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RALLY CLUB CELEBRATES SUCCESSFUL SEASON

Seventy members of the island’s motor sport fraternity were honoured at the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Annual Prizegiving on Saturday evening (November 20); awards included return tickets to the UK and all-inclusive ‘staycation’ weekends at the Sea Breeze Beach Hotel, presented by Beverley Layne, marketing co-ordinator of Virgin Atlantic, title sponsor of the BRC Driver’s and Class Championships. Club officials, meanwhile, celebrated an unexpectedly successful season.

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GALE DRAWS CLOSER TO RALLY CLUB TITLE

Production 4 class leader Barry Gale (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX) has moved one step closer to winning the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Overall Class Championship; with six class wins in the nine rounds so far run, he is now eight points clear of SuperModified 11 leader Mark Hamilton (Ford Escort MkII), who is now the only driver who could deny him the title.

NOVICES SINCKLER AND MURRELL WIN NASSCO SAFARI

Edwards and Corbin are 2010 Mud Dogs Champions The final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship – the Nassco October Safari – brought the season to a successful conclusion last Sunday (October 17) as “surprised” Novices Adrian Sinckler and Andre Murrell (Suzuki Samurai) became the fifth different winning crew in as many events.

ENTRIES OPEN FOR SOL RALLY BARBADOS 2011

Expanded incentive programme for International crews  Nearly 180 International competitors - more than twice the potential recipients this year - could benefit from an expanded incentive programme being offered by the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) for Sol Rally Barbados 2011, the Caribbean's biggest annual international celebration of motor sport, scheduled for the weekend of June 4/5.

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NASSCO SAFARI ‘LAST CHANCE SALOON’ FOR MUD DOGS

The fifth and final round of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship – the Nassco October Safari – provides crews with their last chance to score points in this competitive series on Sunday (October 17).
The first crew will leave the start at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association (BCTSA) Club House at Searles, Christ Church, at 8.01am for the first of two routes; the stopover will be at Pool Plantation, St John, at approximately 11.00am, with the finish back at the BCTSA Club House at Searles slated for around 4.00pm.

NASSCO OCTOBER SAFARI TO END MUD DOGS SEASON

Competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship are preparing for their last chance to score points this season, which culminates in the Nassco October Safari, slated for Sunday, October 17.
The recent weather system in the Atlantic Ocean, which this week caused major flooding, particularly in the west of the island, has really helped put the ‘Mud’ back into Mud Dogs for the fifth and final Safari of the year, which promises to be a major challenge for all crews.

NOVICE CREW WIN REGIONAL FIRE & SECURITY SAFARI

Following this year’s established form for the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship, last Sunday’s (September 5) Regional Fire & Security September Safari produced the fourth different winners in as many events, as Novice crew Ben Norris and Darnley Rayside claimed their first overall victory in the Electric Avenue/Pitbull Energy Drink/Ace Engineering Land Rover Discovery.

REGIONAL FIRE & SECURITY SAFARI STARTS 22 CREWS

As competitors make their final preparations for this weekend’s Regional Fire & Security September Safari (Sunday, September 5), increasingly unpredictable weather patterns around the island suggest that the 22 crews will face a challenging event.

REGIONAL FIRE & SECURITY SAFARI ON HORIZON

After a break of more than two months, competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship are starting preparations for the Regional Fire & Security September Safari, slated for Sunday, September 5 . . . and, with rain now a regular feature of the island’s weather pattern, a tough event is anticipated.

FAMILY FORTUNES IN RALLY STANDINGS

With eight rounds run and just two to go, the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Virgin Atlantic Driver’s and Class Championships are still some way off being settled. The fight for the title of Overall Class Champion is particularly fierce, with a spread of just 24 points across the leading six drivers . . . the first two of whom share a surname!

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