FEAST OF ACTION AT CHEFETTE APRIL SAFARI

Posted on April 13th, 2010.

Organisers of the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship are promising a real feast of action for competitors and spectators alike when the second event in the calendar, the Chefette April Safari, runs off on Saturday (April 17).
Nearly 30 crews are entered, including reigning Champion Driver and Navigator Darrin White and Robert Warren (Flyin’ Fish/Lucky Locks Nissan Frontier), who were absent as competitors from the championship’s opening round, the ARMAG March Safari, as they had been the route-setters.
A day of tough competition is in prospect, as White and Warren will face every crew that finished in the top 10 in March, the only minor change to that line-up being in the Pitbull Energy Drink/ACE Engineering Land Rover Discovery of highest-placed Novice Driver Ben Norris, who lies sixth in the overall standings; he will have Darnley Rayside as Navigator, in the absence of Rhett Watson.
The event will run between three of the sponsor’s most popular outlets, starting at Chefette Six Roads at 2.01pm; during the Briefing Meeting last night (Tuesday), it was confirmed that there will be a driver challenge by the old satellite station in Bath, St John, roughly two hours into the first route at around 4.00pm.
The stop over at approximately 6.30pm will be at Chefette Charles Rowe Bridge – competitors will enjoy dinner compliments of the sponsor – while the finish around five hours later will be at Chefette Warrens. The event will pass through the parishes of St Philip, St John, St George, Christ Church and St Michael.
The first route has been set by Robin Hinds and Colin Goodman, the second by Chris O’Neal and 2008 Champion Driver and BRC Mud Dogs Chairman Leslie Alleyne. In terms of navigation, crews will be using the tulip system for around 85 per cent of the route and the home-grown BRC system for the remaining 15 per cent.
The Prizegiving for the Chefette April Safari will be held at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association Club House at Searles, Christ Church, on Monday (April 19), once results have been declared final shortly after 6.30pm.
With one round run, Dustin Edwards and Ryan Corbin respectively lead the driver and navigator standings on 60 points, with Barry Gale/Neil Barnard second on 58 and Dominic Brooker/Stephen Dear third on 56. Each competitor’s best four scores from the five events will count.

Chefette April Safari – April 17
Mud Dogs BRC Safari Championship, round 2
Running order - Pro class
1 Kerry Renee/Jason Downey (Suzuki Samurai)
3 Dustin Edwards/Ryan Corbin (Blockman/SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares/Crane & Equipment/Corbin’s Catering Services Toyota Hilux)
8 Edson Arthur/Renata Roett (Toyota Hilux)
9 Chris Armstrong/Wayne Clarke (Suzuki Samurai)
10 Damian Brooker/Derek Edwards (Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux)
12 Nicolas Lorde/Warrick Eastmond (Nicolls & Edghill Construction Suzuki Vitara)
13 Wayne Manning/Yosuf Patel (Black Bess Quarry Toyota Hilux)
14 Sean Dowding/Kirk Watkins (Axis Inc Isuzu D-max)
15 Brett Barber/Warren Gollop (Essco/DeWalt Mitsubishi Pajero)
16 Justin Cuke/Jeremy Croney (Suzuki Samurai)
17 Dominic Brooker/Stephen Dear (SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares/Next Generation Electrical/Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux)
19 Gregory Dickenson/Peter Bradshaw (Toyota Hilux)
20 Darrin White/Robert Warren (Flyin’ Fish/Lucky Locks Nissan Frontier)
22 Biddy Barber/Tiffany Marshall (Castrol/Biddy's Visitor’s Information Daihatsu Feroza)
25 Michael Ward/Willie Hinds (Renew Energy Caribbean/Jammin Catamaran Cruises/Brown Bell Suzuki Samurai)
26 Barry Gale/Neil Barnard (Huzier/Mahindra Motorsports/redlinefuels.com Mahindra Pick-Up)

Novice class
2 Charles Timothy/Chad Jemmott (Land Rover Defender)
4 Matthew Durant/Trina Griffith (Tint Black Foot Flat Land Rover Defender)
5 Matthew Caine/Tfphill Juman (Suzuki Vitara)
6 Simon Parravicino/Michael Rodriguez (Toyota Hilux)
7 Richard Hinkson/Rasheed Mapp (Suzuki Samurai)
11 David Brewster/Winston Drakes (Marks Auto Spares/Champion Auto Wrecker Service Suzuki Samurai)
18 Adrian Sinckler/Andre Murrell (Suzuki Samurai)
21 Dave Gibson/Andy Williams (Toyota Hilux)
23 Luke Gittens/Gary Mendes (LG Trading/Lunatics Inc Mitsubishi Pajero iO)
24 Dominic Straker/Nicholas Pinto (Suzuki Samurai)
27 Derek Pinto/Jamal Brathwaite (Suzuki Samurai)
28 Ben Norris/Darnley Rayside (Pitbull Energy Drink/ACE Engineering Land Rover Discovery)
29 Shai Stewart/Daniel Christie (H Jason Jones & Co Suzuki Samurai)

Mud Dogs BRC Safari Championship
Positions after round 1
Drivers & Navigators
1st Edwards/Corbin, 60 points
2nd Gale/Barnard, 58pts
3rd Brooker/Dear, 56pts
4th Armstrong/Clarke, 54pts
5th Brooker/Edwards, 52pts
6th Norris/Rhett Watson, 50pts
7th Dowding/Watkins, 48pts
8th Barber/Gollop, 46pts
9th Gittens/Mendes, 44pts
10th Dickenson/Bradshaw, 42pts
etc
Novice Drivers & Navigators
1st Norris/Watson, 50pts
2nd Gittens/Mendes, 44pts
3rd Sinckler/Murrell, 36pts
4th Durant/Griffith, 34pts
5th Anthony King/Dave Sealy (Lee’s Tyre Services/Dynamic Limousine Toyota Hilux), 28pts
6th Alexander Kellman/Dwain Clarke (Suzuki Samurai), 24pts
etc