SHELBURY CONSTRUCTION JUNE SAFARI DRAWS NEAR

The 54th running of the longest-established motor sport event in the Caribbean draws near, as competitors in the Barbados Rally Club’s (BRC) Mud Dogs Safari Championship prepare for the highlight of their season, the Shelbury Construction June Safari, which will run through the night of Saturday to Sunday, June 26/27.
The first crew will leave the start at Maynards Plantation, St Peter, at 3.01pm for the first of three routes; the dinner stop is slated for approximately 8.00pm at Andrews Factory, St Joseph, with a further rest stop in Maynards, St Peter at around 2.00am. The finish will be at roughly 7.00am on Sunday at Mahogany Ridge, Plum Tree Hill, St Thomas, where breakfast will be available.
The setting of this year’s event has been shared between Ryan Corbin and Dustin Edwards, joint leaders respectively of the Navigator and Driver standings in the Mud Dogs Championship, and Derek Edwards/Damien Brooker, who currently lie fourth. From a navigational perspective, the event will be primarily Tulip, with some BRC and a little straight-line.
The setters have also enjoyed some valuable guidance from BRC Vice-President David Edwards – as navigator to Roger Manning, Edwards won ‘The June’ three times in eight years between 1981 and ’88, and had previously shown his navigational expertise as route-setter in the 1970s.
To help crews sharpen their technique, a Practice Safari has been organised for this Sunday (June 20). It will start from the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association Club House at Searles, Christ Church – entrants are asked to arrive by 8.00am for a 9.00am start; the short practice event will finish at the Popular Shop in Martin’s Bay, St John, at approximately 11.30am. The entry fee is $10.00 per person, with a maximum of four people per vehicle; entries will be taken at the start.
Mud Dogs Chairman Leslie Alleyne said: “We are very pleased to be able to hold a Practice Safari, which has been arranged by Renata Roett, with help from Noel Edwards, so thanks are due to them. The route is Tulip, with a little BRC - having checked it back, I can say that it will be a good platform for those people interested in learning or sharpening their technique for ‘The June’.
“We appreciate that this will be held on Father's Day, but there was no other occasion suitable for holding the event. We have set the time for the event to hopefully allow those fathers who have family engagements to be able to get to them at a decent time. For those folks that do not have any other engagements there will be food and, of course, drinks on sale at Martins Bay.”
Entries for the Shelbury Construction June Safari are now open at Motorsport Services, Haggatt Hall, St Michael, and will close at 2.00pm next Tuesday (June 22); the Briefing Meeting will be held at 7.00pm the same evening at the Barbados Clay Target Shooting Association Club House at Searles, Christ Church.
Alleyne concluded: “Everyone is really looking forward to what promises to be the Safari of the year, and a special thanks goes out to Chris Armstrong and Shelbury Construction for their continued support in 2010. I am told it will include two driver challenges, details of which will come later.”

Mud Dogs BRC Safari Championship
Positions after round 2
Navigators
1st equal Neil Barnard (Gale’s Agro Products/redlinefuels.com Ford Ranger & Huzier/Mahindra Motorsports/redlinefuels.com Mahindra Pik-Up) & Ryan Corbin (Blockman/SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares/Crane & Equipment Toyota Hilux), 118 points
3rd Stephen Dear (SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares/Next Generation Electrical/Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux), 108pts
4th Derek Edwards (SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares/Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux), 106pts
5th Wayne Clarke (Suzuki Samurai), 98pts
6th equal Kirk Watkins (Axis Inc Isuzu D-max) & Warren Gollop (Mitsubishi Pajero), 96pts
8th Robert Warren (Flyin’ Fish/Lucky Locks Nissan Frontier), 92pts
9th Peter Bradshaw (Toyota Hilux), 82pts
10th Renata Roett (Toyota Hilux), 78pts
etc
Novice Navigators
1st Andre Murrell (Suzuki Samurai), 68pts – 12th overall
2nd Gary Mendes (LG Trading/Lunatics Inc Mitsubishi Pajero iO), 64pts
3rd equal Rhett Watson (Pitbull Energy Drink/ACE Engineering Land Rover Discovery) & Trina Griffith (Tint Black Foot Flat Land Rover Defender), 50pts
etc

Drivers
1st equal Barry Gale (Gale’s Agro Products/redlinefuels.com Ford Ranger & Huzier/Mahindra Motorsports/redlinefuels.com Mahindra Pik-Up) & Dustin Edwards (Blockman/SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares/Crane & Equipment Toyota Hilux), 118 pts
3rd Dominic Brooker (SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares/Next Generation Electrical/Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux), 108pts
4th Damian Brooker (SDRR Hydraulic & Industrial Spares/Joe Brooker's Building Toyota Hilux), 106pts
5th Chris Armstrong (Suzuki Samurai), 98pts
6th equal Sean Dowding (Axis Inc Isuzu D-max) & Brett Barber (Mitsubishi Pajero), 96pts
8th Darrin White (Flyin’ Fish/Lucky Locks Nissan Frontier), 92pts
9th Ben Norris (Pitbull Energy Drink/ACE Engineering Land Rover Discovery), 84pts
10th Gregory Dickenson (Toyota Hilux), 82pts
etc
Novice Drivers
1st Norris, 84pts – 9th overall
2nd Adrian Sinckler (Suzuki Samurai), 68pts
3rd Luke Gittens (LG Trading/Lunatics Inc Mitsubishi Pajero iO), 64pts
4th Matthew Durant (Tint Black Foot Flat Land Rover Defender), 50pts
etc

BRC Mud Dogs Safari Championship
Remaining events:
Jun 26/27 – Shelbury Construction June Safari
Aug 15 - Mud Dogs August MudFest
Sep 5 - Mud Dogs September Safari
Oct 17 - Mud Dogs October Safari

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