antigua’s Stewart Gordon ahead of the season’s two marquee events, but a blown engine for the former and a catalogue of dramas for the regional visitor left them among five drivers who dropped out of the overall top 10. There have been seven changes of lead in the class standings, too.

  With 101 points from a 100 per cent record of Modified 2 class wins in his Toyota GT86 CS-R3, Corbin is 13 points ahead of his closest rival Kyle Gill, who leapt from ninth to second over the last two weekends in May. Although he has won Clubman 1 every time in his Mitsubishi Colt, there have only been two starters, with reduced points awarded.

  Corbin’s advantage is highlighted by a spread of only 15 points from Gill through the rest of the top 10, with close competition in prospect for the rest of the season. Third overall, up from eighth and one point behind Gill, is rising star David-Anthony Balgobin, the third leader for the season of the Modified 4 class in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX.

  The only driver to hold station is fourth overall Josh Read (Ford Fiesta Rally2), top scorer so far in the FIA R5 class with 73 points. He is three ahead of SuperModified 2 leader Barry Mayers (Fiesta), the highest-placed of the five new drivers in the top 10, while Jamaica’s Kyle Gregg (Fiesta Rally2 – 69pts) has slipped from fifth to sixth.

  Seventh to 10th are drivers moving into the top 10: Sean Corbin (BMW 318ti Compact – 68pts), second to Neil Corbin in M2, Rally2 runners Adam Mallalieu (Fiesta) and Stuart Maloney (Skoda Fabia RS), tied on 64, and Jermin Pope (M2 Honda Civic) with 62.

  While the Champion Driver title is based on points scored by competitors against their peers in each class, the 4wd and 2wd Championships are based on overall results. Read leads the 4wd standings with 67 points, three ahead of Gregg, six up on Maloney. With 70 points, Mayers has an 11-point advantage over Rhett Watson (BMW M3) in the 2wd standings, with Neil Corbin a further 11 points adrift in third.

  In the class-leaders shuffle, Mayers has replaced Watson as the leader of SM2, Antonio Springer (Toyota Starlet) has ousted Edward Corbin (Daihatsu Charmant) to lead SM1; in the Modified classes, Michael Worme leads M3 in his BMW M-Pact, while Jamar Haynes (Honda Civic) has been demoted by Carlos Edwards (Citroen C2R2 MAX) in M1.

  Gordon’s problems have dropped him well down the battle of the BimmaCups in C2, now led by BRC 2025 Rookie of the Year Sebastian Thompson with 56 points, just one ahead of Allan Kinch and Robert Ryan Wood, who are tied in second place.

  Three rounds remain, the double-header Summer Sprint (August 23) and Winter Rally (November 1). With 15 points for a win in each direction at the Sprint and the now-traditional enhanced points structure for the season finale, there are still another 58 points for three class wins on the board. The championship fight is far from over.

BRC Class Championship

Positions after round 6:

WRC: 1st Dane Skeete (Automotive Art/C O Williams Sand & Lime/Sol Subaru Impreza WRC S12), 56 points; 2nd Rob Swann – ENG (GO Rent a Car/Cygnet Plant Ltd/Rude Boy Ford Fiesta WRC), 43pts FIA R5: 1st Josh Read (Servall Inc/Stihl/Fig Products/H&B Hardware/Hankook Batteries/Weetabix/Sign Station Ford Fiesta Rally2), 73pts; 2nd Kyle Gregg – JAM (York Investments/B D Gregg/ACE K9 Security Services Ford Fiesta Rally2), 69pts; equal 3rd Adam Mallalieu (Terra Caribbean Ford Fiesta Rally2) & Stuart Maloney (VP Fuels/Bushy Park Barbados/Maloney Racing Skoda Fabia RS Rally2), 64pts; etc Modified 4: 1st David-Anthony Balgobin (DKK Industrial Supplies/Da-Shem-Rhe Inc Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 76pts; 2nd Savio Walcott (Worthing Secured Services/Movements Plus/Quality Tyre Plus/360 Sports Inc/Reason Motors/SJ Rent Co/Smarts Freighting & Wrecker Service/Da-Shem-Rhe Inc/Tyrese Caesar Foundation/Unique Society Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 59pts; 3rd Kurt Thompson (Glassesco/King Ocean Shipping/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty Day Spa/Pedialyte Sport Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) 50pts; etc SuperModified 2: 1st Barry Mayers (Kooyman/Chefette/Frosteez/Milwaukee/Hankook/BSC Essex/Sign Depot Ford Fiesta), 70pts; 2nd Rhett Watson (Chefette/Frosteez/Bajan Pure/Hankook/Gliptone/Stihl/Meukow Cognac/Gales Agro Products BMW M3), 59pts; 3rd Logan Watson (Cargo BGI/Don Henrique Tequila 100% Agave Azul/Tequila Quinto Sol 100% Agave/KIG/FRII GUYS/Hankook/Colour XL/C3 Communications/Boot Camp Central Ford Escort MkII), 50pts; etc

SM1: 1st Antonio Springer (Lamar Mechanical Services/Trey Vision Video & Photography Toyota Starlet), 58pts; 2nd Andre Corbin (Fusions Boutique/Parts Plus/Hi Speed Performance/Fusionz Auto World/Ice-Line Design Toyota Corolla), 56pts; 3rd Darren Lashley (Prestigious Wheels/DKK Industrial Supplies/Hi-Speed Performance Parts/Starboy Performance/Prime Garage 246 Toyota Starlet), 52pts; etc

M3: 1st Michael Worme (BCIC Insurance/COT/Express Motors/Ullyett's Machine Shop/Camps Auto Services BMW M-Pact), 46pts; 2nd David St Hill (DG Audio/Charles Doc Inc/Beamer Specialist BMW M3), 44pts; 3rd Justin Campbell (Campbell Racing Team 20th Anniversary/De Lioness BMW), 35pts; etc

M2: 1st Neil Corbin (Nassco/Superfeeds/Stamina Energy/ColourXL/Auto Solutions/Pressout Performance Toyota GT86 CS-R3), 90pts; 2nd Sean Corbin (Super-S/Bajan Pure/Foxin/Carter’s Pitstop/Guava Tech/First Step Security/Gunk BMW 318ti Compact), 68pts; 3rd Jermin Pope (Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty Day Spa/King Ocean Shipping/Pedialyte Sport/Bettr/Pharmacy Sales Caribbean Ltd/Vitoxine/UltraGrime Gloves/Sandblasting Powder Coating 2022 Ltd Honda Civic), 62pts; etc

M1: 1st Carlos Edwards (Enermax Ltd/Milwaukee/Meukow/Sign Depot/Be Social Citroen C2R2 MAX), 55pts; 2nd Jamar Haynes (Temperature Pro Inc/J’s Services Home & Auto Clinic/Alex’s Home & Property Maintenance Honda Civic), 45pts; 3rd Stephen Nicholls (Siara Farms Nissan March), 24pts; etc Clubman 3: 1st Kevin Armstrong (Armstrong Auto/DS Vroom Car Rental/I & E Foods Ltd/PET Arts BMW 325i), 53pts; 2nd Randy Reid (3Rs Trucking BMW 325i), 41pts; 3rd Kamal Quimby (Mally's Trucking/Soldierman's Trucking/M&M Engineering services Ltd/Shehaul Construction Inc BMW), 34pts Clubman 2: 1st Sebastian Thompson (Glassesco/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty Day Spa/SMT FIT/Pressure On BimmaCup), 56pts; equal 2nd Allan Kinch (Savvy on the Bay/Tranquility Cruises/Yorkshire Agricultural/Eden of the Sea/Guava Tech BimmaCup) & Robert Ryan Wood (Carter’s Pitstop/Blue Waters/Caribbean LED Lighting/C&A Autobody Repairs/Perkins & Son/Lucky Locks/CJ Wood Inc/Hilti/Westlake Tyres BimmaCup), 55pts; etc

C1: 1st Kyle Gill (Expressionism/Fun Miles/Chicken Stop Mitsubishi Colt), 77pts; 2nd Shawn Brathwaite (Homeomart Barbados/Security Hub Int Inc/Gibson's Tech/CM30FX INC/B's Variety & Food Spot Toyota Corolla), 52pts Open R/GT Class: 1st Zane Maloney (Rock Hard Cement/Bushy Park Barbados/M-Jet FBO/Ston Atelier/Flow/Heineken 0.0/Sign Station/Maloney Racing Porsche 992 Rally GT), 41pts Open Class: 1st Mark Huggins (General Distributors/Ultra Quick/Huggins Auto Shop Daihatsu Charmant), 51pts; 2nd Chadane Holder (CoB Credit Union/Seven Creative Media/Carnique Transport Inc/Ticketlinkz/Camps Auto Services Toyota Starlet GT Turbo Evo), 42pts; 3rd Horatio Brown – JAM (Express Motors/Esuf Racing/Garage 61/DavCo Repairs BMW M3), 41pts; etc

BRC 4wd Championship: 1st Read, 67pts; 2nd Gregg – JAM, 64pts; 3rd S Maloney, 61pts; 4th Mallalieu, 59pts; 5th Skeete, 58pts; etc BRC 2wd Championship: 1st Mayers, 70ts; 2nd R Watson, 59pts; 3rd N Corbin, 48pts; 4th Mark-Anthony Hinkson (SM2 Beyond Limits Fitness Centre/Structural Systems/Movements Plus/Williams Industries/Williams Equipment/AGS Airconditioning Service Solutions BMW M3), 46pts; 5th L Watson, 42pts; etc

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