[1]Annual Prizegiving set for January
Following the conclusion of the competition season last month, just before the island’s 50th Anniversary of Independence celebrations moved into high gear, the Barbados Rally Club (BRC) today confirms its list of Champions for 2016, along with the leading points-scorers across all disciplines. With such a busy calendar during Independence and the Festive Season, the Annual Prizegiving will be held in January 2017, moved from its customary November date.
As had already been confirmed last month, Daryl Clarke is the Champion Driver for 2016, while Roger Hill and Josh Read are respectively 4wd and 2wd Champions. Leslie Alleyne and Chris O’Neal are the Chefette MudDogs Safari Champion Driver and Navigator for an unprecedented fourth consecutive year, with Richard Hinkson and Kevin-Jon Manning the Novice Champions, while Jamaica’s Chris McFarlane has won back-to-back BRC Autocross Championships.
Driving the Roberts Manufacturing/Amir’s Chicken/Valvoline/MQI Collision Repair Honda Civic, Clarke was also Modified 2 Champion, his third class win in five years, losing the coveted Champion Driver title to a tie-break on each previous occasion. SuperModified 1 Champion Edward Corbin – his sixth BRC class title since 2003 - finished second in the Automotive Art/Pro Sales/KlarkOdio/Hilti Daihatsu Charmant, while early leader Read (Sprite/Stihl/Gliptone/Hankook/Weetabix/Chutney’s/Urban Kitchen/Cell Hut/Cockspur Toyota Starlet) slipped to third. The SM2 and 2wd crowns, however, combine with Read’s seven earlier class titles to archive an unrivalled record of success over the 10 seasons since he was Champion Driver and SM9 winner in 2007.
Neil Corbin (Nassco/Jason Jones/Auto Solutions/Emtage Electric/BG Products & Services/Valvoline Toyota Starlet) finished fourth, winning M1, while sixth-placed Rhett Watson (SM3 Chefette/Carter’s Pitstop/Stihl/Gliptone/GUNK/The Unknown Entity in support of Little Pink Gift BMW M3) claimed his third consecutive class win. Veterans John Corbin (Valvoline/Pro Sales Toyota Corolla) and Trevor Mapp (JSB Motorsport/A S Autostop/Chicken Pen Racing/Valvoline Mitsubishi Colt Mivec RS) finished seventh and ninth overall, respectively winning Historic 2 and Clubman 1.
The remaining class Champions finished outside the overall top 10: WRC – Roger Hill (Esso/Nassco/MotorMac/Pennzoil Toyota Corolla WRC): Group A - Avinash Chatrani (Lenovo/PowerBass/Gunk/iShop/Electric Avenue/Copocabana/Unlabeled Society Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI); GpN - Andrew Mallalieu (Terra Caribbean Subaru Impreza N10); C2 - Allan Kinch (Jolly Roger/Boom Energy Drink/Pirate’s Cove/Cran Plus Water BMW 318ti); GpB - Calvin Briggs (Lucas Oil/Massy Realty Ford Sierra).
Campaigning the Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max, Alleyne and O’Neal’s fourth consecutive MudDogs title is a record since the BRC’s off-road navigational championship was created in 2004, and one unlikely to be broken any time soon. Michael Ward and Warrick Eastmond (Regional Fire & Security/Quality Tyre Suzuki Jimny) finished second, after winning a tie-break – it is based on the lower total of penalties in common events - with last year’s runners-up, Ben Norris and Kirk Watkins (Birdies Restaurant Ford Ranger). Having finished second last year, Richard Hinkson and Kevin-Jon Manning (Goodyear Tyres Suzuki Samurai) have won the Novice Championship, the only crew to have contested the entire 2016 season.
There were back-to-back titles in the BRC Autocross Championship as well, for Jamaica’s Chris McFarlane in his Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X. Although he won all four rounds, he was pushed hard by Jamal Brathwaite (Honda Civic Type-R) in round three, then only overcame a strong challenge from Stuart Garcia (Subaru Impreza STI) in the last run of the final round last month.
BRC Driver’s Championship Final Positions after round 8:
1st Daryl Clarke (M2 Roberts Manufacturing/Amir’s Chicken/Valvoline/MQI Collision Repair Honda Civic), 130 points 2nd Edward Corbin (SM1 Automotive Art/Pro Sales/KlarkOdio/Hilti Daihatsu Charmant), 119pts 3rd Josh Read (SM2 Sprite/Stihl/Gliptone/Hankook/Weetabix/Chutney’s/Urban Kitchen/Cell Hut/Cockspur Toyota Starlet), 112pts 4th Neil Corbin (M1 Nassco/Jason Jones/Auto Solutions/Emtage Electric/BG Products & Services/Valvoline Toyota Starlet), 110pts 5th Dane Skeete (SM2 Sol/Flow/Automotive Art/Williams Trading Inc Peugeot 306 Maxi), 104pts 6th Rhett Watson (SM3 Chefette/Carter’s Pitstop/Stihl/Gliptone/GUNK/The Unknown Entity in support of Little Pink Gift BMW M3), 100pts etc
BRC Class Championship Final Positions after round 8:
WRC: 1st Roger Hill (Esso/Nassco/MotorMac/Pennzoil Toyota Corolla WRC), 78 points; 2nd Roger Skeete (Sol/Flow/Automotive Art Subaru Impreza WRC S12B), 47pts Group A: 1st Avinash Chatrani (Lenovo/PowerBass/Gunk/iShop/Electric Avenue/Copocabana/Unlabeled Society Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VI), 26pts
GpN: 1st Andrew Mallalieu (Terra Caribbean Subaru Impreza N10), 88pts; 2nd Mark Thompson (Rock Hard Cement/Stag Beer/Automotive Art/NKM Clothing/Bio-Beauty Day Spa/Valvoline/Slam 101.1FM/Versatile Construction/Glassesco Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 65pts; 3rd David Coelho – TRI (Zanzibar/Kaizan Sushi/VP Fuels/Total Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX), 60pts SuperModified 3: 1st Watson, 100pts; 2nd David St Hill (Solar Wind & Energy Solutions/Liqui Moly/Bimmer Specialist BMW M3), 80pts; 3rd Mark Kinch (Jolly Roger/Boom Energy Drink/Pirate’s Cove/Cran Plus Water BMW M3), 72pts; etc
SM2: 1st Read, 112pts; 2nd D Skeete, 104pts; 3rd Roger Mayers (Chefette/Digicel/Sol/DHL/Hankook/Illusion Graphics WR Starlet), 98pts; etc
SM1: 1st E Corbin, 119pts; 2nd Shareef Walcott (Melwani’s/Novus Tech/Castrol/Caribbean Pleasures/Mianect Toyota Corolla), 89pts; 3rd Jeremy Gonsalves (Sign Depot/Makita/Star Products/Valvoline/Yamaha/John Hardman Engineering Opel Corsa), 45pts; etc Modified 2: 1st Clarke, 130pts; 2nd Jamal Brathwaite (Platinum Motors Collision Repair/Valvoline/Automotive Art/Consumers Guarantee Insurance/JSB Motorsport/Ellesmere Quarries Honda Civic Type-R), 77pts; 3rd Paul Horton - TCI (Java Island/H Racing/Sky Motorsports Ford Escort MkI), 73pts; etc
M1: 1st N Corbin, 110pts; 2nd Wayne Archer (Archers Hall Design Centre/RW Water Peugeot 206), 87pts Historic 2: 1st John Corbin (Automotive Art/Pro Sales/KlarkOdio/Hilti Toyota Corolla), 98pts Clubman 2: 1st Allan Kinch (Jolly Roger/Boom Energy Drink/Pirate’s Cove/Cran Plus Water BMW 318ti), 65pts; 2nd Paul Inniss (Durex Barbados/Caribbean Villa Chefs/Hugh Auto Body/Drive-A-Matic Car Rentals/Sun General Insurance/JJ Racing Team/East Point Grill/Terasu Restaurant/The Chicken Shop Inc/Rallymaxx Honda Civic), 58pts
C1: 1st Trevor Mapp (JSB Motorsport/A S Autostop/Chicken Pen Racing/Valvoline Mitsubishi Colt Mivec RS), 96pts; 2nd Jermin Pope (Glassesco/Good time Snacks/NKM/UFO/Niccolls & Edghill Construction/Bio Beauty Day Spa/Tile Express/Slam 101.1FM Honda Civic), 79pts; 3rd Pierre Clarke (SDRR Hydraulics & Industrial Spares Honda Civic), 63pts; etc
GpB: 1st Calvin Briggs (Lucas Oil/Massy Realty Ford Sierra), 11pts
BRC 4wd Championship: 1st Hill, 93pts; 2nd Mallalieu, 78pts; 3rd R Skeete, 55pts; 4th M Thompson, 52pts; 5th Coelho, 50pts; 6th Chatrani, 10pts BRC 2wd Championship: 1st Read, 112pts; 2nd D Skeete, 100pts; 3rd R Mayers, 98pts; 4th N Corbin, 88pts; 5th D Clarke, 72pts; 6th Andrew Jones (SM2 Lucozade/Caribbean Powder Coating Ford Escort MkII), 72pts; etc
Chefette MudDogs Safari Championship Final positions after round 4
1st Leslie Alleyne/Chris O’Neal (Simpson Motors/Shell Spirax/Shell Rimula/Maxxis Isuzu D-Max), 180 points 2nd Michael Ward/Warrick Eastmond (Regional Fire & Security/Quality Tyre Suzuki Jimny), 172pts 3rd Ben Norris/Kirk Watkins (Birdies Restaurant Ford Ranger), 172pts 4th Wayne Manning/Willie Hinds (Courtesy Garage/Windforce Tyres ZNA Rich), 166pts 5th George Mendes/Gary Mendes (G & G Sales & Services Inc Mitsubishi L200 Sportero), 154pts 6th Dean Springer/Bridget Garity (Eastern Veterinary Clinic Ford Ranger), 146pts etc Chefette MudDogs Safari Novice Championship 1st Richard Hinkson/Kevin-Jon Manning (Goodyear Tyres Suzuki Samurai), 180pts
BRC Autocross Championship vFinal positions after round 4
1st Chris McFarlane - JAM (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X FQ), 40 points 2nd Stuart Garcia (Subaru Impreza STI), 32pts 3rd Trevor Mapp (Mitsubishi Colt), 28pts 4th Marlon Bell (Nissan Skyline), 21pts 5th Jamal Brathwaite (Honda Civic Type-R), 18pts 6th Stephen Edwards (Honda Civic), 14pts etc
