MUD DOGS RETURN TO BATTLE FOR RFS SAFARI

Posted on September 8th, 2009.

After a three-month break since the June Safari, competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship rejoin battle this Sunday (September 13) in the Regional Fire & Security September Safari. Round three of the four-round championship is slated to start at 8:01am from Automotive Art, Welches . . . and it will start in fine style, too, with a driver challenge on the adjacent land.
The morning route will cover the western and northern parishes, before the stop-over at AXIS Inc, The Garden, St James at around 12:30pm. In the afternoon, crews will take in the island’s central and eastern parishes, then finish at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association’s (BCTSA) Clubhouse at Searles at approximately 5:00pm.
The event will be split roughly 60/40 between the tulip system of navigation and map work, which is also divided between the traditional BRC method and a re-generated straight-line by the map system. Route-setters for the first time are Sean Dowding and Kirk Watkins, while the tulip sections are being checked by Stewart Gill.
Competition is expected to be tough, with fewer than 10 points spread across the leading crews. Dominic Brooker and Stephen Dear (SDRR Hydraulics/Next Generation Electrical/Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux), who started their season well with victory in the ARMAG March Safari, currently head the Driver and Navigator standings.
Their closest challengers are Darrin White and Robert Warren (Flyin’ Fish/Lucky Locks Nissan Frontier); third in the season-opener, they went on to win the Shelbury Construction June Safari, to lie just two points behind the leaders.
Champion Navigator and Driver in 2005, Neil Barnard and Barry Gale (Gale’s Agro Products/Redlinefuels.com Mitsubishi L200) are currently third; Gale is overseas on BRC business, however, so navigator Barnard will sit alongside his father, David, whose wealth of experience – and results, three-time winner of ‘The June’ – will make them a very strong team. Chris Armstrong and Wayne Clarke (Toyota Hilux) are just a handful of points adrift, so another good result will keep them in contention.
The Prizegiving for the Regional Fire & Security September Safari will be held at 7.00pm at the Barbados BCTSA Club House on Tuesday, September 15, once the results have been declared final.

Regional Fire & Security September Safari – September 13
Mud Dogs BRC Safari Championship, round 3
Running order - Pro class
1 Dustin Edwards/Ryan Corbin (Blockman/SDRR Hydraulics/Crane & Equipments Toyota Hilux)
3 Nicolas Lorde/Warrick Eastmond (Niccolls & Edghill Construction Suzuki Vitara)
5 Paul Marshall/Tiffany Marshall (Mitsubishi L200)
6 Biddy Barber/Chris O’Neal (Aqua Pur/Castrol/Visitor's Information Daihatsu Feroza)
7 Chris Armstrong/Wayne Clarke (Toyota Hilux)
8 Colin Goodman/Robin Hinds (Suzuki Samurai)
9 Edson Arthur/Renata Roett (Toyota Hilux)
10 Dominic Brooker/Stephen Dear (SDRR Hydraulics/Next Generation Electrical/Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux)
11 Chris Beckley/Warren Gollop (Essco Mitsubishi Pajero)
13 Damian Brooker/Derek Edwards (Joe Brooker's Building/SDRR Hydraulics Toyota Hilux)
14 Wayne Manning/Yosuf Patel (Black Bess Quarry/Citgo Oils Toyota Hilux)
15 Audley Croney/Jeremy Croney (JCB Excavators Suzuki Samurai)
18 Mike Ward/Willie Hinds (Niccolls & Edghill Construction/EZ Sign Stop Suzuki Samurai)
22 Darrin White/Robert Warren (Flyin’ Fish/Lucky Locks Nissan Frontier)
23 David Barnard/Neil Barnard (Gale’s Agro Products/Redlinefuels.com Mitsubishi L200)
25 Kirk King/Tricia King (K & N Equipment Suzuki Samurai)

Novice class
2 Anthony King/Dave Sealy (Dynamic Limousine/Maxxis Tire/Lee’s Tyre Shop Toyota Hilux)
4 Ben Norris/Rhett Watson (Pitbull Energy Drink/ACE Engineering Land Rover Tomcat)
12 Bryan Collymore/Adrian Jackman (Owlies Trucking/Williams Tools & Equipment Suzuki Samurai)
16 Hadley Green/Adrian Crane (Automotive Art/Hunte’s Auto Spares Toyota Hilux)
17 David Brewster/Winston Drakes (Marks Auto Parts/Champion Auto Wrecker Service Suzuki Samurai)
19 Matthew Durrant/Renne Mings (Tint Black Foot Flat Land Rover Defender)
20 Adrian Sinckler/Andre Murrell (Suzuki Samurai)
21 Russell Williams/Dale Mottley (Dr Donuts Suzuki Samurai)
24 Kyle Proverbs/Daniel Christie (Jason Jones & Co/Hankook Tyres/Ellco/Fingerprint Designs/SDRR Hydraulics/Flick Services/Ready Mix/Ready Block Suzuki Samurai)

2009 BRC Mud Dogs Safari Championship
Positions after round one - Navigators:
1st Stephen Dear, 118 points
2nd Robert Warren, 116pts
3rd Neil Barnard, 110pts
4th Wayne Clarke, 100pts
5th Kirk Watkins, 92pts
6th Derek Edwards, 90pts
7th Willie Hinds, 86pts
8th Tricia King, 84pts
9th Warrick Eastmond, 82pts
10th Geoffrey Goddard, 70pts
etc
Drivers:
1st Dominic, 118 points
2nd Darrin White, 116pts
3rd Barry Gale, 110pts
equal 4th Chris Armstrong & Paul Marshall, 100pts
6th Sean Dowding, 92pts
7th Damian Brooker, 90pts
8th Michael Ward, 86pts
9th Kirk King, 84pts
10th Nicolas Lorde, 82pts
etc